AA | Alcoholics Anonymous - a service organization. |
AAFI | Amateur Athletics Federation of India |
AAGSP | All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad |
AARRP | Afro Asian Rural Reconstruction Progreamme. |
ABC | Atomic, Biological and Chemical (warfare),Audit Bureau of Circulation. |
AC | Ante Christum (Before Christ), Alternating Current, Ashok Chakra, Air Conditioner |
ABM | Anti Ballistic Missile |
ABU | Asian Broadcasting Union |
ACC | Auxiliary Cadet Corps |
AD | Anna Domini (After Christ) |
ADAM | Animated Dissection |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
ADF | African Development Fund |
ADC | Aide de Camp (Assistant to Governors) |
AIADMK | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
AFC | Asian Football Confederation |
AG | Accountant General, Adjutant General |
AH | Anna Hegirae (Prophet Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina 622 AD) |
AFPRO | Action for Food Programme. |
AI | Artificial Intelligence, Air India |
AGSOC | Asian Games Special Organising Committee |
AICTE | All India Council for Technical Education |
AIDS | Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. |
AIFF | All India Football Federation |
AIFACS | All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society |
AIIMS | All India Institute of Medical Science |
AIML | All India Muslim League |
AITUC | All India Trade Union Congress |
AISSF | All India Sikh Students' Federation. |
AIREC | All India Railway Employees Confederation. |
AIWC | All India Women's Conference. |
AICC | All India Congress Committee |
AIBEU | All India Bank Employees' Union |
AICTU | All India Communist Trade Union |
AM | Anti-meridian (Before Noon), Amplitude Modulation. |
AMIE | Associate Member of the Insitution of Engineers. |
AMC | Army Medical Corps |
ABC | American/Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
ANC | African National Congress |
AOC | Air Officer Commanding. |
ANERT | Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology. |
ALH | Advanced Light Helicopter |
APPLE | Ariane Passenger Pay Load Experiment |
ANN | Artificial Neutral Network |
ANZUS | Australia, New Zealand and US Pacific Pact Nations. |
APCTT | Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology. |
APD | Automated Peritoneal Dialysis |
APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. |
APM | Administered Price Mechanism. |
ARC | Administrative Reforms Commission. |
ARDC | Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation. |
ART | Assisted Reproductive Technologies |
ASC | Army Service Corps |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations. |
ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange. |
ASBD | Anti Social Behaviour Disorder |
ASLV | Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
ASPAC | Asian and Pacific Council |
ASSOCHAM | Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
ATGM | Anti Tank Guided Missile |
AT & T | American Telegraphic & Telephone Co.Ltd., |
ATC | Air Traffic Control. |
ATS | Anti Tetanus Serum |
ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
ATV | Advanced Technology Vessel. |
AVSM | Ati Vishist Seva Medal. |
AU | Astronomical Unit, African Union |
AWACS | Airborne Warning and Control System |
AAASI | Academy of Archaeology and Ancient Sciences of India. |
AAI | Airport Authority of India Ltd., |
APO | Army Post Office |
AIRF | All India Railwaymen's Federation. |
ASL | Advanced System Laboratory; Above Sea Level. |
ANZAC | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. |
ALEAP | Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh |
APC | Armoured Personnel Carrier |
ADU | Ambedkar University, Delhi. |
ACTA | Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement. |
AQI | Air Quality Index |
ASBA | Application Supported by Blocked Amounts. |
AURA | Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft. |
AERB | Atomic Energy Regulatory Board |
BA | Bachelor of Arts ( Baccalaureus Artium) |
B2B | Business to Business |
B2C | Business to Consumer |
BALCO | Bharat Aluminium Co.Ltd. |
BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
BCCI | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BC | Before Christ |
BCG | Baccillus Calmette Guerin (TB Vaccine) |
BGA | Blue Green Algae. |
BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., |
bhp | brake horse power |
BIFR | Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
BIMSTEC | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation. |
BIOS | Basic Input and Output System |
BIT | Binary Digit |
BOLT | Build, Operate, Lease and Transfer |
BOLT | Bombay Stock Exchange on Line Trading. |
BP | Blood Pressure, Bharat Petroleum. |
BPL | Below Poverty Line |
BPE | Bureau of Public Enterprise. |
BPO | Business Process Outsourcing. |
bps | bytes per second |
BPR | Business Process Reengineering |
BRO | Border Roads Organization. |
BREAD | Basic Research Education And Development Society. |
BSE | Bombay Stock Exchange. |
BSS | Bharat Seva Samaj |
BSF | Border Security Force |
B Sky B | British Sky Broadcasting. |
BAFTA | British Academy of Film and Television Artists. |
BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., |
BEML | Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., |
BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
BPLR | Benchmark Prime Lending Rate. |
BEE | Bureau of Energy Efficiency. |
C2C | Consumer to Consumer |
C in C | Commander in Chief |
CV | Curriculum Vitae |
C/o | Care of |
CA | Chartered Accountant |
CABE | Central Advisory Board for Education |
CAD | Computer Aided Design, Command Area Development |
CADA | Command Area Development Authority |
CAG | Comptroller & Auditor General |
CBDT | Central Board of Direct Taxes |
CBFC | Central Board of Film Certification. |
CAPES | Computer Aided Paperless Examination System. |
CAR | Capital Adequacy Ratio |
CAS | Conditional Access System, Court of Arbitration for Sports. |
CAT | Career Aptitude Test, Common Admission Test, Central Administrative Tribunal, Computer Adaptive Test |
