[1][2] He was President of the Tibetan Youth Congress and a founding director of Amnye Machen Institute in Dharamshala, India.

However, the Mustang base camp was closed in 1974 and he had to return to Dharamshala after two years, where he worked briefly at the Tibetan office of Research and Analysis.

During his time at the Tibetan Children's Village, he was one of the people instrumental in establishing TCV schools in Ladakh and in Bylakuppe, Karnataka.

He worked as its director as a full-time volunteer at the institute, helping with translation, editing, general administration, and fund-raising.

[8] Lhasang Tsering opened the first bookstore in McLeod Ganj, called Bookworm, wanting to promote and enhance the reading culture in the Tibetan exile capital.

[9] After retiring from the Amnye Machen Institute in 1999, he devoted more time in writing, researching, and talking to students and journalists about Tibet.