By Tenzin Dharpo
DHARAMSHALA, April 27: The exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration on Friday launched the mobile App version of its official website. The tri-lingual official website Tibet.net will now be available in Tibetan, English and Chinese languages on mobile app stores for free.
The mobile App has been developed by the Bengaluru based Tibetan tech startup Dachompa while the technical support for the same was provided by the CTA’s Tibetan Computer Resource Centre (TCRC).
CTA president said that the new App is aimed at accomplishing the core objective of his administration, which is to spread awareness and provide a “parallel Tibetan perspective” in the global stage to counter Chinese government’s narrative as well as to consolidate the efforts of his administration by involving the Tibetan diaspora on what is unfolding and where the resources and priorities of the exile government is laid.
The Secretary-Equivalent of DIIR’s Information wing, Dhardon Sharling, said that the new app will provide consistent platform for the Tibetan issue and the CTA on the global smart phone foray which is set to surge ahead in the next decade. Sharling also said that the initiative is a step by CTA to sync with the ever-changing format of channeling information and making it accessible to the people.
The CTA’s information wing also announced Tibet TV’s Take-off Film Grant to Produce Seven Films that are themed Around ‘Thank You Year-2018’. The grant, CTA said is aimed to “encourage budding Tibetan filmmakers in the exile community to make short feature or documentary films for Tibet TV. TTV will produce a total of 7 films themed around the ‘Thank You Year-2018,’ observed by Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetan people across the globe.”
Aspiring filmmakers from India, North America, Europe and Australia-Asia can avail a total grant of INR 200,000/- for making a film on any one of the following themes pertaining to ‘Thank You Year – 2018’, CTA announced on Friday.
