Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Varanasi

Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, is located in Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh. CIHTS is affiliated by AICTE/UGC etc.

The university was established in 1967 on the joint initiative of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Its purpose was to take care of the cultural and educational needs of Tibetan expatriates in India, and youth in the Himalayan regions of India, who had previously had the opportunity to be educated in Tibet, for which reason it was discontinued. Of Chinese occupation.

Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) offeres programs are B.Ed, M.Phil and Ph.D. CIHTS is Affiliated By UGC. It was Established at 1967.

Highlights of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Varanasi

AWARDS & HONORS

     Ø  Awarded Padma Shri from the President of India in the fields of Education and Literature on 31.03.2009
Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1983 for translation of Pratityasamutpadastutisubhashitahridayam.

     Ø  Shankar Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1985 for the restoration and translation of Bhavanakrama of Achary Kamalshila into Sanskrit.

     Ø  Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 2001 for the translation of Catustavah.
Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1988 for the restoration and translation of Abhisamayalankara-Kaya-Vyavastha

     Ø  Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1994 for the restoration and translation of Arya Prajnaparmita Vajracchedika Vistritatika

     Ø  Vishesha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1999 for the restoration and translation work of five texts of Acharya Atisha, published under the title "Five Treatises of Acharya Dipamkarasrijnana.

     Ø  Vishesha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 2001 for the restoration and translation of Aryatrisakandhasutra and its Commentaries.

     Ø  In 1984, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy Award for "Bodhipathpradipah".

     Ø  In 1990, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy Award for "Chandoratnakarah with auto commentary".