Tsedrung Gyaltsen Choden was born in 1920 at Medo Gongkar near Lhasa. He was third among the four children born to father Jangchup Phuntsok and mother Kelsang Dolma. He started his schooling from 1930. In 1935, he joined Tashi Lhunpo monastery to study Buddhist theology and philosophy.
In 1946, he was selected as an accountant (Tsedrung). He came into exile in 1959. In 1964, he was appointed as the education secretary and took charge of editing and printing the biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1967, he served as the cashier cum head of home division at the Bureau of HIs Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi. In 1969, he was appointed as the secretary of Home Department and served as the settlement officer of Kollegal Settlement from 1976. From 1980, he served as the settlement officer of Lugsam Samdupling settlement. In 1982, he was appointed as the settlement officer of Doeguling settlement in Mundgod and in 1989, he was appointed as the principal of CST Mundgod. He retired from active service in 1992.
He passed away on 12 January 2022 in the United States.
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