Gedun Rabsal is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Born and raised in Amdo, he studied at Tibetan monasteries in Tibet and India. Gedun Rabsal worked as a research fellow at Central University for Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, Varanasi and as editor of the Tibetan language newspaper Tibet Times. Gedun Rabsal's research focus is the history of Tibetan literature and Tibetan language, and he is the author of several books, including a history of Tibetan literature.  He is a very active BDRC database user and has collaborated with a number of our current board members on research, translation, and publishing projects in the past.