Mr. STANZIN MINGUR

Research Project:

• Coordinating five years research program on ‘Mental Health’ under the collaboration of Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University), Himalayan Cultural and Heritage Foundation and University of Rochester.

RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE:

• Working as lecturer of Buddhist History at Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University), Leh-Ladakh since February, 2018
• Received Junior Research Fellowship from University Grant Commission in December 2015.
• Worked as translator on several occasions.

• International Association for Ladakh Studies
• Indian History Congress

Conference Attended/Invited Lectures:

International Exposure:

1. Participated as a panelist in Conference on ‘Buddhism: Traditions, Ideologies and Dissent’ at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida from 7-9 September, 2017 and presented a paper entitled ‘Nyil Ldza Phuk: Some Early Buddhist Grottos from Ladakh’.
2. Participated as a panelist in Conference of 19^th International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) conference at Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University), Leh-Ladakh between 31^st August- 04^thSeptember, 2019 and presented the paper titled ‘Environmental Issues: A Comparative Study between Modern Ladakh and Depictions in Folk Songs’.
3. Participated as a panelist in Conference of ‘The 21^st International Economics of Happiness Conference, 20^th and 21^st of September, 2019 at Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University) Leh-Ladakh.

Indian Conferences:

1. Presented paper ‘Life of Nagarjuna: A Comparative Study of Tibetan and Other Sources’ in Indian History congress 75^th Session, Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi, 28-30 December, 2014.
2. Presented paper ‘A Case Study on the Rock-Carved Statues of Purig’, in national seminar on ‘In Search of Buddha’ at Buddhist Studies Centre, Department of History & Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 28-29 March, 2016.
3. Participated in Bodhi Meditation and Personality Development course for 24 days and learned ana-pana sati technique, held from August, 2014 to April, 2015 at Gautam Buddha University.
4. Presented paper ‘A Study on the Historical Relation between Bhutan & Ladakh’ in national seminar on ‘Buddhism in Ladakh’ from 1-3 August, 2017 jointly organized by Department of Comparative Philosophy, CIBS, Leh and Indian Council for Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
5. Participated as a speaker in second Ladakhi College Students’ Conference held at the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh-Ladakh from 25-27 June, 2018, organized by Students’ Welfare Committee CIBS and Ladakh Students’ Welfare Association, CHITS.
6. Participated in the Four-day National Seminar on “Abhidharmakosha” organized by Sampradaya Department of CIBS from 07-10 July, 2018.
7. Participated in the three-day National Seminar on “Contribution of Bhoti Language for the Preservation of Indian Culture” organized by Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University) and Sahitya Akademi from 04-06 September, 2018.
8. अखिल भारतीय साहित्य परिषद् न्यास, नई दिल्ली और केंद्रीय बौद्ध विद्या संस्थान, लेह-लद्दाख के संयुक्त तत्त्वावधान में दिनांक: 03-04 अगस्त, 2019 को लेह में ‘साहित्य और लोकजीवन में हिमालय’ विषय पर आयोजित राष्ट्रीय संगोष्ठी में ‘लद्दाख के बौद्ध गुफा समूह: ञी-ला-फुग’ विषय पर शोध पत्र प्रस्तुत किया
9. Presented the paper ‘Establishment of dGe-lug-pa School in Ladakh’ during four-day National Seminar on ‘History of Gulug Tradition: Its View, Meditation and Practices’ organized by Sampradaya Department and Bauddha Puranic History Department from 21-24 August, 2019.
10. Presented a paper entitled ‘Nyar-ma; The First Monastic Foundations of bstan-pa phyi-dar in Mar-yul’ on the conference on ‘History and Cultural Heritage of Himalayan Region (with special reference to Ladakh) organized by ICHR and CIBS in academic support with JKSC during September 17-19, 2019 at Leh.
11. Participated as resource person and delivered lecture on ‘History of Ladakh: An Introduction’ during Students’ Exchange Programme between Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (Deemed to be University) and Eliezer Joldan Memorial College from 23-28 September, 2019
12. Participated as resource person during ‘Ladakh dpal nyam dus ton-2018’ and delivered talk about Lotsava Rinchen Zangpo at Mangyu organized by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh

Publications:

1. Stanzin Mingur 2018, “A Study about the Historical Relation between Bhutan and Ladakh” in Anuśīlana, Vol. LXXX, ISSN 0973-8762. pp. 97-108
2. स्तन्ज़िन मिंग्यूर,2019 “लद्दाख के बौद्ध गुफा-समूह: ञी-ला-फुग” साहित्य और लोक जीवन में हिमालय अखिल भारतीय साहित्य परिषद् न्यास, ISBN: 978-81-935086-9-5
3. Stanzin Mingur 2017, “A Case Study on the Rock-carved Statues of Purig”.