The institute biosafety committee meeting was conducted to review ongoing projects related to transgenic work. The meeting was initiated with the introductory remarks by Chairman, IBSC Dr B Singh, Director of the institute. Dr Achuit Singh, Member secretary, IBSC briefed about the ongoing/proposed rDNA related research work. DBT nominee Prof. R K Asthana, Dept. of Botany, BHU, external expert Prof J P Shahi, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU and the internal committee members of the IBSC Dr A B Rai, Dr Jagdish Singh, Dr P M Singh, Dr Sudhakar Pandey, Dr H C Prasanna, Suhas Karkute participated and gave important suggestions for carrying out rDNA related research work.