Dr. Rinchen Dorji is the Pro Vice Chancellor of Academic and Research at the Royal University. Prior to this, he successfully served as the President of Samtse College of Education under the Royal University of Bhutan.

Rinchen began his career as a schoolteacher and has been a teacher educator for over two decades. He has held multiple leadership roles, including Programme Leader of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Dean of Research and Industrial Linkages, and Project Manager of the Support to Teacher Education Project (STEP) funded by Helvetas Swiss Development Corporation from 2003 to 2007. Additionally, he was the Programme Coordinator of the Part-Time Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Management, funded by the Canadian International Development Cooperation (CIDA) at Paro College of Education. He also worked as a Curriculum Officer at the Office of the Vice Chancellor, the secretariat office of the Royal University of Bhutan.

Rinchen holds a BA in Arts (English Honours) from Sherubtse College at Kanglung in Bhutan (1995) and an MEd in Human Development & Counselling from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (2002). He also earned an MA in Special Educational Needs from a consortium of European universities, including the University of Roehampton, London, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg, The Netherlands, and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2007). He completed his PhD at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale, New South Wales, Australia (2017), focusing on inclusive education.

Dr. Rinchen is passionate about academic discourses and research in mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, teacher morale and motivation, teacher empowerment, students and parents in education, educational leadership, inclusive education, and disability studies.