SDC was one of the participants at the recent Meet of the Mountain States hosted by the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) in Delhi. Academicians, policy makers, scientists, bureaucrats and the NGO sector got together to discuss the modalities of the 15th Finance Commission and how to collectively handle challenges of sustainable mountain development. With participants from Sikkim, Darjeeling, Ladhak, Arunachal and the other Himalayan states a large number of issues and solutions were explored.