Some abbreviations
AAPSO - Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization
ACC - Associated Cement Companies
ADB - Asian Development Bank
ADR - American Depository Receipt
AEC - Atomic Energy Commission
AHQ - Air Headquarters or Army Headquarters
AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AMC - Asset Management Company
AMEX - American Stock Exchange
AMFI - Association of Mutual Funds in India
APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APPLE - Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
ARC - Administrative Reforms Commission
ARDC - Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation
ASCI - Administrative Staff College of India
ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASSOCHAM - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
B.Com - Bachelor of Commerce
B.Pharm - Bachelor of Pharmacy
Balco - Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd.
BCG - Bacillus Calmette Guerine
BDO - Block Development Officer
BIFR - Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
BOA - Bank of America
BOB - Bank of Baroda
BOI - Bank of India
BOVESPA - Sao Paulo Stock Exchange
BPCL - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
BPO - Business Process Outsourcing
BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange
C-in-C - Commander-in-Chief
CARE - Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere
CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
CBI - Central Bank of India
CBOT - Chicago Board of Trade
CBOE - Chicago Board options Exchange
CCEA - Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
CD - Certificate of Deposit
CDP - Community Development Programme
CDSL - Central Depository Services Limited
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CFO - Chief Financial Officer
CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CII - Confederation of Indian Industry
CIO - Chief Investment Officer
CP - Commercial Papers
CPI - Consumer Price Index
COO - Chief Operating Officer
CORE - Congress of Racial Equality
CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
DCB - Development Credit Bank
DFSA - Dubai Financial Services Authority
DGCA - Directorate-General of Civil Aviation
DII - Domestic Institutional Investors
DJIA - Dow Jones Industrial Average
DLO - Dead Letter Office
EBITDA - Earning Before Interest,Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation
ECB - European Central Bank
ECGC - Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
EEC - European Economic Community
EPF - Employee Provident Fund
EPS - Earning Per Share
ESCI - Engineering Staff College of India
ESIC - Employee State Insurance Corporation
ESIS - Employees State Insurance Scheme
ESOP - Employee Stock Option
etc. - et cetera (and the rest)
EU - European Union
FCI - Food Corporation of India
FD - Fixed Deposit
FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FIEO - Federation of Indian Export Organisations
FIFO - First In First Out
FII - Foreign Institutional Investors
FPO - Follow on Public Offering
FRCP - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FRS - Fellow of the Royal Society
FTA - Free Trade Agreement
GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GDCL - Gannon Dunkerley and Company Ltd.
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GDR - Global Depository Receipt
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
GNI - Gross National Income
GNP - Gross National Product
GPF - General Provident Fund
GPO - General Post Office
HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation
HMI - Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
HMT - Hindustan Machine Tools
HSBC - HongKong Shanghai Banking Corporation
HUDCO - Housing and Urban Development Corporation
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IAMC - Indian Army Medical Corps
IARI - Indian Agricultural Research Institute
IATA - International Air Transport Association
ICAI - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Agri Tropics
ICSI - Institute of Company and Secretaries of India
ICWAI - Institute of Cost and Work Accounting of India
IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India
IDFC - Industrial Development Finance Corporation
IFCI - Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IICT - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
IIM - Indian Institute of Management
IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
ILO - International Labour Organization
IMD - India Meteorological Department
IMF - International Monetary Fund
INSAT - Indian National Satellite
IPL - Indian Premier League
IPO - Initial Public Offering
IRDA - Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
IRR - Internal Rate of Return
ISRO - Indian Satellite Research Organisation
ITBP - Indo-Tibetan Border Police
ITIR - Information Technology Investment Region
IWF - Indian Weightlifting Federation
JIT - Just In Time (Japanese concept)
KIADB - Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board
KLSE - Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
KPO - Knowledge Process Outsourcing
KSITI - Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure
L/C - Letter of Credit
LIBOR- London Interbank Offered Rate
LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India
LIFO - Last in First Out
LME - London Metal Exchange
LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gas
LPO - Legal Process outsourcing
LSE - London Stock Exchange
MCX - Multi Commodity Exchange
MERI - Marine Engineering and Research Institute
MFI - Mutual Fund Institutions
MVC - Maha Vir Chakra
NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NCC - National Credit Corps
NCD - Non-Convertible Debentures
NCDEX - National Commodity Exchange
NIO - National Institute Oceanography
NIRD - National Institute of Rural Development
NRSA - National Remote Sensing Agency
NSC - National Savings Certificate
NSDL - National Securities Depository Limited
NSE - National Stock Exchange
NSS - National Service Scheme
NYSE - New York Stock Exchange
OBC - Oriental Bank of Commerce
OCS - Overseas Communication Services
OIGS - On Indian Government Service
OTC - Over the Counter
PIB - Preserve Information Bureau
PMS - Portfolio Management Service
PNB - Punjab National Bank
PTI - Press Trust of India
RAF - Rapid Action Force
RAW - Research and Analysis Wing
RBI - Reserve Bank of India
RD - Recurring Deposit
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
REPO - Repurchase
RINL - Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
RPO - Recruitment Process Outsourcing
ROCE - Return on Capital Employed
ROE - Return on Equity
ROI - Return on Investment
RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
SAF - South Asian Federation
SAI - Sports Authority of India
SBI - State Bank of India
SBM - State Bank of Mysore
SEBI - Securities Exchange Board of India
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SIDBI - Small Industries development Bank of India
SIMA - Southern India Mills Association
SIP - Systematic Investment Plan
SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SLV - Satellite Launch Vehicle
SME - Small and Medium Enterprises
SOE - Special Operations Executive
SPCA - Society for Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
SPECO - Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation
SSC - Staff Selection Commission
SSN - Social Security Number
STC - State Trading Corporation
STPI - Software Technology Park of India
TAFI - Travel Agents Federation of India
T Bills - Treasury Bills
TELCO - Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TIFR - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TTE - Traveling Ticket Examiner
UGC - University Grant Commission
ULIP - Unit Linked Insurance Policy
UNI - United News of India
UNICEF - United Nation International Children's Emergency Fund
VAT - Value Added Tax
VCR - Video Cassette Recorder
VPP - Value Payable Post
WPI - Wholesale Price Index
WB - World Bank
7 Wonders of the World
Ancient world Medieval World Modern World
Pyramids of Egypt Colosseum of Rome Great wall of China
Hanging Gardens Great Wall of China Chichen Itza of
of Babylon Mexico
Temple of Arternis at Porcelain Tower of Petra in Jordan
Ephesus Nanking
Statue of Zues Hagia Sophia Christ the
at Olympia (Constantinople) Redeemer in
Rio de Janerio
Pharos of Alexandria Leaning Tower of Pisa Colosseum of Rome
Colossus of Rhodes Catacombs of Alexandria Taj Mahal of India
Mausoleum of Stonehenge of England Machu Picchu in Halicarnassus Peru
