Abbreviation | Definition |
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3G | Third Generation |
3HO | Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization |
AAA | Asian Athletics Association |
AAF | Auxiliary Air Force |
AAFI | The Amateur Athletics Federation of India |
AAI | Airport Authority of India |
AAOU | Asian Association of Open Universities |
ABCDEFGHIJ | American Born Confused Desi Emigrated From Gujarat, House In Jersey |
AC | Ante Christum (Before Christ), Ashok Chakra, Air Conditioner |
ACCET | Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology |
ACD | Asian Co-operation Dialogue |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
ADS | Air Defence Ship |
AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
AeSIJ | Aeronautical Society India Journal |
AFI | Athletics Federation of India |
AFMC | Armed Forces Medical College |
AGP | Asom Gana Parishad, regional party in Assam |
AHQ | Air Head Quarters; Army Head Quarters |
AI | Artifical Intelligence, Air India |
AIADMK | All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
AICC | All India Congress Committee |
AICTE | All India Council for Technical Education |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
AIFF | All India Football Federation |
AIIMS | All India Institute of Medical Science |
AIR | All India Radio, state owned radio stations, Annual Information Report |
AISATS | Air India SATS Airport Services Private Limited |
AITUC | All India Trade Union Congress |
AJT | Advanced Jet Trainer |
ALGOL | Algebric Oriented Language |
AM | Ante Meridiem (before Noon), Amplitude Modulation |
ANC | African National Council |
AP | Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh |
APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APEDA | Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority |
ARC | Administrative Reforms Commission; Asset Reconstruction Corporation (of India) |
ARPANET | Advanced Research Project Agency Network |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASI | Archaeological Survey of India |
ASLV | Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
AT&T | American Telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd. |
ATC | Air Traffic Control |
ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
AU | African Union |
AVES | Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome |
AVJM | Anusheelan Vaichariki Jan Madhyam |
AVSM | Ati Vishisht Seva Medal |
B | Bangalore |
B2B | Busines to Business |
B2C | Business to Consumer |
BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
BASI | Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BBS | Bulletin Board Service |
BC | Before Christ |
BCCI | Board of Cricket Control in India |
BCG | Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-T.B. vaccine) |
BG | Broad Gauge (trains or tracks (5ft. 6in.the broadest in the world) |
BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electri-cals Ltd |
BIMSTEC | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Corporation |
BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
BIT | Binary Digit |
BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party, national political party, rightwing, pro-Hindu |
BOAC | British Overseas Airways Corporation |
BPL | Below Poverty Line |
BPO | Business Process Outsourcing |
BPR | Business Process Re-engineering |
bps | bytes per second |
BREAD | Basic Research Education and Development Society |
BSE | Bombay Stock Exchange |
BSF | Border Security Force |
BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
BSP | Bahujan Samaj Party, political party, promotes lower caste interests |
BVR | Beyond Visual Range |
C | Chennai |
C2C | Consumer to Consumer |
CA | Chartered Accountant |
CABE | Central Advisory Board of Education |
CACCI | Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
CAD | Computer Aided Design |
CADP | Command Area Development Programme |
CAS | Conditional Access System |
CAT | Common Admission Test |
CBI | Central Bureau of Investigation (like American FBI) |
CBSE | Central Board of Secondary Education |
CCI | Cricket Club of India |
CDAC | Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CFSL | Central Forensic Science Laboratory |
CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.) |
CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
CII | Confederation fo Indian Industry |
CISC | Complex instruction-set computing |
CITU | Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
CM | Chief Minister |
CMP | Common Minimum Programme |
CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
CNLU | Chanakya National Law University |
CNN | Cable News Network |
CNPC | China National Petroleum Corporation |
COJS | Centre of Jaina Studies |
COMSAT | Communications Satellite Corporation |
COPRA | Consumer Protection Act |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
CPI | Communist Party of India (historically aligned to Russian party) |
CPI (M) | Communist Party of India (Marxist), historically aligned to Chinese party |
CPI (ML) | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
CPWD | Central Public Works Department |
CRIS | Centre for Railway Information System |
CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
CSRI | Conference on the Study of Religions of India |
CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organisation |
CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
CYMK | Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, Kinda |
D.Litt. | Doctor of Literature |
D.Phil. | Doctor of Philosophy |
D.Sc | Doctor of Science |
DA | Dearness Allowance, paid to compensate for inflation |
DAE | Department of Atomic Energy |
DC | Direct Current |
DD | Doordarshan, state-owned television channel |
DDT | Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane |
DIAS | Direct Internet Access System |
DIG | Deputy Inspector General |
DK | Dravida Kazhagam |
DLitt | Doctor of Literature |
DMA | Direct Memory Access |
DMK | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
DMRC | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation |
DNA | Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid |
DOART | Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting Technology |
DoT | Department of Telecommunications |
DPP | Dabhol Power Project |
DRD | Defence Research and Development |
DRDO | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
DTP | Desktop Publishing |
DVC | Damodar Valley Corporation |
DVD | Digital Versatile/Video Disc |
E & OE | Errors and Omissions Excepted |
