RIGSS Podcast
Dive deeper into the minds that are making a difference. Listen to find out what ticks them as they share their perspectives, insight, knowledge, wisdom and experiences on subjects that matter. Join us on these engaging and intellectual odysseys with the luminaries of leadership, governance, democracy and public policy.
Dedicated to the 40th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty The king
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Episode 28 | Mental Health - “Inner Foundation for an Outer World Worth Living In”
May 6, 2025
Annika Sten Pärson
Episode 26 | Behind the Camera with Samantha Simmonds
December 31, 2024
Samantha Simmonds, BBC News, Presenter
Episode 24 | Part IV | AI for Bhutan’s Future
August 31, 2024
Phuntsho Namgay and Namgyal T Gyaltshen
The RIGSS Dialogue | What Does the Future Hold and How Do We Prepare as a Nation to Succeed?
May 1, 2023
Yuval Noah Harari, Professor
Episode 14 | A Quantum Leap?
December 30, 2022
Mr. Jacques Von Benecke, Chief Technology Officer, DHI
Ninth RIGSS Anniversary Friday Forum | Nation Building - Lessons from Singapore’s Success
January 20, 2023
Ambassador Tommy Koh, Speaker
Ninth RIGSS Anniversary Lecture Series | Learning from Singapore’s Success in Combating Corruption - Lessons for Bhutan
January 12, 2023
Professor Jon S.T. Quah, Speaker
Ninth RIGSS Anniversary Lecture Series | Factors Behind Singapore’s Economic Achievements
December 30, 2022
Dr. Tan Khee Giap, Speaker
Ninth RIGSS Anniversary Lecture Series | Strengthening Law & Order and Homeland Security
December 29, 2022
Mr. Khoo Boon Hui, Speaker
Episode 11 | The Secret Behind the Success of the Start-up Nation
August 17, 2017
Saul Singer, Author, Start-up Nation
Episode 10 | Leadership of the Self
September 19, 2021
Dasho Karma Tshiteem, Gyalsung National Service Programme
Episode 8 | Expanding Possibilities with Technology
April 4, 2021
Ujjwal Deep Dahal, Director, InnoTech Department, DHI
Epsiode 7 | The Royal Academy | A King’s Vision for Education
February 21, 2021
The Royal Academy, A King’s Vision for Education
Episode 6 | Up To Speed with UNDP Bhutan
February 14, 2021
Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative of UNDP for Bhutan
Episode 5 | The Genja of 1907
December 16, 2020
Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga, Royal Research and Advisory Council
Episode 4 | The Modernity of the Bhutanese Monarchy
December 14, 2020
Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga, Royal Research and Advisory Council
Episode 3 | Comparative Perspectives on Bhutan as a Monarchy
December 12, 2020
Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga, Royal Research and Advisory Council
Episode 2 | Women Leadership in the 21st Century
December 1, 2020
Ruchira Kamboj, Ambassador of India to Bhutan
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Sonam Yangdon
Sonam Yangdon is the Media and Public Relations Officer at the Institute.