PDP Candidates

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, India (she is Bhutan’s first lady engineer) and Master of Arts in Public Administration from Syracuse University in the United States, she started her career as an Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department. She served in the Public Health Engineering sector, on water and sanitation program for many years. In January 2000, she was appointed as Director to the newly established Standards & Quality Control Authority, entrusted with the responsibility to develop standards and ensure quality in public infrastructure development. In January 2006, she was appointed as a Commissioner to the newly established office of the Anti-Corruption Commission. She has represented technical and gender issues at the national, regional and international fora. She has also participated in a number of important national level government tasks.