Naropa Fellows Graduate In Convocation Held At 13,000 Ft In Ladakh

When 52 young innovators dressed in maroon graduation robes gathered in the courtyard of a 17th-century Buddhist monastery, surrounded by jagged mountains at 13,000 ft in Ladakh, the convocation was anything but ordinary.
The first batch of year-long Naropa Fellowship graduated in a ceremony held on Sunday at the iconic Hemis Monastery premises, where Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and Chief Executive Councillor, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Gyal P Wangyal were among the guests.

The Naropa Fellowship, named after ancient Buddhist scholar Naropa, was inspired by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, of Drukpa Buddhist lineage, and co-founded by His Eminence Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche and educationist Pramath Raj Sinha, also the founder of the Ashoka University.

Hemis village, situated in an idyllic environment near the shimmering Indus River, is located about 45 km from Leh town. The eponymous monastery is perched in the mountains in a picturesque setting.