Mr. P. D. Rai, (former) Member of Parliament, visited Indian Institute of Science on 13 May 2019. He met Prof. Anurag Kumar, (former) Director Indian Institute of Science, Prof. Vikram Jayaram, Chair, Mechanical Sciences Division and Prof. S. K. Satheesh, Chair, DCCC, to discuss the various ways in which DCCC can help the government of Sikkim to deal with the impact of climate change. He highlighted the threat posed by glacier lake outburst floods and disappearance of springs (when small glaciers retreat rapidly). He indicated that a team from Sikkim will interact with the Water Solutions Lab at DCCC to discuss these problems. He also promised to bring a delegation from Sikkim to participate in the world water conference organized by Future Earth and DCCC during 24 to 27 September 2019 in Bengaluru.