Dorji Wangchuk

Engineer, Filmmaker & Journalist

Dorji Wangchuk is currently an adjunct professor for Media Studies in the Royal University of Bhutan. He was formerly the Director of Royal Office for Media and Press Secretary to the royal family of Bhutan.

An electronics engineer by background, Wangchuk took BBS radio to every corner of country with the national FM project between 1997 and 1998. He pioneered the introduction of TV in Bhutan in 1999. He fully moved to documentary and journalism in 2002 winning three major international documentary awards in Tokyo, Seoul and Basel and several nominations around the world.

He is currently collaborating on research with top psychologists from University of California in Berkeley to understand the journey toward contentment.

Psychology, Engineering, Filmmaking, Journalism, Sarasota 2014