Tenzin Tseten joined the Tibet Policy Institute as a research fellow in 2012 and does research on Chinese Governance and Politics.

His research interests include Chinese leadership, Tibetan leadership under the Chinese establishment and China’s management of the reincarnation system.

Prior to joining the Tibet Policy Institute, he served as the office superintendent at the English News Section of the Department of Security, Central Tibetan Administration.

He has also served in the Department of Religion and Culture and the Department of Home, CTA.

He joined the civil services in 2007. With an M.A in Economics from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara Tenzin Tseten worked in the Department of Finance at CTA from 2007-2009.

Research interest:

• China’s institutionalization of Tibetan Buddhism
• Chinese leadership
• Tibetan leadership under the Chinese establishment