Various issues were discussed in the two-day meeting of the scientific advisory committee of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Nainital. In the meeting, the members of the committee expressed satisfaction at the noteworthy research work conducted by the ARIES in the field of astronomy, astrophysics and atmosphere science. The advisory committee reviewed the research works conducted by the instituted during the past three years. The evaluation report will be submitted by the committee to the governing council of ARIES, based on which the proposals for the institute will be given a concrete shape for the future. The scientific advisory committee meet concluded on the weekend. During the two-day meeting, the committee members interacted separately with the institute’s scientists, engineers, researchers and staff members. Addressing the media after conclusion of the meeting, the scientific advisory committee chairman and centre director of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (Pune), professor SK Ghosh said that the optical telescope at ARIES in Nainital had been instrumental in two research works which had been published in international scientific journals. He informed that the scientific advisory committee had called for expediting work on preparation of various aspects of the optical telescope here.