Drejong Sheda

15/07/2026

Report on the Conduct of Semester and Mid-Term Examinations at SGIHNS, Sheda, Pangthang, Gangtok

The Semester and Mid-Term Examinations at SGIHNS, Sheda commenced on 6 July 2026 and are scheduled to conclude on 17 July 2026. The examinations are being conducted smoothly and systematically as per the examination schedule prescribed by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSVV), Varanasi, UP.

Graduate (Shastri I Sem) and Postgraduate (Acharya I & III Sem) students are appearing for their Semester Examinations, while students of the Integrated Programme (Sh. II & III, UM I & II, PM I & II and Sedlop) are appearing for their Mid-Term Examinations.

The examinations are conducted in two shifts each day (except on holidays):

Morning Shift: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Afternoon Shift: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

To ensure the smooth and fair conduct of the examinations, faculty members have been assigned invigilation duties for both shifts. The invigilation schedule is organized on a rotational basis, with teachers alternating between the morning and afternoon shifts on alternate days. This arrangement ensures the efficient management of examination responsibilities while maintaining fairness and transparency throughout the examination period.

The Examination Committee, faculty members, invigilators, and administrative staff have made all necessary arrangements to provide a disciplined and conducive examination environment. Examination halls were prepared in advance, seating plans were organized, and all examination procedures are being carried out in accordance with the prescribed guidelines. Students have been adhering to the examination rules and regulations with sincerity, and the examinations have progressed without any major disruptions. The active cooperation of students, faculty members, and support staff has contributed significantly to the successful conduct of the examinations.

SGIHNS, Sheda extends its best wishes to all students for the successful completion of their examinations and expresses sincere appreciation to the Examination Committee, faculty members, invigilators, and administrative staff for their dedication and commitment in ensuring the smooth, transparent, and successful conduct of the Semester and Mid-Term Examinations.

Exam Committee
SGIHNS, Pangthang, Gangtok

09/07/2026

Activity Report
Plantation Drive under Sikkim Paryavaran Parva 2026

As part of the celebration of Sikkim Paryavaran Parva (1–14 July 2026), observed under the theme “Leave a Green Legacy," NSS & ECO Club SGIHNS, Sheda in collaboration with the Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim, organized a Plantation Drive at the Sheda Compound on 04th July 2026.

The programme was conducted in accordance with the Environment Education Programme (EEP) of the Government of Sikkim, which encourages educational institutions and Eco-Clubs to undertake meaningful environmental activities during Sikkim Paryavaran Parva. The plantation drive was organized under the campaign “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam," promoting tree plantation as a tribute to mothers while encouraging environmental conservation.

NSS volunteers actively participated in planting saplings within the Sheda campus, demonstrating their commitment to environmental protection, sustainable living, and increasing the green cover. The activity also supported the objectives of Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) by fostering environmental awareness and inspiring participants to adopt eco-friendly practices.

This plantation drive marks the beginning of a series of environmental activities to be conducted during Sikkim Paryavaran Parva. SGIHNS Sheda in collaboration with the Forest and Environment Department, will continue organizing plantation drives and other environmental awareness activities until 14th July 2026, encouraging active participation from NSS volunteers, students, and the local community in support of the theme “Leave a Green Legacy."

The programme concluded with a collective pledge by all participants to nurture the planted saplings and continue contributing towards a greener and more sustainable environment.

Report submitted by:
Acharya Sherap Dorjee
Programme Officer, NSS
SGIHNS Sheda, Pangthang

21/06/2026

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, a special yoga session was organized at SGIHNS, Sheda. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from hostellers and wardens, who came together to promote the importance of yoga in maintaining physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

The program highlighted the significance of adopting yoga as a part of daily life to achieve a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Participants performed various yoga asanas and breathing exercises under expert guidance. The event was a great success and reflected the commitment of SGIHNS, Sheda, towards promoting health, wellness, and holistic living.

NSS, PO
SGIHNS Sheda

14/06/2026

སྔ་འགྱུར་བསྟན་པའི་ཤིང་རྟ་ཆེན་པོ་མཚན་གྱི་རྒྱུ་མཚན་བཞི་ལྡན་ཨཱ་རྻ་མཉྫུ་ཤྲཱི་དང་མི་གཉིས་པ་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་གང་ཉིད་དགོངས་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་སུ་གཤེགས་ནས་བགྲང་བྱ་ཧྲིལ་པོ་༡༡༤འཁོར་བའི་འདས་མཆོད་ཀྱི་མཆོད་སྤྲིན་རྒྱ་མཚོར་དམིགས་ཏེ། འབྲས་གཞུང་སྔ་འགྱུར་རྙིང་མའི་བཤད་གྲྭ་ཐུབ་བསྟན་མདོ་སྔགས་ཆོས་གླིང་གི་དགེ་སློབ་ཆེད་ལས་ཡོངས་ནས་ཉིན་གང་བླ་མ་མཆོད་པའི་སྒོ་ནས་ཚོགས་འཁོར་བསྐོར་བའི་བརྙན་རིས་འགའ་གཟིགས་མོ་བ་རྣམས་ལ་སྤྱན་འབུལ་ཞུ།
In commemoration of the 114th Mahaparinirvana anniversary of the great promulgator of the Ngagyur Nyingmapa, the one who possessed the four reasons for his name, the inseparable Arya Mañjuśrī, Ju Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso, who has dissolved his mind into the dharmadhātu, and in order to offer an ocean of clouds of offerings for his memorial ceremony, the teachers, students, and staff of the SHIHNS Sheda, Thupten Dongak Choling, have gathered for the entire day to present a spiritual rituals.

