The Board of Directors of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) has elected Gedun Rabsal as President of the Board. He assumes this role at an important moment in BDRC's history, as the organization concludes its first twenty-five years and begins a new chapter under the leadership of recently appointed Executive Director Gregory Forgues. Together with the Board, staff, and global community of partners and supporters, Gedun will help guide BDRC as it builds upon a quarter century of preserving and making Buddhist literature accessible to the world.

Gedun Rabsal brings to this role a life shaped by the Tibetan literary tradition in all its dimensions: as a scholar, writer, translator, educator, and cultural advocate. Born and educated in Amdo, Tibet, he pursued monastic studies at Rongwo Monastery and subsequently at Ganden Jangtse College in Karnataka, India, before undertaking a long-term research fellowship at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, where he completed a comprehensive history of Tibetan literature. He has been a Lecturer in Tibetan language and literature at Indiana University, Bloomington, since 2002.

His published work spans scholarship, literary history, and translation, including a comprehensive history of Tibetan literature and Tibetan renderings of works by Hemingway and Kerouac. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Tibetan Literature and Tibet Times (Bod-kyi-dus-bab), where he previously served as editor.

In electing Gedun Rabsal, the Board chose a scholar whose life's work embodies the traditions BDRC exists to serve. His learning, standing within the Tibetan scholarly and literary world, and longstanding dedication to the preservation of texts and knowledge will help guide BDRC as it builds upon the vision of founder E. Gene Smith and advances its mission in the decades ahead.

The Board looks forward to working with Gedun, Executive Director Gregory Forgues, and the broader BDRC community as the organization enters its next quarter century of service, preservation, scholarship, and innovation.