Karma Ura
Dasho Karma Ura is the President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and Gross National Happiness Research. He is also an active scholar, writer, painter and historian. Early life and education. Karma Ura was born in Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan. He completed his undergraduate studies at St. Stephen's College in New Delhi, as well as Magdalen College, Oxford, and postgraduate from Edinburgh College in the United Kingdom. Works and Achievements. Karma Ura worked for the Ministry of Planning for 12 years before becoming the Director of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research from its founding in  1999 until 2008 when he became its President. He organized the concepts of Gross National Happiness (GNH), formulated the nine regions of GNH, and led the surveys conducted in 2010 and 2007. He was also the member of Drafting Committee of the Constitution of Bhutan, first enacted in 2008. Ura was awarded the red scarf and the title "Dasho" by the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck in 2006 and in 2010 the "Druk Khorlo" (Wheel of the Thunder Dragon). He holds various international roles, including Executive Committee Member of the School of Well-being, Chulalongkorn University, and San  Nagarprada Foundation, Thailand, and 2010 Member of the Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives, Global Policy Forum, Germany. He is also a Member of the Chief Economist’s Advisory Panel, World Bank, representing the South Asia Region. External Links. Karma Ura's keynote: Development with Integrity: Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index, at Oxford University, Jan 10, 2019 Karma Ura's talk at Global Wellness Summit, December 7, 2013