The 10^th Institute Research Council (IRC) meeting of ICAR-NIASM was held on June 18, 2020 through video conferencing. The meeting was chaired by Director NIASM, Dr Himanshu Pathak. All Heads of the Schools, scientists and technical staff of the Institute attended the meeting. The meeting was started with a brief discussion about 8^th RAC suggestion and recommendation which was held on June 12, 2020. During IRC meeting, the Heads of the Schools presented the Institute Flagship projects and subsequently the Principal Investigators presented the Umbrella projects. The institute have 3 level of projects as Flagship, Umbrella and In-house. Director ICAR-NIASM emphasised the need of doing in-depth studies in all the projects to generate basic and strategic information. He urged the scientists to keep the national mandate of the Institute in mind and initiate collaboration with other ICAR Institutes and Universities. He also suggested for submission of research project proposals for external funding including private organizations.