Press Release ‘Bhutan Insights – An Educational Journal’ launched

The Bhutan Insights Journal was launched in Canberra, Australia, by His Excellency Ambassador Sonam Tobgay on 2 May 2025, coinciding with the Birth Anniversary of His Majesty King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

The Journal aims to contribute towards His Majesty’s visionary initiatives, including the Gelephu Mindfulness City, by stimulating academic and policy dialogues through interdisciplinary research. The Journal will serve as a vital platform for scholars, industry professionals and decision makers to share research, innovative ideas, and practical insights addressing both local and global challenges. The Journal is also the upshot of the Australia-Bhutan Research Conference initiated by Ambassador Sonam Tobgay in 2023.

Ambassador Tobgay said the Journal must serve as an excellent “ideation platform for providing unbiased, objective and evidence-based research for reforms and policymaking” to achieve the national goals of “meritocratic democracy, enlightened entrepreneurial bureaucracy, responsive judiciary and a reformed education system”. He also called for the Journal to collaborate with educational institutions in and outside Bhutan.

The Journal’s Editorial Board includes some leading Bhutanese academics and scholars in diverse disciplines, along with notable international editors. It is a double-blinded peer-reviewed journal and is published biannually, covering diverse fields like education, policy, environmental sustainability, entrepreneurship, and technology. Eduplus Training Institute in Bhutan is the publisher of the Journal.

The Journal has formally announced an invitation for manuscript submission on topics encompassing education, forestry, economics and finance, medical sciences, social sciences, business and commerce, language and literature, digital science and artificial intelligence. The deadline for submission is 31 August 2025 and can be submitted by registering on the Journal’s website: https://bhutaninsights.com/index.php/bij

The launch was hosted in the Bhutanese Buddhist and Cultural Centre in Canberra and attended by the Resident Khenchen Lam of the Zhung Dratshang, scholars, and well-wishers.

The Journal’s editor-in-chief can be contacted at: editorbijournal@gmail.com