Electronic Mailing | |
EAS | East Asia Summit |
ECIL | Electronics Corporation of India Limited |
EDCIL | Educational Consultants India Ltd. |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange, Educational Development Index |
EDUSAT | Education Satellite |
EEC | Eurasian Economic Community; European Economic Community |
EET | Exempt, Exempt, Taxable |
EIS | Executive Information System |
EJVS | Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies |
EMI | Equated Monthly Installments |
EMU | Electric Multiple Unit |
ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
ENT | Ear, Nose and Throat |
EOF | end of file |
EOT | Eastern Daylight Time |
EPABX | Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
EPIC | Elector’s Photo Identity Card |
ERNET | Educational and Research Network |
ESCAP | Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (This is the new name of ECAFE) |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBT | Fringe Benefit Tax |
FBTR | Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
FBW | Fly-By-Wire |
FC | Forward Caste |
FCI | Food Corporation of India; Fertilizer Corporation of India |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act |
FICA | Federation of International Cricketer’s Association |
FICCI | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
FIFA | International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de Football Association) |
FIR | First Information Report |
FM | Frequency Modulation, Finance Minister |
FRCP | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians |
FRCS | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
G7 | Group of Seven (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, japan and Canada) G8 includes G7 plus Russia |
GATE | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering |
GATS | General Agreement on Trade and Services |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GIC | General Insurance Corporation (of India) |
GIST | Global Institute of Science and Technology |
GMAT | Graduate Management Admission Test |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GOI | Government of India |
GSLV | Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, Geostationary Launch Vehicle |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
GSP | Generalised System Preference |
GUAM | Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
HAL | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. |
HC | High Court |
HCAC | Hindu-Christian Studies Academic Discussion List |
HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HMI | Himalayan Mountaineering Institute |
HP | Himachal Pradesh |
HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
HUDCO | Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
HVAC | Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning |
HYD | Hyderabad |
i.e. | id est (that is) |
IA | Indian Airlines |
IAAI | International Airport Authority of India |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAF | Indian Air Force |
IARI | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
IAS | Indian Administrative Service, Indian Academy of Science |
IATA | International Air Transport Association |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IBSA | India, Brazil, South Africa |
ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICRIER | Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations |
ICSE | Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Industrial Disputes |
ICSSR | Indian Council of Scientific and Social Research |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
ICWA | Indian Council of World Affairs |
IDA | International Development Agency, International Development Association |
IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
IDPL | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited |
IEEE | Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers |
IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
IESHR | Indian Economic and Social History Review |
IFC | Industrial Finance Corporation, International Finance Corporation |
IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute (Located in Washington) |
IFS | Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service |
IFWJ | Indian Federation of Working Journalists |
IGCAR | Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research |
IGMDP | Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme |
IGNCA | Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts |
IGNOU | Indira Gandhi National Open University |
IHQ | Indian Historical Quarterly |
IHTT | Institute of Handloom and Textile Technology |
IIApN | Indian Institute of Astrophysics Newsletter |
IIFA | International Indian Film Academy |
IIM | Indian Institute of Management |
IIPA | Indian Institute of Public Administration |
IISCO | Indian Iron and Steel Company |
IISS | International Institute of Strategic Studies |
IIT | Indian Institute of Technology |
IJAA | Indian Journal of Asian Affairs |
IJHS | Indian Journal of History of Science |
IJJS | International Journal of Jaina Studies |
IJMHG | Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology and Geophysics |
IJPAP | Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics |
IJRSP | Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics |
IJTK | Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge |
IJTS | International Journal of Tantric Studies |
ILA | Indian Library Association |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
IMAP | Internet Mail Access Protocol |
IMD | India Meteorological Department |
IMDT | Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMO | Instant Money Order |
INA | Indian National Army |
InASP | Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings |
InEPS | Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings, Earth and Planetary Sciences |
InES | Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings, Engineering Sciences |
InISA | Indian Institute of Science - Journal of Aeronomical Society of India |
InISJ | Indian Institute of Science Journal |
InJAE | Indian Journal of Aerospace Engineering Division |
InJBB | Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
InJME | Indian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Division |
InJP | Indian Journal of Physics and Proceedings of the Indian Assocatiation for the Cultivation of Science |
InJTP | Indian Journal of Theoretical Physics |
InMS | Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings, Mathematical Sciences |
INS | Indian News Paper Society |
INSAP | Indian National Science Academy Proceedings Supplement |
INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
INSDOC | Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre |
INTACH | Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage |
INTUC | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
INXFAC | Indian Naval Extra-Fast Attact Craft |
IOC | Indian Oil Corporation |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPC | Indian Penal Code |
IPCL | Indian Petro-Chemicals Corporation Ltd |
IPI | International Press Institute |
IPKF | Indian Peace Keeping Force, postioned in a foreign country such as Sri Lanka |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IPS | Indian Police Service; Inter Press Service |
IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
IRC | International Red Cross |
IRDO | Integrated Rural Development Organisation |
IRDP | Integrated Rural Development Programme |
IRS | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, Indian Revenue Service |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISI | Indian Standards Institution, renamed Bureau of Indian Standards; Inter Services Intelligence |
ISKCON | International Society for Krishna Consciousness |
ISO | International Standards Organisation |
ISR | Indian Space Research |
ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
ISSP | Indian Scientific Satellite Project |
IST | Indian Standards Time |
ITBP | Indo-Tibetan Border Police |
ITER | International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor |
ITES | Information Technology Enabled Services |
ITI | Indian Telephone Industries, Industrial Training Institute |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
IUMJ | Indiana University Mathematics Journal |
IUPEP | Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme |
IVF | In-Vitro Fertilisation |
IVM | In-vitro Maturation |
JCO | Junior Commissioned Officer |
JEE | Joint Entrance Examination |
JICPR | Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research |
JIH | Journal of Indian History |
JIP | Journal of Indian Philosophy |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group |
JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LCA | Light Combat Aircraft |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display Least Common Denominator |
LCM | Lowest Common Multiple |
LIBOR | London Inter Bank Offered Rate |
LIC | Life Insurance Corporation (of India) |
LLB | Bachelor of Laws |
LMC | Large Megallanic Cloud |
LoC | Line of Control (between Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Indian-controlled state of Jammu & Kashmir, formerly called the Cease-Fire Line |
LS | Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) |
LSS | Limited Stop Service |
LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
M | Mumbai |
m-cap | (stock) Market Capitalisation |
M.A. | Magisiter Artium (Master of Arts) |
M.D | Doctor of Medicine |
MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
MBA | Master of Business Administration |
MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
MCC | Marylebone Cricket Club |
MCI | Medical Council of India |
MDMA | Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency |
MDMK | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
MEA | Ministry of External Affairs |
MFALA | Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency |
MG | Meter Gauge (trains or tracks), Mangalore |
MICR | Magnetic ink character recognition |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
MIPS | Million Instructions per Second |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master Instruction Tape |
MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
MmASI | Memoirs of the Astronomical Society of India |
MNC | Multi-National Corporation |
MNNA | Major Non-NATO Alley |
MODEM | modulator demodulator |
MP | Member of Parliament; Madhya Pradesh |
MPEG | Motion Picture Experts Group |
MRCP | Member of the Royal College of Physicians |
MRTPC | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
MTCR | Missile Technology Control Regime |
MVC | Maha Vir Chakra |
NAAC | National Assessment and Accreditation Council |
NABARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
NADT | National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics |
NAFED | National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation |
NALCO | National Aluminium Company Ltd. |
NARI | National AIDS Research Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation |
NASSCOM | National Association of Software and Service Companies |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NBRA | National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority |
NCA | National Cricket Academy |
NCERT | National Council of Educational Research and Training |
NCHRH | National Council for Human Resource in Health. |
NCSA | National Centre for Supercomputing Applications; National Computer Security Association |
NDA | National Defence Academy, National Democratic Alliance |
NEA | National Environment Authority |
NEGP | National E-governance Plan |
NIC | National Informatics Centre |
NIC | National Informatics Centre |
NIF | National Innovative Foundation |
NISM | National Institute of Securities Market |
NLLM | National Legal Literacy Mission |
NMCC | National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council |
NMITLI | New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative |
NOC | No Objection Certificate |
NOHIC | Nizamiah JAPAL Rangapur Observatories Hyderabad India Contributions |
NPA | Non-performing Assets |
NPT | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NREGA | National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. |
NRF | National Renewal Fund |
NRHM | National Rural Health Mission |
NRI | Non-Resident Indian |
NRSA | National Remote Sensing Agency |
NSC | National Savings Certificate |
NSCN | National Social Council of Nagaland |
NSUI | National Students Union of India |
NTPC | National Thermal Power Corporation |
NUEPA | National University of Educational Planning and Administration |
OBC | Other Backward Classes |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
OIC | Overseas Indian Citizenship |
OIGS | On Indian Government Service |
OIL | Oil India Limited |
ONGC | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
OOP | Object Oriented Programme |
OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OSCAR | Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio |
PAC | Public Accounts Committee; Professional Aptitude Council |
PAN | Permanent Account Number (like US Taxpayer Identification Number) |
PESO | Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO is the changed name of Department of Explosives). |
PETA | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
PF | Provident Fund (vaguely similar to US Social Security, payable as a lump-sum) |
PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority |
Ph.D. | Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophiae Doctor) |
PHDCCI | Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
PIGS | Poor Indian Graduate Student |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation (brought before a High Court, by a friend of the court) |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation |
PIN | Postal Index Number |
PKirO | Publications of the Kirkwood Observatory of Indiana University |
PMK | Pattali Munnetra Kazhagam |
PNR | Passenger Numerical Record |
POSCO | Pohang Steel Company |
POTA | Prevention of Terrorism Act |
PQWL | Pooled Quota Wait List, Indian Railways Acronym |
Prez. | President |
PSLV | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
PSU | Public Sector Unit (a company whose stock is owned largely by the government) |
PTC | Power Trading Corporation |
PTI | Press Trust of India, a news agency |
PTI | Press Trust of India |
PWD | Public Works Department (state civil engineering group handling roads, bridges) |
QIP | Qualified Institutional Placement |
R | Ratnagiri |
R&D | Research and Development |
RAC | Reservation Against Cancellation, Indian Railways Acronym |
RADAR | Radio Detecting and Ranging |
RAF | Rapid Action Force |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RAW | Research & Analysis Wing (similar to US CIA) |
RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
RDX | Research Department Explosive (Cyclotrim-ethylin Trinitrate) |
REGRET/WL1 | No More Booking Permitted, Indian Railways Acronym |
RISC | Reduced instruction-set computing |
RLWL | Remote Location Wait List, Indian Railways Acronym |
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
RNRI | Returned Non Resident Indian, An NRI who has moved to his home country |
ROM | Read Only Memory |
RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
RS | Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament |
RSS | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
RSVP | Repondez sil vous Plait (Fr.) reply, if you please |
RTI | Right to Information |
RTRA | Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority |
SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (seven countries of South Asia) |
SAIL | Steel Authority of India Limited, a public sector undertaking (PSU) |
SAPTA | South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SC | Supreme Court, the highest court in the country (higher than High Courts), Scheduled Castes |
SC/ST | Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Harijans or Dalits) |
SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
SCRAMJET | Supersonic Combustion Ramjet |
SCSI | Small Computer Systems Interface |
SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
SENSEX | Sensitivity Index (of Share Price) |
SEWA | Self-Employed Women’s Association |
SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
SGPC | Siromani Gurudwara Prabandak Committee |
SGRY | Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana |
SGSY | Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana |
SHCS | Society for Hindu-Christian Studies |
SIM | Subscriber Information Module |
SIT | Special Investigation Team |
SLV | Satellite Launch Vehicle |
SMS | Short Message Service; Subscriber Management System |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNIPES | Society for the National Institutes of Physical Education and Sports |
SP | Samajwadi Party; Samata Party |
STD | Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
SWAPO | South-West African People’s Organization |
TADA | Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act |
TCP | Transfer Call Protocol, Transmission Control Protocol |
TELCO | Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company |
TERC | Trade and Economic Relations Committee |
TERLS | Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station |
TFT | Thin-Film Transistor |
TIFR | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company |
TN | Tamil Nadu |
TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
TRA | Tea Research Association |
TRAI | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
TWAS | Third World Academy of Sciences |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UDC | University Development Commission |
UGC | University Grants Commission |
ULFA | United Liberation Front of Asom |
UNCLOS | UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference of Trade and Development |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNI | United News of India |
UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (now, 'United Nations Children's Fund') |
UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNU | United Nations University |
UP | Uttar Pradesh |
UPA | United Progressive Alliance |
UPSC | Union Public Service Commission |
UPX | United Parcel Express |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
VAT | Value Added Tax |
VBAL | Value Based Advanced Licencing |
VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
VDIS | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme |
VHP | Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a fundamentalist Hindu party, right of BJP |
VIP | Very Important Person |
VIRUS | Vital Information Resources Under Siege |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
VRS | Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
VSSC | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
WB | West Bengal |
WCAR | World Conference Against Racism |
WCCB | Wildlife Crime Control Bureau |
WEF | World Environment Forum |
WFC | World Food Council |
WGIG | Working Group on Internet Governance |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WLL-M | Mobile Wireless in Local Loop |
WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
WSIS | World Summit on Information Society |
WTO | World Trade Organisation |
WWF | World Wild Life Fund; War Wounded Foundation |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
XML | Extensible Mark-up Language |
YMCA | Young Men’s Christian Association |
YWCA | Young Women’s Christian Association |
ZIP | Zone Improvement Plan |
ZS | Zoological Society |