The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, along with Dehradun based Centre for Ecology Development And Research (CEDAR) organized a workshop on ‘Water Availability and Access in Mountain Areas of the Upper Ganga Basin’ under the Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research project on 4th December 2015 in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The workshop aimed to understand issues regarding water in the Upper Ganga Basin from the perspectives of different stakeholders, identify response actions and their challenges and opportunities for implementation, and create an environment for shared understanding across stakeholders.