13/06/2026

༄༅། །བྱོན་པ་ལེགས་སོ།།

05/06/2026

World Environment Day 2026 at SGIHNS Sheda, Pangthang, Gangtok

05/06/2026

PRESS RELEASE

World Environment Day 2026 Observed with Plantation and Cleanliness Drive at SGIHNS Sheda

Gangtok, 5 June 2026: On the auspicious occasion of World Environment Day 2026, the National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit of SGIHNS Sheda, in collaboration with Eco Stream, Gangtok, successfully organized a Plantation Drive and Cleanliness Drive to promote environmental awareness and community participation.

The programme commenced with an inaugural session focusing on environmental conservation, contemporary ecological challenges, and sustainable solutions from the perspective of Buddhist philosophy, particularly the doctrine of Interdependent Origination as expounded by Lord Buddha in various sutras.

The event began with a welcome address by Ms. Sunita S***a, a first-year UM student. This was followed by the ceremonial lighting of butter lamps by the Chief Guest, the Vice Principal of Sheda, Ven. Ach. Karma Tshering Sherpa, the Special Guest, Dr. Deepesh S***a, Head of the Department of Environmental Science (EVS), Sheda, and the Guest of Honour, Mr. Sonam T. Gyaltsen, CEO of Eco Stream, Gangtok. As a mark of respect and appreciation, the Programme Officer, Acharya Sherap Dorjee Bhutia, felicitated all the distinguished guests with traditional cotton scarves, symbolizing the programme's commitment to environmentally responsible practices.

The ceremony was further enriched by Mangalacharan prayers offered by the students. Dr. Pema Choden Rai, HoD, English Department, SGIHNS Sheda delivered an insightful talk highlighting the relationship between environmental conservation and Buddhist philosophy, emphasizing the importance of ecological responsibility and mindful living. Mr. Sonam T. Gyaltsen stressed the significance of individual contributions to society and reminded participants that meaningful service to the community remains one of the highest forms of human responsibility.

The programme received generous support from Ms. Jomo Yeshe D. Yongda, Secretary, Excise Department, Government of Sikkim, who, through her son, donated Bodhi tree saplings, tomato saplings, indoor plants, orange saplings, and avocado saplings for plantation in and around the SGIHNS Sheda campus. She also kindly sponsored refreshments for all the students participating in the programme.

Following the inaugural session, NSS volunteers, students, faculty members, and representatives of Eco Stream carried out plantation and cleanliness activities in designated areas. After the successful completion of the cleanliness drive, Mr. Sonam T. Gyaltsen generously hosted lunch for all the NSS volunteers at Tashi View Point.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Ven. Ongpulla Bhutia, a first-year Acharya student. Thereafter, Acharya Lopen Sherap coordinated a group photograph session in the hostel courtyard before participants proceeded for the field activities.

On this occasion, the entire SGIHNS Sheda community would also like to make a humble appeal to the public regarding environmentally responsible religious practices. While prayer flags are an important expression of devotion, we request everyone to avoid tying polyester or synthetic prayer flags on roadside trees, bridges, and public structures. Such materials often degrade slowly and may indirectly harm plants, animals, and the natural environment. In doing so, we may unintentionally cause suffering rather than accumulate merit.

We therefore encourage devotees to hoist prayer flags in appropriate locations such as hillsides, elevated clean spaces, and designated areas of worship. Wherever possible, biodegradable and natural materials, particularly cotton prayer flags, should be used to minimize environmental impact and uphold the true spirit of compassion and respect for all forms of life.

The SGIHNS Sheda community also appeals to all travellers, pilgrims, tourists, and citizens to refrain from littering during their journeys. During the cleanliness drive, volunteers observed significant amounts of waste scattered along roadsides and public spaces. Protecting the environment is a shared responsibility, and even small actions such as carrying reusable items and disposing of waste properly can make a meaningful difference.

The celebration of World Environment Day 2026 at SGIHNS Sheda successfully promoted environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and the Buddhist values of compassion, interdependence, and care for all living beings. The institution extends its sincere gratitude to all guests, supporters, volunteers, students, and collaborators whose contributions made the programme a great success.

Publicity, SGIHNS Sheda
PO, NSS, SGIHNS Sheda
EVS Department, SGIHNS Sheda
English Department, SGIHNS Sheda
ECO Stream, Gangtok

02/06/2026

Students’ Ongoing Journey in Traditional Thangka Painting

The students of the Sikkim Government Institute of Higher Nyingma Studies (SGIHNS) Sheda, Taktse, Pangthang, are actively engaged in a three-month Traditional Thangka Painting Training Programme organized under the RAMP Scheme of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India. Through dedicated participation, the 30 selected trainees are learning the sacred art of Thangka painting, gaining both technical skills and an appreciation of its rich spiritual and cultural significance.

Rooted in the tradition of བཟོ་རིག་པ་ Zorigpa (the science of art and craftsmanship), the training reflects SGIHNS Sheda’s commitment to preserving the living heritage of the Five Great Sciences. The students’ enthusiasm and perseverance demonstrate a growing commitment to safeguarding this centuries-old artistic tradition while developing skills that may contribute to future livelihood opportunities. Their journey stands as an inspiring example of cultural preservation through education and practice.

SGIHNS Sheda

01/06/2026

01/06/2026

དཔལ་མགོན་འཕགས་པ་ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་བཤེས་སྤྲིང་གི་མཚན་དོན་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ཆོས་བཤད་ཀྱི་རིམ་པ།