List of Abbreviations for Students in English

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What is the abbreviation?

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word, group of words or phrases, or lengthy expressions, which is used in some places to save the space and time of the writer and helps to reduce or neglect the repetition of long words or phrases. It consists of a group of letters to reduce the long words into a short one.

Acronyms are also functioned as like abbreviations which can be pronounced in a single word.

List of abbreviations used for students purpose:

AAFI: Amateur Athletics Federation of India
AAPSO: Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation
AASU: All Assam Students Union
ABM: Anti Ballistic Missile
AC: Alternate Current/Air Conditioner
ACC: Ancillary Cadet Core(After the birth of Jesus)
ADB: Asian Development Bank
AERE: Atomic Energy Research Establishment
AGOC: Asian Games Organisation Committee
AICTE: All India Council of Technical Education
AIDS: Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AIDWA: All India Democratic Women’s Association.
AIFE: All India Football Federation
AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Science
AIL: Aeronautics India Limited
AIMPLB: All India Muslim Personal Law Board
AIR: All India Radio(Broadcasting)
AITUE: All India Trade Union Congress
AM: Ante Meridian(Before Noon)
ALS: Analytical Laboratory System
ANC: African National Congress
AP: Anti-Plague
APEC: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEDAA: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act.
ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASI: Archaeological Survey of India
ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASSOCHAM: Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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)
BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket In India
BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
BEL: Bharat Electronics Limited
BENELUX: Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
BFC: Business Facilitation Council.
BHEL: Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China.
BRTS: Bus Rapid Transit System.
BVRAAM: Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
CAMPA: Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority.
CBEC: Central Board of Excise and Customs.
CCEA: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
C-DAP: Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan.
CIDS: Construction Industry Development Council.
CIET: Central Institute of Educational Technology.
CIRDAP: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific.
CJP: Citizen for Justice and Peace.
CLAT: Common Law Admission Test.
COBSE: Council of Boards of School Education.
CRRID: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development.
CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
CVERDE: Combat Vehicles Engineering Research and Development Establishment.
CWMD: Countering weapons of Mass Destruction
DDPA: Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
DIPP: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
DOD: Department of Defence
DPCC: Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
DSIIDC: Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation.
EBOV: Ebola Virus
EBTC: European Business and Technology.
ECB: External Commercial Borrowing.
ECL: Electrochemiluminescence
EDI: Education Development Index.
EGOM: Empowered Group of Ministers.
EMBO: European Molecular Biology Organisation.
EML: European Mobile Laboratory
EPFO: Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation.
EPIC: Elector’s Photo Identity Card.
EQUIS: European Quality Improvement System.
ESA: Explosive Substance Act.
ESCAR: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific.
ESOA: Education Services for Overseas Students Act.
EU: European Union
FATF: Financial Action Task Force.
FDF: Finnish Defence Forces
FIA: Federal Investigation Agency.
FOGSI: Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India.
GC-MS: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer
GFDRR: Global Facility For Disaster Reduction and Recovery.
GPS: Global Positioning System.
IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission.
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce.
ICRISAT: International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics.
ICRP: International Commission on Radiological Protection.
ICWF: Indian Community Welfare Fund.
IDP: Internally Displaced Persons.
IEDSS: Inclusive Education of the Disabled at Secondary Stage.
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development.
IGCAR: Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
IGMDP: Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
IID: Indian Institute of Diabetes.
IIFCL: India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited.
ILEWG: International Lunar Exploration Working Group.
IMB: International Maritime Bureau.
IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity.
IMRH: Indian Multi-Role Helicopter.
INCOIS: Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services.
INST: Institute of Nano Science and Technology.
INTACH: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
IRNSS: The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.
ISC: Integrated Space Cell.
ISSA: India Specific Safeguards Agreement.
ISSM: International Society for Sexual Medicine.
ISTP: International Society of Tropical Paediatrics.
ISTRAC: Isro Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network.
IUCAA: Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature.
JEM: Justice and Equality Movement.
JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
JUCCCE: Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy.
LAC: Live-Action Cockpit.
LHC: The Large Hadron Collider.
LSGIs: Local Self-Governing Institutions.
MAP: Military Appreciation Process
MIP: Moon Impact Probe.
MMIC: Multipurpose National Identity Card.
MRMR: Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance.
MSME: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
NABI: National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute.
NACIL: National Aviation Company of India Limited.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research.
NCEUS: National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector.
NCHAC: North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council.
NCHER: National Commission for Higher Education and Research.
NCHRC: National Council for Human Resource in Health.
NCPCR: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
NICD: National Institute of Communicable Disease
NJC: National Judicial Council.
NLD: National League for Democracy.
NPCIL: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
NPS: New Pension System.
NRCAF: National Research Centre for Agroforestry.
NRHM: National Rural Health Mission.
NSTEDB: National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board.
NUEPA: National University of Educational Planning and Administration.
NUTP: National Urban Transport Policy.
OECD: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
OSCE: Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe.
PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration.
PHWRs: Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors.
PIARC: Permanent International Association of Road Congresses.
PTC: Power Trading Corporation.
RAID: Rapid Assessment of Initial Destruction
SAFMA: South Asia Free Media Association.
SARPSCO: South Asia Regional Port Security Cooperative.
SASS: Sri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti.
SCJRC: South Asian Centre for Journalists Reporting Conflict.
SDIS: Skill Development Initiative Scheme.
SEWA: Self Employed Women’s Association.
SHE: Scholarship for Higher Education.
SMEs: Small and Medium Enterprises.
SRI: System for Rice Intensification.
STPF: Special Tiger Protection Force.
TAR: Trans-Asian Railway.
THAAD: Theatre High Altitude Area Defence.
UASL: Unified Access Service License.
UNCBD: United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
UNCLOS: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
UNDF: United Nations Democracy Front.
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.
UNRWA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (For Palestinian refugees).
UNSCEAR: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.