CBR | Central Board of Revenue |
CBI | Central Bureau of Investigation. |
CBM | Confidence Building Measures. |
CBSE | Central Board of Secondary Education. |
CCPD | Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis |
CD | Compact Disc; Certificate of Deposit; Civil Defence |
CDS | Compulsory Deposit Scheme. |
CDRI | Central Drug Research Institute. |
CDAC | Centre for the Development of Advance Computing. |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access. |
CEO | Chief Executive, Chief Education/Enquiry Officer; Chief Election Officer |
CENTO | Central Treaty Organization. |
CFSI | Children's Film Society of India |
CFTRI | Central Food Technological Research Institute. |
CGHS | Central Government Health Scheme. |
CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.. |
CIET | Central Institute of Education Society. |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CID | Criminal Investigation Department. |
CII | Confederation of Indian Industries. |
CITU | Centre of Indian Trade Unions. |
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States. |
CLRC | Central Land Reforms Committee |
CISCE | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. |
COFEPOSA | Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act. |
CKD | Completely Knocked Down |
CMP | Common Minimum Programme. |
CNN | Cable News Network |
CO | Commanding Officer. |
COD | Cash on Delivery.. Central Ordnance Depot |
CONCOR | Container Corporation (of India). |
CPA | Consumer Protection Act. |
COMEX | Commonwealth Expedition. |
CPI - M | Communist Party of India - Marxism. |
CPI | Communist Party of India |
CPR | Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. |
CRY | Child Relief and You. |
CSIO | Central Scientific Instruments Organization. |
CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. |
CSO | Central Statistical Organization, Chief Security Officer. |
CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
CVR | Cockpit Voice Recorder. |
CWC | Chemical Weapons Commission, Congress Working Committee, Central Working Committee |
CTS | Cheque Transation System. |
CARICOM | Caribbean Community. |
CACM | Central American Common Market. |
COPP | Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product. |
CDSCO | Central Drugs Standard Control Organization. |
CIPET | Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology. |
CAHC | Capital Airports Holding Company |
CGPCS | Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia |
CMIE | Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy |
COBRA | Commando Battalion for Resolute Action |
CVRDE | Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment |
CDAP | Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan |
CCEA | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. |
CIC | Chief Information Commissioner, Chief Income Tax Commissioner |
COBSE | Council of Boards of School Education |
C-STAR | Commonwealth Science & Technology Academy and Research. |
CCRAS | Central Council of Research in Ayurveda and Siddha |
CMBRC | Cell and Molecular Biology Research Centre |
CSAT | Civil Services Aptitude Test |
D & C | Dilation and Curettage |
D.Litt | Doctor of Literature |
D.Phil | Doctor of Philosophy |
D.Sc. | Doctor of Science |
DA | Dearness Allowance. |
DAE | Department of Atomic Energy |
DC | Direct Current |
DDT | Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane |
DIG | Deputy Inspector General. |
DGCA | Director General of Civil Aviation. |
DGS&D | Director General of Supplies and Disposals. |
DG | Die Gracia (By the Grace of God), Director General |
DIA | Defence Intelligence Agency |
DLO | Dead Letter Office |
DDA | Delhi Development Authority |
DMK | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
DMKP | Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party |
DMA | Direct Memory Access |
DNA | Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
DO | Demi-Official |
DOD | Department of Ocean Development |
DD | Doordarshan |
DIPP | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. |
DPT | Diptheria, Pertusin, Tetanus (Vaccine) |
DPI | Director of Public Instruction |
DRDL | Defence Research & Development Laboratory |
DRDO | Defence Research & Development Organization. |
DRI | Differential Rate of Interest |
DSB | Digital Satellite Broadcasting |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
DSP | Digital Signal Processing, Deputy Superintendent of Police |
DTP | Desk Top Publishing |
DSIDC | Defence Scientific Information Documentation Centre |
DTS | Digital Theatre System |
DV | Deo Volente ( God Willing ) |
DVD | Digital Versatile/Video Disc |
DVS | Desk Top Video Conferencing System |
DIAL | Delhi International Airports Ltd., |
DARE | Defence Aviation Research Establishment |
DTAA | Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement |
DGFT | Director General of Foreign Trade. |
E&OE | Errors and Omissions Excepted |
Electronic Mailing | |
EARC | Economic Administrative Reforms Commission |
EAM | Emergency Action Message |
ECA | Economic Commission for Asia, Essential Commodities Act |
ECB | External Commercial Borrowings. |
ECG | Electro Cardio Gram |
ECGC | Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (of India) |
ECHR | European Commission on Human Rights |
ECM | European Common Market |
ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council (UN) |
ECR | Electron Cyclotron Resonance |
EDI | Electron Data Interchange |
EDMS | Electronic Document Management System |
EDCIL | Educational Consultants of India Ltd |
EEC | European Economic Community |
EEG | Electro Encephalo Gram |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
e.g. | exempli gratia (for example) |
EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
EIS | Executive Information System |
EL | Electro Luminiscent |
ELINT | Electronic Intelligence |
ENLF | Eelam National Liberation Front (now defunct) |
ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay |
ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
EMI | Equated Monthly Installments. |
EMRC | Educational Media Research Centre |
ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
ENT | Ear Nose Throat |
EoF | End of File |
EOS | Electronic Online System International |
EOU | Export Oriented Unit |
EPABX | Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
EPI | Expanded Programme of Immunisation |
EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
EPZ | Economic Processing Zone |
EQ | Emotional Quotient; Emergency Quota |
ERDC | Electronic Research and Development Centre |
ERM | European Exchange Rate Mechanism |
ERNET | Educational and Research Network |
ERNIE | Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESIC | Employees State Insurance Corporation |
ECIL | Electronics Corporation of India Ltd., |
ESMA | Essential Services Maintenance Act., |
ESP | Extra Sensory Perception. |
ESR | Electron Spin Resonance |
et al | et alii ( and others) |
et seq | et sequential ( and what follows ) |
etc | et cetera ( and so forth) |
ETT | Embryo Transfer Technology |
EURATOM | European Atomic Community. |
EUTELSAT | European Telecommunication Satellite |
EVE | Economic Valuation of the Environment |
EVR | Electro Video Recording |
EVM | Electronic Voting Machines. |
EBML | Extensive Binary Media Language |
EMS | European Monetary System. |
EFL | Ecologically Fragile Lands |
EPA | Environment Protection Agency |
ESOA | Education Services for Overseas Students Act. |
EUMA | End Use Monitoring Agreement |
FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization (UN) |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBTR | Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
FBW | Fly By Wire |
FOW | Fall of Wickets |
FCI | Fertilizer Corporation of India, Food Corporation of India |
FCRA | Foreign Contribution Regulation Act |
FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act |
FERA | Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. |
FACTS | Finger print Analysis and Criminal Tracing System |
FFC | Film Finance Corporation |
FICCI | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commers and Industry. |
FIFA | Federation Internationale de Football Association |
FIDE | Federation International d'Eschecs - International Chess Federation. |
FII | Foreign Institutional Investment |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FIPB | Foreign Investment Promotion Board |
FIR | First Information Report |
FIRE | Fully Integrated Robotised Engine |
FLAG | Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe |
FM | Frequency Modulation, Finance Minister |
FMCG | Free Market Consumer Goods |
FRCP | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians |
FRCS | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons |
FRGS | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
FTII | Film and Television Institute of India |
FYI | For your information. |
FINER | Federation of Industries and Commerce of North East Region |
FOGSI | Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India |
FSLRC | Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission |
FSDC | Financial Stability and Development Council. |
FLAME | Financial Literacy Agenda for Mass Empowerment. |
GAIL | Gas Authority of India Ltd., |
GEC | General Electric Co., |
G7 | Group of 7 Countries - US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada. |
G8 | G7 countries plus Russia. |
GAAP | General Accepted Accounting Practices |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades. |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GCMMF | Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation. |
GIC | General Insurance Corporation |
GH | General Hospital |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GMAT | Graduate Management Aptitude Test |
GMO | Genetically Modified Organisms. |
GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GNLF | Gorkha National Liberation Front |
GOC | General Officer Commanding |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRACE | Ground Rules and Code of Ethics |
GRE | Graduate Record Examinations |
GRS | Gender Reassignment Surgery |
GSI | Geological Survey of India |
GSLV | Geo Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
GVW | Gross Vehicle Weight. |
GDS | Gross Domestic Savings |
GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
GEAC | Genetic Engineering Approval Committee |
GLO | Gorkhaland Liberation Organisation. |
GRBA | Ganga River Basin Authority |
GJM | Gorkha Mukthi Morcha |
HAL | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., |
HB | Hard Black |
HBV | Hepatitis B Virus |
HDML | Hyper Devices Mark Up Language |
HEC | Heavy Engineering Corporation |
HF | High Frequency |
HFD | High Frequency Doppler |
HLC | Humanitarian Law Commission (Red Cross) |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus. |
HMI | Hindustan Mountaineering Institute |
HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
HMV | His Master's Voice |
HH | His/Her Highness |
HM | Headmaster |
Hon. | Honourable |
hp | horse power. |
HSD | High Speed Diesel |
HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |
HT | High Tension. |
HTML | High Text Mark Up Language |
http | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation |
HUDCO | Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
HSL | Hindustan Steels Ltd., |
HV | High Voltage |
HPCL | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., |
HVAC | Heating, Ventillating, Air Conditioning |
HVNET | High Speed Vsat Network |
HZL | Hindustan Zinc Ltd., |
HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface. |
HDI | Human Development Index |
HPPCL | Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd., |
i.e. | id est (that is) |
IA | Indian Airlines (now Indian) |
IAA | International Airport Authority |
IAS | Indian Administrative Service |
IAAS | Indian Audit and Accounts Service. |
IFS | Indian Foreign Services/Indian Forest Service. |
IPS | Indian Police Service. |
