Annual Monsoon Workshop (AMW-2018) and Prof. D.R. Sikka Memorial National symposium on "Role of weather & climate observations and forecasting on increasing agriculture productivity & risk management" was held at IITM, Pune during 28-30 March 2019. It was organised by IMS Pune Chapter in association with IITM Pune. IMSP special lectures by Dr. Dim Coumou and Dr. Reik Donner, Group Leaders, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany were arranged on 11 March 2019.