Lobsang Monlam
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| Born | 1976 Ngawa Amdo |
| Alma mater | Bangalore University |
| Occupation | Monk |
Geshe Lobsang Monlam, born in 1976 in Ngawa Amdo, is a monk who pursued a unique path. He completed his initial education and then immersed himself in Buddhist studies at his local monastery.
He enrolled in the Sera Mey Thoesam Norling Monastic Institute in 1993, where he dedicated 16 years to his education and spiritual practice, culminating in his successful Geshe examination in 2013. In 2001, he took on a significant responsibility: designing the Sera-Mey congregation hall. Throughout the construction of this prayer hall, Geshe Lobsang Monlam played a pivotal role, in overseeing architecture, interior monuments, and painting. In 2003, his interest in computers blossomed, leading him to explore software development.
After numerous experiments, he created a Tibetan Cursive Font, aiming to simplify inputting Tibetan script on computers. In 2005, he developed the first Monlam Tibetan Font.
His software portfolio expanded to include Monlam Bod-yig1, Monlam Bod-yig2, Monlam Bod-yig3, Monlam Tibetan Grand Dictionary Software, and Monlam Unicode. Notably, he made these tools accessible on Android OS, benefiting Tibetan communities worldwide. The Monlam Grand Dictionary App alone has been used by 7 million iOS users.
In 2012, under His Holiness the Dalai Lama's guidance and with support from Tibetan scholars, he founded the Monlam IT Research Centre in Dharamsala. Since then, he has been its director, researching Tibetan language-related software. In 2019, following the Dalai Lama's counsel, he established Monlam IT and Research Private Limited (OPC).
In 2019, he embarked on a journey to pursue a PhD at Bangalore University, with a research focus on "Library System and Management for Tibetan Literature Compatible with the Digital Era." He successfully earned his doctorate on November 30, 2023.
Currently, he spearheads Monlam AI.[1] This project aims to bridge the technology and language gaps in Tibetan communities by enhancing Tibetan AI in machine translation, OCR, and speech-to-text and text-to-speech models. Monlam AI learns from high-quality human-generated training data, furthering the integration of Tibetan language and culture into modern technology.
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