AAFI = Amateur Athletics Federation ofIndia
AAPSO = Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation
AASU =AllAssamStudentsUnion
ABM = Anti Ballistic Missile
AC =Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner
ACC = Ancillary Cadet Core
AD = Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
ADB = Asian Development Bank.
AERE =Atomic Energy Research Establishment
AGOC = Asian Games Organisation Committee
AICC =AllIndiaCongress Committee
AICTE = AllIndiaCouncil of Technical Education
AIDS =Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AIFE =AllIndiaFootball Federation
AIIMS = All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AIL = Aeronautics India Limited
AIMPLB = AllIndiaMuslim Personal Law Board
AIR = AllIndiaRadio (Broadcasting)
AITUE = AllIndiaTrade Union Congress
AM = AntiMeridian(Before Noon)
ANC =African National Congress
APEC =AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation
APSC =Army Postal Services Core
ASEAN = Association of South East Asian Nations
ASLV= Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASI = Archaeological Survey ofIndia
ASSOCHAM= Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
ASWAC =Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
ATS = Anti Tetanus Serum
BAMS= Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
BARC =Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC =British Broadcasting Corporation
BC =Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)
BCG =Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
BCCI = Board of Control for Cricket inIndia
BEL =Bharat Electronics Limited
BENELUX = Belgium,Netherlandsand Luxemburg
BHEL= Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
BIFR = Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)
BIMSTEC= Bangladesh,India,Myanmar,Sri Lanka,ThailandEconomic Cooperation
BIS = Bureau of Indian Standards
B Pharma = Bachelor of Pharmacy
BSF = Border Security Force
CAD =Command Area Development
CAG = Comptroller and Auditor General
CARE =Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
CASE =Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy
CBI =Central Bureau of Investigation
CBSE =Central. Board of Secondary Education
CCEA =Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CCS =Cabinet Committee on Security
C-DAC = Centre For Development of Advance Computing
CDMA =Code Division Multiple Access
CDRI =Central Drug Research Institute
CHOGM =CommonwealthHeads of Government Meeting
CID = Criminal Investigation Department
CIS =Commonwealth of Independent States
CISF =Central Industrial Security Force
CITU =Centre of Indian Trade Unions
CLAT =Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)
CNG =Compressed Natural Gas
COD =Central Ordnance Depot
COFEPOSA= Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
CPO = Central Passport Organisation
CPRI = Central Power Research Institute
CRPF =Central Reserve Police Force
CRR =Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR =Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO =Central Statistical Organisation
CTS =Computerised Tomography Scanner
CVC =Central Vigilance Commission
DDT =Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
DFDR =’Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)’
DIG =Deputy Inspector General
D. Lit. =Doctor of Literature
DM =District Magistrate
DMK =Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
DNA =Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid
DPAP =’Drought Prone Area Programme
DPC =Dabhol Power Company
DRDO = Defence Research and Development Organisation
DTH =Direct to Home
DVD = Digital Versatile Disk
EAS =Employment Assurance Scheme
ECD =European Central Bank
ECG =Electro Cardiogram
EEC =European Economic Community
EEG =Electro Encephalogram
ELISA = Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
EMF =Electromotive Force
EPABX = Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
EPZ =Export Processing Zone
ERDA =Energy Research and Development Administration
ESMA =Essential Services Maintenance Act
EVM =Electronic Voting Machine
EXIM Bank= Export-Import Bank ofIndia