The SAHHIN network aims to act as a platform to promote scientific interventions, develop action plans and empower capacity building among stakeholders that can enable multi-disciplinary participation in helping South Asian countries to tackle heat stress using better preparedness and planning measures. We are happy to share with you all the First fortnightly mailer, Volume 2 on Heat Stress news from South Asia and across the globe. For more details on SAHHIN, please write to r.magotra@irade.org.