IRS | Indian Revenue Service |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency. |
IAFC | Indian Agricultural Finance Corporation |
IAMC | Indian Army Medical Corps |
IARI | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
IAMR | Institute of Applied Manpower Research |
IAF | Indian Air Force |
IASRI | Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute |
IATA | International Air Transport Corporation |
IAEC | International Atomic Energy Commission |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICC | International Cricket Council |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. |
ICHR | International Council for Human Rights, Indian Council of Historical Research |
ICICI | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICBM | Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
ICRC | International Committee of Red Cross |
ICMR | Indian Council of Medical Research |
ICPD | International Conference on Population and Development |
ICRA | Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India |
ICSI | Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection |
ICSSR | Indian Council for Social Sciences Research |
ICRISAT | International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics |
ICSE | Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
ICSW | Indian Council of Social Welfare |
ICWA | Indian Council of World Affairs |
ICWAI | Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
IDA | International Development Agency |
IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
IDC | Industrial Development Corporation |
IDPL | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
IDSA | Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis |
IDE | Integrated Device Electronics |
IEEE | Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers |
IETE | Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
IFCI | Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
IFFI | International Film Festival of India |
IIFT | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. |
IGF | India Growth Fund |
IGIDR | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research |
IGNOU | Indira Gandhi National Open University |
IIPA | Indian Institute of Public Administration |
IISCO | Indian Iron & Steel Co., |
IIT | Indian Institute of Technology |
ITI | Industrial Training Institute, Indian Telephone Industries |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMAP | Internal Mail Access Protocol |
IMO | International Maritime Organization, International Meteorological Organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
in cog | in-cognito (in disguise) |
INA | Indian National Army |
INMAS | Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences |
INDIPEX | Indian International Philatelic Exhibition |
INRI | Jesus Nazarenus Rex Ludaeorun (Jesus of Nazareeth, King of Jews) |
INS | Indian Newspaper Society, Indian Naval Ship |
INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
INSDOC | Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre |
INTACH | Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage |
INTELSAT | International Telecommunication Satellite |
INTUC | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
IOA | Indian Olympic Association |
IOC | Indian Oil Corporation,International Olympic Committee |
IOU | I Owe You |
IOCOM | Indian Ocean Commonwealth |
IOJ | International Organisation of Journalists |
IP | Insolvency Petition,Internet Protocol |
IPC | Indian Penal Code |
IPCL | Indian Petrochemical Corporation Ltd., |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
iq | idem quod (the same as) |
IPU | International Parliamentary Union |
IRA | Irish Republican Army |
IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
IRCTC | Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation |
IRC | International Red Cross |
IRDP | Integrated Rural Development Programme |
IREDA | Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency |
IRRI | International Rice Research Institute |
ISA | International Sea Bed Authority |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
ISC | Indian School Certificate |
ISCI | Intra Cycloplasmic Sperm Injection |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISI | Indian Standards Institution (now Bureau of Indian Standards),Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan) |
ISO | International Standards Organisation |
ISKCON | International Society for Krishna Consciousness |
ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
ISSF | International Shooting Sports Federation. |
ISSN | International Standard Serial Number |
IST | Indian Standard Time |
ITA | Information Technology Agreement |
ITBP | Indo Tibetan Border Police |
ITDC | Indian Tourism Development Corporation |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
IT | Income Tax; Information Technology |
IUTF | International Union for Trade Fairs |
IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
IUCAA | International University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics |
IUCD | Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device |
IUI | Intra Uterine Insemination |
IVF | In-vitro Fertilization |
IR | Infra Red; Indian Railways |
IVM | In-vitro Maturation |
IGMDP | Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme |
INTERPOL | International Police Organization |
IFC | International Finance Corporation |
IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity |
IMBL | International Maritime Boundary Line |
IBF | Indian Business Forum. International Badminton Forum |
ICFAIS | Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India Society, Hyderabad |
ICWF | Indian Community Welfare Fund |
IDSA | Indian Direct Selling Association |
IFRASTE | Industrial and Financial Reconstruction Association for Small & Tiny Enterprises. |
IIEWG | International Lunar Exploration Working Group |
INCOIS | Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services |
