Gyatsho Tshering (1936 in Kingdom of Sikkim – 25 June 2009 in Minneapolis, United States), also spelled Gyatso Tsering, was Tibetan scholar of Indian nationality.
Tshering was born in Sikkim of Lobsang Lama and Nyima Dolma and completed his studies at the University of Calcutta.
[2] After his studies, he planned to become director of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology and was sent for training at the Consulate of India in Lhasa, where he hold a position in 1955 until its closure during the Sino-Indian War in 1962.
[3] He states that between 1955 and 1959, some of the work at the consulate was to gather information on the activities of the Chinese army, and was therefore aware of the tension in March 1959.
He was appointed by the Dalai Lama as the new director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in 1974 and held that position from 1 March until his retirement[2] April 1998.