A three-day evaluation-cum-interaction Workshop for all ENVIS Network Centres at Gangtok, Sikkim was held and hosted by ENVIS Centre at State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim (SCSTS) on 28-30 March 2014. Around 120 senior participants from various national institutions and various State Government departments participated in the evaluation process for further strengthening the ENVIS system in the country. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary of Sikkim, Shri A.K. Srivastava stressed on protection of environment and need to have strong institutional instrument for repository of database and information system which ENVIS Centres can provide. An ENVIS Android application developed by FRLHT ENVIS for on Medicinal plants was also released on the occasion.

Two parallel sessions for evaluating the activities of 68 Thematic and State Centres were carried out in the National meet. Following independent experts from reputed national institutes evaluated the activities of various ENVIS centres for 2013-14: Dr. N. Ramaiah, Chief Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO); Dr. Avinash Chandra, Professor (Retd.), Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi, New Delhi; Dr. Bharat H. Desai, Professor, Centre for International Legal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Dr. M.N.V. Prasad, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad. The workshop concluded with a thought-provoking address by Ms. Vandana Aggarwal, Economic Adviser.