Samten Chodon, a resident of Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement, graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Teresian College, Mysore, in 1992. She has dedicated over 23 years to serving the Tibetan community in various capacities. From 1993 to 1994, she worked as an Assistant Accountant cum Secretary at the Finance Department, Bylakuppe branch, before serving as an Auditor at the Office of the Auditor General, CTA, from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, she joined Lugsung Samdupling Tibetan Cooperative Society as an accountant, where she was later promoted to Assistant Manager and eventually to the position of Manager.

Actively involved in Tibetan women’s advocacy, she joined the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) in 1990 and was elected as an executive member from 2003 to 2006, later serving as its President from 2006 to 2009. In 2008, she worked as the Chief Accountant during the Peace March from Dharamshala to Tibet, organized by five leading Tibetan NGOs. From 2009 to 2015, she served two consecutive terms as Vice President of the Central Tibetan Women’s Association. She was also elected to the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.