Shri Sonam Wangchuk founded Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which aims to bring reforms in the government school system in Ladakh. In 1994 he was instrumental in the launch of Operation New Hope, a triangular collaboration of the government, village communities and the civil society to bring reforms in the government schools' system. For students who failed their state exams, he founded the SECMOL Alternative School Campus near Leh, a special school where the admission criteria are failure in exams and not grades. However, with the supportive and creative environment at the school, the so called failures have excelled in their chosen fields and risen to international acclaim as entrepreneurs, film makers, politicians, teachers and so on. He has been mostly working in the field of education reform for more than 27 years. He is also known for designing the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting or heating. To solve the water crisis facing mountain regions due to climate change and fast melting glaciers, he invented the Ice Stupa artificial glacier. He was presented with “Santokbaa Humanitarian Award” of the year 2019 by Mrs. Neelam Mishra, The first Lady of Ladakh during award ceremony of 2023.