The Video Conference meeting of the 90th IRC for the approval of new project proposals was held from 24-25 April 2020 under the chairmanship of Dr MR Dinesh, Director, ICAR-IIHR. A total of 20 new sub-projects were presented by the scientists of different divisions, and after thorough discussions & deliberations 13 sub-projects were approved. Few of them were on HDP in mango; Breeding Gmynema & Bacopa; Double haploids in vegetables & Fruits; Role of bioagents in abiotic stresses; Appraisal on soil organic carbon etc. Each day, more than 90 scientists participated the IRC meeting. Dr TS Aghora, Nodal Officer, PMEC thanked the Director and all the scientists for sparing time for critically examining the sub-projects. At the end of meeting, the Director thanked all scientists for cooperation and good work carried out.