Losang Thonden was born on 23 May 1942, in Lhasa, Tibet, the son of Pasang Tsering Khangsar and Kungchok Dolma.

His family hired an officer named Darma Bhabu from the Nepalese embassy in Lhasa to teach Thonden English and Nepali, as well as mathematics.

[1] Later, Thonden attended the non-monastic Sera University to study Tibetan Buddhism, language, and calligraphy under Geshe Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen.

He was later selected for the Central Tibetan Administrative for Higher Studies, a joint collaboration with Delhi University.

A jumpstart bachelor's degree certification program, for the advancement and education of the upcoming new Tibetan government officials.

In 1968, at the age of 27, Thonden became one of the youngest Tibetan government officials to be appointed as the Deputy Secretary of Department of Education.

In 1971, he succeeded in securing full sponsorship and scholarship at the Kimmins High School in Panchgani in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Till today his initial groundwork has laid the foundation for the younger Tibetan refugee students to get higher education and become model citizens of our society.

He was an instrumental member in standardizing and implementing the early versions of modern computerized Tibetan Language Unicode for Microsoft Word.

His calligraphy can be seen in official Tibetan government letterheads, offices, and major libraries in India and New York City.