INSPIRE | Innovation of Science Pursuit for Inspired Research |
IONS | Indian Ocean Naval Symposium |
IUPAP | International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |
IOP | Institute of Physics, London. |
INDU | Indian National Defence University |
ICAT | International Centre for Automotive Technology |
ITR | Integrated Test Range |
IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions. |
ICDSS | Integrated Child Development Services Centre |
MA | Magister Artium - Master of Arts |
MAIF | Market Access Initiative Fund |
MAD | Mutually Assured Destruction |
MAIT | Manufacturers Association for Information Technology |
MAMC | Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation |
MASER | Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
MBA | Master of Business Administration. |
MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
MD | Doctor of Medicine |
MCC | Marylybourne Cricket Club |
MCLR | Medium Capacity Long Range |
MDA | Market Development Assistance |
MENA | Middle East News Agency |
MFN | Most Favoured Nation |
MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface. |
MISA | Maintenance of Internal Security Act. |
Misc., | Micelleaneous |
MIT | Madras Institute of Technology; Master Instruction Tape, Massachusettes Institute of Technology |
MNC | Multi National Company/Corporation. |
MMTC | Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation |
MKS | Meter Kilogram Second |
MI | Military Intelligence |
MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
Mlle | Madamoiselle (Miss) |
MLP | Multiple Line Printer |
Mme | Madame (Mrs) |
MMX | Matrix Manipulation Extention, Multi Media Extension |
MODEM | Modulator Demodulator |
MODVAT | Modified Value Added Tax |
MOFSET | Metal Oxide Semi Coductor Field Effect Transaction |
MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MP | Member of Parliament; Madhya Pradesh |
mph | Miles Per Hour |
MPLAD | Member of Parliament Local Area Development |
MRA | Moral Re-Armament |
MRCP | Member of the Royal College of Physician |
MRTPC | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
MS/M.Sc | Master of Science |
MTCR | Missile Technology Control Regime |
MVC | Maha Vir Chakra |
MSCI | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
MBT | Main Battle Tank |
MVP | Most Valuable Person |
MMTC | Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation |
MSME | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
MSSRF | M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation |
LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LDC | Lower Division Clerk |
LDCE | Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (Government Service) |
LCA | Light Combat Aircraft |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display Least Common Denominator |
LCM | Lowest Common Multiple |
LES | Lunar Escape System |
LERMS | Liberalised Exchange Rate Management Scheme |
LIC | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
LIPS | Language Independent Programme Satellite |
LIS | Land Information System |
LLB | Bachelor of Labour Laws |
LMC | Large Megallanic Cloud |
LoC | Line of Control |
LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
Lt.Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (now defunct) |
LLM | Master of Labour Laws |
LTTD | Low Temperature Thermal Desalination |
LEO | Labour Enforcement Officer |
LCIA | London Court of International Arbitration |
KG | Knight of the Garter; Kindergarten |
KGB | Russian Intelligence Agency |
KKK | Ku Klux Klan ( US's Secret Society -anti-negro and anti-jewish) |
KMT | Kuomintang (Chinese National Party) |
KAL | Korean Air Lines |
KANU | Kenyan African National Union |
KRC | Konkan Railway Corporation |
KVIC | Khadi & Village Industries Corporation |
JCO | Junior Commissioned Officer |
JIPMER | Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research |
JP | Justice of Peace |
JMM | Jan Mukti Morcha |
JVM | Janata Vidyarthi Morcha |
JUCCCE | Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy |
JPC | Joint Parliamentary Committee |
NAAI | National Airport Authority of India |
NAAC | National Assessment and Accreditation Council |
NABARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
NAC | National Advisory Council |
NAFED | National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NASA | National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation |
NASSCOM | National Association of Software and Service Companies |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
NCA | National Council for Agriculture, National Cricket Academy |
NCAER | National Council of Applied Economic Research |
NCCF | National Calamity Contingency Fund |
NATPAC | National Transportation Planning and Research Centre |
NCEPC | National Committee on Environmental Planning and Coordination |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NB | Nota Bene (Note Well) |
NC | Network Computer |
NCC | National Cadet Corps |
NCERT | National Council for Educational Research and Training |
NCST | National Commission for Science and Technology |
NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
NCSA | National Centre for Super Computing Applications, National Computer Security Association |
NDA | National Defence Academy |
NDC | National Development Council |
NDEC | New Data Encryption Standard |
NGO | Non-Government Organization; Non-Gazetted Officer |
NEERI | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute |
NEPA | National Environmental Protection Act |
NFDC | National Film Development Corporation |
NGRI | National Geographical Research Institute |
NICD | National Institute of Communicable Diseases. |
NIT | National Institute of Technology (formerly REC - Regional Engineering College) |
NIFT | National Institute of Film Technology, National Institute of Fashion Technology |
NIIT | National Institute of Information Technology |
NIO | National Institute of Oceanography |
NITIE | National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering |
