World-class brilliance, unassuming looks

Dorje is a strongly built man with black, curly hair, and nothing unique to distinguish him from his fellow Tibetans. But this member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) is without peers in the world of engineering.

In the past two decades, his work has brought him from no-man's land in northern Tibet to the high mountainous areas further south. His research has earned honors at home and abroad.

Born to a peasant family in 1953 in Gyacha county, Dorje became accustomed to the privations of extreme poverty during his childhood.