Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, is in the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim for a five-day visit to Tibetan settlements there, where he is meeting the local Tibetans and visiting the various Tibetan institutes. Sikyong has visited all Tibetan settlements in India and most of the major Tibetan communities in Europe and north America since he came to office in 2011.