NIMHANS | National Institutte of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences |
NIIST | National Institute of Inter-disciplinary Science & Technology |
NIV | National Institute of Virology |
NMDC | National Mineral Development Corporation |
NMCC | National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council |
NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Nilgiri Mountain Railways |
NMS | Network Management System |
NOC | No Objection Certificate |
NPC | National Productivity Council |
NPCIL | Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., |
NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
NPT | Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRF | National Renewable Fund |
NRSA | National Remote Sensing Agency |
N & S | Network and Systems. |
NSC | National Service Corps |
NSEI | National Stock Exchange of India |
NSUI | National Students Union of India |
NTPC | National Thermal Power Corporation (of India) |
NTSC | National Television System Commission |
NIOT | National Institutte of Ocean Technology |
NIA | National Intelligence Agency |
NATM | New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
NCDC | National Centre for Disease Control |
NCEUS | National Commission for Enterpirses in Unorganised Sector |
NCHAC | North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council |
NCPCR | National Commission for Protection of Child Rights |
NELP | National Exploration Licensing Policy |
NGRI | National Geophysical Research Institute |
NSSK | Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram |
NPR | National Population Register |
NEIGRIHMS | North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Health and Medical Sciences. |
NGRBA | National Ganga River Basin Authority |
NBFC | Non Banking Finance Companies. |
NIAS | National Institute of Advanced Studies. |
NEAA | National Environment Appellate Authority |
NAIS | National Agricultural Insurance Scheme |
NABH | National Accreditation Board for Hospitals |
NACO | National Aids Control Organization. |
NIS | National Institute of Sports. |
NSIC | National Small Industries Corporation. |
O & M | Organization and Methods |
OANA | Organization of Asia Pacific News Agencies |
OAPEC | Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OAS | Organisation of American States |
OAU | Organisation of African Unity |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition. |
OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
ODA | Overseas Development Administration |
ODI | Open Datalink Interface; One Day International (Cricket) |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OGL | Open General Licence |
OIC | Organisation of Islamic Conference |
OIGS | On India Government Service (Posts) |
OK | All Correct (only colloquial) |
OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
ONGC | Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
OOP | Object Oriented Programme. |
op.cit | Opero Citato ( in the work cited ) |
OPCW | Organisation for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
OPV | Oral Polio Vaccine |
ORT | Oral Rehydration Therapy |
OTA | Officers' Training Academy |
OXFAM | Oxford Committee for Famine Relief |
QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be demonstrated/proved) |
QR | Quantitative Restrictum |
QSO | Quasi Stellar Object |
QV | Quod Vide (which see) |
QMG | Quarter Master General |
QUANGO | Quasi Autonomous Non-Government Organization |
QG | Quasi Government (partially government controlled) |
PAC | Public Accounts Committee; Political Affairs Committee |
PAL | Phase Alteration Line, Pakistan Air Lines |
PAN | Permanent Account Number (Income Tax) |
PAYE | Pay As You Earn |
PBX | Private Branch Exchange |
PC | per cent; post card; personal computer; Pay Commission |
PCM | Plus Code Modulation |
PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card Internation Association |
PDA | Preventive Detention Act; Personal Digital Assistant |
PCRA | Petroleum Conservation Research Association |
PEC | Project Equipment Corporation |
PERT | Project Evaluation Review Technologies |
PEN | Poets, Editors, Novelists Association |
PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
PETA | People for Ethical Treatment of Animals |
PF | Provident Fund |
PFA | Prevention of Food Adulteration |
PFBR | Prototype Fast Breed Reactor |
PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority | Post Graduate Institute of Medicual Education and Research |
PGM-FI | Programmed Fuel Injection |
PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
Ph.D | Doctor of Philosophy |
PHC | Public Health Centre |
PHDCCI | Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
PIB | Press Information Bureau; Public Investment Board |
PIN (Code) | Postal Index Number (code) |
PIGS | Pre-Implementation Genetic Screening |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation |
PIM | Personal Information Management |
PIXEL | Picture Element |
PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
PLOTE | People's Liberation Organisation for Tamil Eelam (defunct) |
POK | Pakistan Occupied Kashmir |
PM | Post Meridian, Prime Minister |
PMG | Post Master General |
PMUPEP | Prime Minister's Urban Poverty Eradication Programme |
PNR | Passenger Name Recorder |
POTA | Prevention of Terrorism Act |
POW | Prisoners of War |
PPP | Purchasing Power Parity; Point to Point Protocol |
PRO | Public Relations Officer |
PROLOG | Programme Logic |
PS | Post Scriptum ( Written After); Private Secretary |
PSC | Public Service Commission |
PSLV | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
PSN | Processor Serial Number |
PTA | Parent Teacher Association |
PTI | Press Trust of India |
PTO | Please Turn Over |
PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride; Param Vir Chakra |
PWD | Public Works Department |
PZD | Partial Zonal Drilling |
PMK | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
PDPP | Prevention of Damage to Public Property |
PURSE | Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence |
