100 Prominent people of modern bhutan

Dr. C.T. Dorji is civil servant (retd.), historian, academic, writer and multi-disciplinary scholar. He received his early education in Bhutan as a novice. In 1961, he went to India and studied in modern schools and eventually he obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at the Magadh University, Buddhagaya, India in April 1990. He also studied Public Administration and Public Policy in London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London during 1991-92 academic sessions. He did research on history of Bhutan from Buddhist sources from PhD Thesis. In the process, he reconstructed the history of Bhutan as seen through Bhutanese eyes. Dr. Dorji joined Bhutan Civil Service in 1968 and served for 37 years and retired on superannuation in June 2005. He participated in many international conferences and presented papers on varied subjects. He is also a Nehru Fellow and member of many professional bodies and associations including Fellow, Royal Historical Society, London and Member, World Buddhist University Council, Bangkok. With the publication of his doctoral thesis entitled History of Bhutan based on Buddhism in 1994, he authored and edited 23 books on different aspects of Bhutanese history and culture and Mahayana Buddhism. Dr. Dorji is a Visiting Professor to Acharya Nagarjuna University, India in the Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies and Guest Lecturer to Royal University of Bhutan in Paro College of Education. His hobby is trekking, traveling and meeting people of different nationalities and favourite proverb Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Preface The word prominent means jutting out, projecting; easily seen, conspicuous; distinguished or important. By prominent is here meant distinguished or important