To review the institute and externally funded projects, XXI Institute Research Council Meeting was held during 18-20, January, 2017. The Member Secretary welcomed the chairman and all the members (Scientist). The Chairman welcomed the Scientists and asked the Principal Investigators to present the Salient Achievements and the technical programme for 2017-18. All Scientists presented the achievements of ongoing projects and few have proposed new projects for approval. Externally funded projects were also presented by the Scientists. The meeting ended with vote of thanks by the Member Secretary. The following members were present in the meeting.