The yearly club fair on was held on August 14, 2013. Twenty seven clubs were registered this year. Among these twenty seven clubs, are five new clubs namely: Chinese Culture Club, Public Speaking Club, Zumba Club, Chess Club and Yoga club. More than 450 students attended the club fair and hiking club was at the top of the list with 200 registered members.

Some of the new clubs like the Chinese Culture club and Zumba Club will be coordinated by Wheaton students. Royal Thimphu College has four broad clubs; literary club, cultural club, sports club and community service club. The twenty seven clubs are categorized under these four broad clubs. The club fair was organized in order to enhance and enrich the student’s life through various club activities.

Sudha Shah, author of the book, “The King in Exile” visited RTC College and gave a talk on her book on August 9, 2013.She is a Mumbai-based writer and was also one of the speakers for the Mountain Echoes Literary Festival this year. 

“The King in Exile” is a biography of King Thibaw, popularly known as the last King of Burma. The book emphasizes on the lives of the last Burmese royal family and its descendants. In particular, the book provides a detailed portrayal of their personal life, especially during exile in India and immediately afterwards. 

Sudha Shah shared some of her personal experiences as a writer and the challenges she had to face while writing the book. She had spent several years researching on the royal family and actually found that nothing was written on the royal family apart from some occasional newspaper and magazine articles. She said this had actually made her want to tell their story. 

“I wanted a book that would interest people and that would make them think about what actually happened to them.” - Sudha Shah

Royal Thimphu College welcomed 22 new faculty last week, who participated in a week long orientation, covering topics such as the history of Bhutan and RTC, living in Bhutan, academic policies and learner-centred teaching.  The new faculty, hailing from Bhutan, India, the U.S., Canada and Australia, bring the total number of faculty to 66, of which 12 are part time. 

As RTC enters its fifth year, and also starts its part-time CE program, we are proud to welcome our new faculty to the RTC family.