The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, along with The Mountain Institute (TMI India), Gangtok, Sikkim organised a workshop on Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Teesta Basin under the Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research project on 26 November 2015. The workshop aimed to understand issues regarding water in the Teesta Basin from the perspectives of different stakeholders, identify response actions and their challenges and opportunities for implementation.