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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
Admn.Bld: 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 ^

BA: Bachelor of Arts
BCL: British Council Library
BHU: Benares Hindu University
BIC: Bio Informatics Centre
BU: Bombay University
 
C ^

CAAS: Centre for Arabic and African Studies
CASR: Committee for Advanced Studies & Research
CAWES: Centre for American and West European Studies
CBT: Centre for Bio-Technology
CCSEAS: Centre for Central and South East Asian Studies
CEAS: Centre for East Asian Studies
CEP: Cultural Exchange Programme (ICCR)
CESP: 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
CIPOD: Center for Int. Politics, Organizations and Disarmament
CJNEAS: 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
CPS: Centre for Political Studies
CRS: Centre for Russian 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
CSMCH: 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
CWAAS: Centre for West Asian and African Studies
 
D ^

DOP: Diploma of Proficiency
DSW: Dean of Students' Welfare
DTC: Delhi Transport Corporation
DU: Delhi University
 
E ^

EATS: Ex-Servicemen's Air Transport Service
EXIM: Export Import Bank
 
F ^

FGPA: Final Grade Point Average
FIR: First Information Report (Police)
FN: Foreign National
FRRO: Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office
FSA: Foreign Students’ Association
 
G ^

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 ^

HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HRA: House Rent Allowance (ICCR)
HRD: Human Resources Development Ministry
 
I ^

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
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICSSR: Indian Council for Social Science Research
IDSA: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
IGI: 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 ^

JMU: Jamia Milia University
JNUSU: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union
JNUTA: JNU Teachers’ Association
 
K ^

KC: Kamal Complex Shopping Centre
 
L ^

LG: Local Guardian
 
M ^

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 ^

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 ^

PhD: Philosophiae Doctor
PIO: Person of Indian Origin
PRO: Public Relations Officer
PUSA: PUSA Institute (see IARI / ICAR)
 
R ^

RAC: Reservation Against Cancellation (train)
RC: Residence Certificate (FRRO)
 
S ^

SAARC: 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
SES: School of Environmental Sciences
SFC: Student Faculty Committee
SIS: School of International Studies
SLL&CS: 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 ^

TEFLA’s: To Everyone’s FLAvour (=SAC)
 
U ^

UGC: University Grants Commission
ULGRC: University Level Grievances Redressal Committee
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UP: Uttar Pradesh
 
V ^

VV: Vasant Vihar
VC: Vice-Chancellor
 
W ^

WHO: World Health Organisation (United Nations)
 
Z ^

ZHCES: Zakir Husain Centre for Education Studies

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