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
e-mail	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)

PGIMER

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.

" Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal and Yudh Seva Medal. All these medals were instituted in 1960, with a 35mm circular gold gilt medal having 5 pointed star on one side and state emblem on the other with the category of the medal inscribed in Hindi above the emblem. The differentiation would be with the ribbon (all yellow) divided into two, three and four parts by red stripes respectively."