[1] Dawa Dem began her career at the Royal Secretariat in Bhutan on 1 June 1965, as a private secretary.

[2] In 1971 she was transferred to the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she worked as a protocol officer till 1973.

[1][4] On her appointment as Ramjam in 1967, she was conferred the honorific title Dasho in Thimphu by the Third Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

[2] Dawa Dem died aged 73 on 15 February 2018, at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu.

[1] The Privy Council of Bhutan, in a press release, stated[4] She will be cherished and remembered by [the] Bhutanese for her selfless dedication and service to the country.