RBPDPE | Rural Back Yard Poultry Development and Scientific Excellence |
PMSSY | Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana |
PFI | Public Financial Institutions. |
PGCIL | Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., |
SASE | Self Addressed Stamped Envelope |
S & T | Science & Technology; Signal & Telecommunications |
SAC | Space Application Centre |
SAHRF | South Asian Human Rights Forum |
SAIL | Steel Authority of India Ltd., |
SAM | Surface to Air Missile |
SALT | Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty |
SATTE | South Asian Travel & Tourism Exchange |
SAPTA | South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory System |
SASER | Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test |
SAVE | SAARC Audio Visual Exchange, Saving Asia's Vulture from Extinction |
SCABA | Self Contained Air Breathing Apparatus |
SCM | Supply Chain Management |
SCI | Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., |
SCSI | Small Computer Systems Interface. |
SCUBA | Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus |
SCV | Small Commercial Vehicle |
SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
SEANWFZ | South East Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone |
SEATO | South East Asia Treaty Organization. |
SEBI | Stock Exchange Board of India |
SENSEX | Sensitive Index |
SERC | Structural Engineering Research Centre |
SET | Secure Electronic Transmission |
SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
SFCI | State Farm Corporation of India |
SGPC | Siromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee |
SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces. (Europe). |
SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
SICOM | Society of Integrated Coastal Management |
SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ( Crib death) |
SIFT | Sperm Intra Fallopian Transfer |
SIM | Subscriber Information Module |
SIHAM | Society for Indian Human and Animal Mycologists |
SITA | Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act |
SITE | Satellite Instructional Television Experiment |
SLFP | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio, Single Lens Reflex |
SLV | Satellite Launch Vehicle |
SJVN | Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam |
SNA | System Network Architecture |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Network |
SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea. |
SNIPES | Society of National Institute for Physical Education and Sports. |
SPCA | Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
SPECT | Single Photon Emission Commuted Tomography |
SPTM | Self Printing Ticketing Machine |
STAR | Satellite Television Asian Region Ltd., (Star TV) |
SPROB | Solid Propellant Boost Plant |
SSC | Staff Selection Commission |
START | Strategic Arms Reduction Talks |
STD | Subscriber Trunk Dialling, Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
STP | Software Technology Parks |
STQC | Standardisation Testing and Quality Control |
SUNFED | Special United Nation's Fund for Economic Development |
SUV | Sports Utility Vehicle |
SVP | Saturated Vapour Pressure |
SWAPO | South West African People's Organization |
SP | Samajwadi Party |
SAMC | South Asia Media Commission |
SCNT | Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer |
SCODA | The SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards |
SOFA | Status of Forces Agreement |
STPF | Special Tiger Protection Force |
SWAT | Special Weapons and Tactics |
SIDA | Swedish International Development Agency |
RSVP | Respondex Sil Vous Plait (Reply if you please) |
R&D | Research & Development |
R & M | Renovation and Modernisation |
RABMN | Remote Area Business Message Network |
RAC | Reservation Against Cancellation |
RADAR | Radio Detecting and Ranging |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic Deooxyribo Nucleic Acid |
RAW | Research & Analysis Wing |
RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
RCC | Reinforced Cement Concrete |
RD | Refer to Drawer |
RDX | Research Development Explosive ( Cyclotrimethylin Trinitrate) |
REM | Rapid Eye Movement |
REC | Rural Electrification Corporation |
RFC | Request for Comments |
RH | Rain water Harvest |
RIP | Requiescat in pace ( May he/she rest in peace); Raster Image Processor |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
RITES | Rail India Technical & Economic Service |
RLO | Returned Letter Office |
RLC | Regional Labour Commissioner |
RMS | Railway Mail Service |
RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
ROB | Road Over Bridge |
ROM | Read Only Memory |
RONW | Return on Net Worth |
RPM | Revolution/Rotation Per Minute |
RLEGS | Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Scheme |
RSS | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
RSE | Renewable Source of Energy |
RTG | Radio Isotope Thermo Electric Generator |
RJD | Rashtriya Janata Dal. |
VABAL | Value Based Advance Licensing |
VAN | Virtual Area Network |
VAT | Value Added Tax |
VATIS | Value Added Technology Information Service |
VC | Vice Chancellor; Victoria Cross; Venture Capital |
VCR | Video Casette Recorder |
VD | Venereal Disease (Sex related disease) |
VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
VHS | Video Home System; Voluntary Health Services |
VIP | Very Important Person |
VIRUS | Vital Information Resources Under Seige |
VPP | Value Payable Post |
VPI | Virtual Private Internet |
VRDE | Vehicle Research & Development Establishment |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
VRS | Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
VSP | Visakhapatnam Steel Plant |
VSNL | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., |
VSIL | Viswesvarayya Steel Industries Ltd., |
VSSC | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
VTEC | Variable Value Timing and Lift Electronic Control |
VT | Victoria Terminus (Mumbai) |
