First conceptualised in 2011, SaGHAA is an international bi-annual conference committed to addressing one of the most challenging issues facing the global community – The Science and Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic-Himalayas. It was the first of its kind in India to focus exclusively towards the holistic Arctic-Antarctic-Himalayan issue. It is the brainchild of LIGHTS Research Foundation and its supporters ranging from local government officials, as well as major private sector executives, members of the media and academics who belonged to the highest level of decision and policy formulation strata in India. SaGHAA is an initiative under the LIGHTS Research Foundations, an NGO cum think-tank focusing on science policy formulation since 2003.