The head office of the monastic administration is known as Changzoe Khang (Monastic Administrative Office) with directors/administrators, two secretaries (Tib & English Section), one accountant. Except for English Secretary and monk drivers, all the staff at the administrative office is on three-year terms. The directors, accountant and Tibetan secretary are elected by the monks at the prayer congregation.
Over 300 monk staff works under the Administrative Office, handicraft-training center, library, medical store, dairy farm, prayer hall temple and school. Most of them are all volunteers and no salary as such is paid to them. They served the monastery for many years with full dedication.
There is also monk staff who do their duty for three months such as supervisor of the canteen and communal kitchen. Five to ten monks work in the canteen and communal kitchen as helpers for a day. The monks are doing every minor to major work themselves. With the dire need for funds, this service by the monks saves huge labor expenses.
1) Geshe Monlam Gyatso, (chief administrator)
2) Nanital abbot Tulku Lobsang Yarphel Rinpoche
3) Geshe Lobsang Jampa (Director)
4) Geshe Gedun Phuntsok (Director)
5) Geshe Kalsang Gyatso (Director)
6) Geshe Kalsang Paljor (Director)
7) Geshe Tenzin Khendak (Director)
8) Geshe Tsetan Namgyal (Director)
9) Geshe Lobsang Nyendak (Director)
11) Geshe Sopa Gyatso (Tibetan Secretary)
12) Geshe Tsultrim Dhargyal (accountant)
13) Mr. Tenzin Wangyal (Chief Accountant)
14) Mr. Migmar Tsering (English Secretary)
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1) Gungru geshe Jampa dhondup, (chief administrator) (Third from left)
2) Nanital abbot Ex chant master Geshe Namgyal (Third from right)
3) gungru geshe kalsang samdup, (Second from left)
4) lubum geshe ngawang jinpa,(First from left)
5) lubum geshe ngawang jinpa, (Second left from second row)
6) lubum geshe Tenzin Thinley,(second from right)
7)shungpa geshe konchok Tsultrim (third right from second row)
8) samlo Geshe Sangay gyatso (first right from second row)
9) Thewo ven Tsondue Gyatso (first left from second row)
10)Ngari Geshe Tashi dawa, (Tibetan Secretary) (second right from second row)
11) samlo Geshe Nyima Tsering, (accountant) (first from right)
(Mr. Migmar Tsering is the Administration English Secretary with the monastery since 2nd June 1996)
DISCIPLINE MASTER GESHE LHARAMPA THUPTEN YARPHEL (Gegu la 2023-2024)
Geshe Lharampa Thupten Yarphel, one of the respected text teachers of the monastery with hundreds of monk disciplies. He has been elected as the discipline head of the monastery for one year and will be assisted by two monk assistants.
CHANTMASTER/CHENMO LA OF DREPUNG GOMANG MONASTERY/DREPUNG TSOKCHEN
Ven. Kalsang Tsering @ Gelek joined Drepung Gomang Monastery in 2001 where he started his extensive studies on Five Major treatise. He received his Gelong vows (full ordination vows) from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2016 at Drepung Monastery. He has been elected as the chant master from May 2019 by the monks at the congregation. Appointed as chant master of Drepung Monastery (Whole Drepung Assembly) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from June 2023.
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A separate committee has been put up to supervise the examination that is held annually at the monastery as per the curriculum. They set up the question papers, the examination dates after consultation with H.E. Khen Rinpoche, and learned scholars/text teachers of the monastery. The members are elected by the monks for the tenure of two years. This committee organizes seminars, conferences, and symposiums besides issuing Monastery's ID cards for the monks under the supervision of H.E. Khen Rinpoche.
As for the prudent management of the monastic wealth for the welfare of now more than 2000 monk-students, the monastic assembly set up Mayong Zinkyong Lhantsok (Monastic Planning Commission) with 2 executive members and an chief Accountant. The executive members (monks) are elected by the monks during the congregation at the prayer hall. The objective of this commission is to see that the monastery doesn't face any problems during emergency or when funds dried up and to see that funds are managed properly.
The current members are Geshe Tsultrim Gyaltsen and Geshe Khunchok Gyamtso who has taken the charge from 1st April, 2020.
Mr. Tenzin Wangyal la has been serving as The Chief Accountant since 2012.
Monks undergo many hours of studies and good health is a must for study. All the food for the monks from the highest Abbot to the newest novice or new monks in the monastery is supplied from the monastery's common kitchen. A breakfast, a slab of bread, and a sugarless tea. Lunch consists of vegetables and bread, sometimes rice, and dinner of rice or Tibetan noodles (Thukpa). All the foods available or served in the monastery are vegetarian food. The monks cooked and work in the kitchen by rotation, the supervisor monks period of one month and after every one month, new supervisor monks take charge of the kitchen, they are helped and assisted by a group of about twenty monks on a day kitchen duty.
Monks by rotation have to do kitchen duty or canteen duty, they have to reach the kitchen at 5 am in the morning.
With the increase in the monks' population and rise in the price of commodities, the monastery is facing great difficulties as it has to see the other needs of the monks such as accommodation, medical, and so on. The small donation that we received is used also for purchasing the utensils, Steam Boiler, and cooking gas for the kitchen.
So as to raise funds for the Monk kitchen expenses, a Food Foundation project was started up where funds received on this specific project were deposited in the bank, and the interest derived on that amount is used to cover up the expenses of monastery common kitchen.