The Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research (formerly The Centre for Bhutan Studies) is a research institute located in
Thimphu
Thimphu (; dz, ཐིམ་ཕུག ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's ''dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city ...
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Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
, established in 1999 with the purpose of promoting research and scholarship in Bhutan.
The president of the centre is
Dasho
Dasho (Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས; Wylie: ''Drag-shos'') (lit. Excellent One) is a Bhutanese honorific that is bestowed upon individuals, along with a red scarf kabney, by the Druk Gyalpo. In common practice, however, many senior government o ...
Karma Ura
Dasho Karma Ura is the President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and Gross National Happiness Research. He is also an active scholar, writer, painter and historian.
Early life and education
Karma Ura was born in Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan. He co ...
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Publications
Periodical
Since 1999 the centre has regularly published an
English language
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academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
''Journal of Bhutan Studies''. PDF copies of articles published in this journal are freely available online.
Centre for Bhutan Studies
/ref> Articles cover not only the history of Bhutan but also issues to do with Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness (GNH), sometimes called Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH), is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan. It includes an index which is used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population. Gross Na ...
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Books
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See also
Gross national happiness
Gross National Happiness (GNH), sometimes called Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH), is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan. It includes an index which is used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population. Gross Na ...
References
External links
Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research website
Organisations based in Bhutan
Bhutan studies
Himalayan studies
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