Ven. Khenpo Kada Ngedup Sonam was born in Kham Karze to father Kada Ngyuldongtsang Lobsang Tsering and mother Kada Tendentsang Yeshi Lhatso. After completing his education, he worked as a teacher at Karze Datangma’s primary school. In 1998, he came to exile in India and continued his studies at Dzongsar Buddhist Institution. He received degrees of Karam-pa in 2002 and Kachu-pa in 2005. After completing his intensive studies of all eighteen major Buddhist texts, he attained the title of Lopon in 2007 with first division. On 12th March 2007, he was appointed Khenpo.

He served as the Khenpo (abbot) of Tharik Shedra Monastery of Nepal for six years. He has also served as a master of Buddhist philosophy at T.C.V Gopalpur school for six years. He was executive member of the PEN Tibetan association and President of the Khampa Writers Group. He has authored 20 published books, 3 unpublished books, numerous research papers, and other publications.

He was earlier elected to the 16^th and 17^th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and was chair of the parliamentary committee appointed to review accounts of the Auditor General’s Office from 2021-2022, the secretary of Budget Estimate Committee, and the secretary of the 9^th Public Accounts Committee. He is also the president of the Tehor Association. Currently, he is a member of the 18^th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile from the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism.