ABBREVIATIONS USED

Indians are so fond of these shortened 'words' that they even use them to refer to movie titles. Don`t worry, once you are here you will automatically get to remember all of them!

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

 

A


AC:

Air Conditioned

Ad.Block:

Administration Building

ADOP:

Advanced Diploma of Proficiency

AIDS:

Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS:

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AIU:

Association of Indian Universities

AMU:

Aligarh Muslim University

ATM:

Automatic Teller Machine

AO:

Administrative Officer (Schools)

AP:

Andhra Pradesh

 

B

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BA:

Bachelor of Arts

BCL:

British Council Library

BHU:

Benares Hindu University

BIC:

Bio Informatics Centre

BU:

Bombay University

 

C

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CAAS:

Centre for Arabic and African Studies

CAS:

CASR:

Centre for African Studies

Committee for Advanced Studies & Research

CAWES:

Centre for American and West European Studies

CBT:

Centre for Bio-Technology

CCBB:

CCP&PT

CCSEAS

Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory

Centre for Central and South East Asian Studies

CCULAS:

CEAS:

Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies

Centre for East Asian Studies

CEP:

Cultural Exchange Programme (ICCR)

CES:

CESP:

Centre for European Studies

Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

CFS:

Centre for French Studies

CGPA:

Cumulative Grade Point Average

CGS:

Centre for German Studies

CHS:

Centre for Historical Studies

CIL:

Centre for Indian Languages

CILS:

CIPOD:

Centre for International Legal Studies

Center for Int. Politics, Organizations and Disarmament

CIPS:

CIS:

CITD:

CJNEAS:

Communication and Information Services


Centre for International Trade and Development

Centre for Japanese and North East Asian Studies

CLE:

Centre for Linguistics and English

COP:

Certificate of Proficiency

CP:

Connaught Place

CPCAS:

Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies

CPMB:

Centre for Plant Molecular Biology

CPIS:

CPS:


Centre for Political Studies

CRCAS:

Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies

CSCSEASWPS:

Centre for South, Central, South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies

CSDILE:

Centre for Studies in Diplomacy, International Legal Studies and Economics

CSEES:

Centre for Soviet and Eastern European Studies

CSL&G:

CSMCH:

Centre for the Study of Law and Governance

Center for Social Medicine and Community Health

CSP:

Centre for Science Policy

CSRD:

Centre for Study of Regional Development

CSS:

Centre for Spanish Studies

CSSP:

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

CSSS:

Centre for Study of Social Systems

CU:

Calcutta University

CWAS:

Centre for West Asian Studies

 

D

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DOP:

Diploma of Proficiency

DSW:

Dean of Students' Welfare

DTC:

Delhi Transport Corporation

DU:

Delhi University

 

E

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EATS:

Ex-Servicemen's Air Transport Service

EXIM:

Export Import Bank

 

F

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FGPA:

Final Grade Point Average

FIR:

First Information Report (Police)

FN:

Foreign National

FRRO:

Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office

FSA:

Foreign Students’ Association

 

G

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GBM:

General Body Meeting

GCSS:

General Cultural Scholarship Scheme (ICCR)

GMT:

Greenwich Mean Time

GOI:

Government of India

GSCASH:

Gender Sensitization Committee Against Sexual Harassment

 

H

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HIV:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPCC:

HRA:

High Performance Computing Centre

House Rent Allowance (ICCR)

HRD:

Human Resources Development Ministry

 

I

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I-card:

Identity card

IARI:

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

ICAR:

Indian Council for Agricultural Research

ICCR:

Indian Council for Cultural Relations

ICGEB:

International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechn.

ICHR:

Indian Council for Historical Research

ICMR:

ICRC:


International Committee of the Red Cross

ICSSR:

Indian Council for Social Science Research

IDSA:

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

IERB:

IGI:

International Ethics Review Board

Indira Gandhi International (airport)

IGNOU:

Indira Gandhi National Open University

IIC:

India International Centre

IIM:

Indian Institute of Management

IIMC:

Indian Institute of Mass Communications

IIT:

Indian Institute of Technology

ILI:

Indian Law Institute

INA:

Indian National Army (market)

IPS:

Indian Police Service

IR:

International Relations

ISBT:

Inter State Bus Terminal

ISD:

International Subscribers’ Dialling

ISD:

International Students’ Division (ICCR)

ISH:

International Students’ Hostel (DU)

ISIC:

International Student Identity Card

ISIL:

Indian Society of International Law

IST:

Indian Stretchable Standard Time

ITDC:

Indian Tourist Development Corporation

ITO:

Income Tax Office

IYHF:

International Youth Hostel Federation

 

J

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JMU:

Jamia Milia University

JNUSU:

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union

JNUTA:

JNU Teachers’ Association

 

K

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KC:

Kamal Complex Shopping Centre

 

L

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LG:

Local Guardian

 

M

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MA:

Master of Arts

MCA:

Master of Computer Applications

MHA:

Ministry of Home Affairs

MPhil:

Master of Philosophy

MSc:

Master of Science

MTech:

Master of Technology

MTNL:

Maha Telephone Nagar Limited

 

N

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NCERT:

National Council Educat. Research & Training

NIEPA:

National Institute for Education Planning & Administration

NII:

National Institute of Immunology

NML:

National Medical Library aka "animal"

NP:

Nehru place

NRI:

Non-Resident Indian

 

P

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PhD:

Philosophiae Doctor

PIO:

Person of Indian Origin

PRO:

Public Relations Officer

PUSA:

PUSA Institute (see IARI / ICAR)

 

R

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RAC:

Reservation Against Cancellation (train)

RC:

Residence Certificate (FRRO)

RTI:                       Right to Information Act


S

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SA&A:             


SAARC:

School of Arts and Aestetics


South Asian Association Regional Cooperation

SAC:

Students’ Activity Centre (=Tefla's)

SBI:

State Bank of India

SC&SS:

School of Computer & System Sciences

SC/ST:

Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

SCSS:

SCMS:

SCNS:

SES:

Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies

Special Centre for Molecular Science

Special Centre for Nano Sciences

School of Environmental Sciences

SFC:

Student Faculty Committee

SIS:

School of International Studies

SIT:

SLL&CS:

School of Information Technology

School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies

SLS:

School of Life Sciences

SN:

Sarojini Nagar (market)

SO:

Section Officer

SPS:

School of Physical Sciences

SSS:

School of Social Sciences

STD:

Subscribers’ Trunk Dialling (to another Indian state)

 

T

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TEFLA’s:

To Everyone’s FLAvour (=SAC)

 

U

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UGC:

University Grants Commission

ULGRC:

University Level Grievances Redressal Committee

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

UP:

Uttar Pradesh

 

V

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VV:

Vasant Vihar

VC:

Vice-Chancellor

 

W

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WHO:

World Health Organisation (United Nations)

 

Z

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ZHCES:

Zakir Husain Centre for Education Studies

 

 

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