Kalsang received his MFA from the Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo. With background in journalism, Kalsang has been instrumental in the success of phayul.com, an English language news portal of the Diaspora Tibetan Community as its first reporter and later as the first editor. Through his real time based coverage of the events and happenings related to Tibet phayul.com became the most popular website of the Tibetan exile community. Apart from work produced under Khyi Shara media, Kalsang holds workshops, classes on various aspects of filmmaking for Tibetan exiles. Currently, he is working on a script for a narrative feature film to be directed by himself.