VTR | Video Tape Recorder. |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UANC | United African National Council |
UCAV | Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle |
UCI | Universal Childhood Immunisation |
UCIL | Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., |
UCTA | United Chambers of Trade Association |
UCR | Under Color Removal |
UGC | University Grants Commission |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
ULEV | Ultra Low Emission Vehicle |
UN | United Nations |
UNCED | UN Conference on Environment & Development |
UNCIP | UN Commission for India and Pakistan |
UNCITRAL | UN's Conference on International Law |
UNCLOS | UN's Convention on the Laws of the Sea. |
UNCTAD | UN's Conference on Trade & Development |
UNCSTD | UN's Conference on Science & Technology for Development |
UNCNRSE | UN's Conference for New and Renewable Source of Energy |
UNCOD | UN's Conference on Desertification |
UNDC | UN's Disarmament Commission |
UNEP | UN's Environment Programme |
UNESCO | UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFPA | UN's Population Fund |
UNDP | UN's Development Programme |
UNEF | UN's Emergency Force. |
UNIC | UN's Information Centre |
UNICEF | UN's International Children's Emergency Fund |
UNHCR | UN's High Commission for Reforms |
UNIDO | UN's Industrial Development Organization |
UNIFIL | UN's Interim Force on Lebanon |
UNISPACE | UN's Conference on Peaceful Use of Space |
UNITAR | UN's Institute for Training & Research |
UNITC | UN's International Trade Centre |
UNITA | Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
UNLA | Uganda's National Liberation Army |
UNMOGIP | UN's Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan. |
UNRRA | UN's Relief & Rehabilitation Administrtion |
UNOPS | UN Office for Project Services |
UNPROFOR | UN's Protection Force |
UNPKF | UN's Peace Keeping Force |
UNWTO | UN World Tourism Organization. |
UNU | UN's University |
UNI | United News of India |
UPA | United Progressive Alliance (Political Alliance) |
UPI | United Press International |
UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
UP | Uttar Pradesh |
UPSC | Union Public Service Commission |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
USAID | UN's Agency for International Development |
USO | Udaipur Solar Observatory |
UFO | Unidentified Foreign Object |
USP | Unique Selling Proposition |
USIS | US's Information Service |
UPU | Universal Postal Union |
UNFCCC | UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UIDAI | Unique Identification Authority of India |
UNPSA | United Nations Public Service Awards. |
UNC | United Naga Council. |
T & D | Transmission & Distribution |
TA | Territorial Army; Travelling Allowance |
TACAMO | Take Charge and Move Over |
TADA | Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. |
TAFE | Tractor and Farm Equipments Co., |
TAX | Trunk Automatic Exchange |
TAFTA | Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement |
TAPS | Tarapore Atomic Power Station |
TB | Tuberculosis |
TBSE | Technology Bureau for Small Enterprises |
TCP | Transfer Cell Protocol; Transmission Control Protocol |
TDA | Trade Development Authority |
TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
TELCO | Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co., |
TERLS | Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station |
TELEX | Teleprinter Exchange |
TFT | Thin Film Transistor |
TIFAC | Technology and Information Forecasting and Assessment Council |
TIFR | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
TIPS | Technology Information Pilot System |
TIPTOP | Tape in-put - Tape out-put |
THI | Temperature Humidity Index |
TISCO | Tata Iron & Steel Co., |
TLC | Total Literary Campaign |
TMO | Telegraphic Money Order |
TNG | The Next Generation |
TNT | Trinitro Toulene (Explosive) |
TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
TPM | Total Productivity Maintenance |
TQM | Total Quality Management |
TRAC | Take-over Regulation Advisory Committee |
TRACT | Transportable Remote Area Communications Terminal |
TRIMS | Trade Related Investment Measures |
TRIPS | Trade Related Intellectural Property Rights |
TRYSEM | Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment |
TSE | Test of Spoken English |
TTC | Telemetry, Tracking & Command |
TTE | Travelling Ticket Examiner |
TWE | Test of Written English |
TWT | Two Way Time |
TUC | Trade Union Congress |
TRAI | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
TESL | Teaching of English to Speakers of other Languages. |
TAR | Trans Asian Railway |
THAAD | Theatre High Attitude Area Defence |
TIN | Tax Information Network |
TDSAT | Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal. |
WAIS | Wide Area Information Service |
WASME | World Assembly of Small & Medium Enterprises |
WARDEC | Wargaming Development Centre |
WFC | World Food Council |
WFP | World Food Programme |
WAY | World Assembly of Youth |
WFTO | World Federation of Trade Unions |
WDM | World Debt Market |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
w.e.f. | with effect from |
WG | Working Group |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WMO | World Meterological Organization |
WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
WSIS | World Summit on Information Society |
WTO | World Trade Organisation |
WWF | World Wild Life Fund (now World Wide Fund for Nature) |
WTP | Willingness to Pay |
WWW | World Wide Web; World Weather Watch . |
WADA | World Anti Doping Agency. |
WWER | Water Water Energetic Reactor. |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization. |
ZIFT | Zygote Intro Fallopean Transfer |
ZIP | Zone Improvement Plan |
ZOPFAN | Zone of Peace, Freedom & Neutrality. |
YMIA | Young men's Indian Association |
YMCA | Young men's Christian Association |
YWCA | Young women's Christian Association. |
XBT | Expandable Battery Thermographic |
X-mas | Christmas |
XML | Extensible Mark Up Language |
XPD | X-ray Photo electron Diffraction. |
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