Important Full Forms

Acronym Full Form

AAI Airport Authority of India
ABP Ananda Bazaar Patrika News
ACC Associated Cement Companies
ACS American Chemical Society
ADIDAS Adolf "Adi" Dassler
AHRC Asian Human Rights Commission
AIAAA American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics
AMW Asian Motors Limited
AYUSH Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
AMC Annual Maintenance Contract,
American Motors Corporation
AMUL Anand Milk Union Limited
AT&T American Telephone & Telegraph
Company
BARC Bhaba Atomic Research Center
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCCI Board of Control of Cricket in India
BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke
BIFR Board of Industrial and Financial
Reconstruction
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
BPL Below Poverty Line & British
Physical Laboratories Group
BRICS Brazil Russia India China And
South Africa
CBSE Central Board of Secondary
Education
CBI Central bureau of Investigation,
Central Bank of India
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CID Crime Investigation Department
CISF Central Industrial Security Force
CRISIL Credit Rating Information Services
of India Limited
CRPF Central Reserve Police Force
DHL Dalsey Hillblom Lynn
DIG Deputy Inspector General
DLF Delhi Land and Finance
DRDO Defence Research and
Development Organization
DST Department of Science &
Technology
DVC Damodar Valley Corporation
DS Group Dharampal Satyapal Group
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
EPFO Employee Provident Fund
Organization
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCI Food Corporation of India
FIFA Federation Internationale de
Football Association
FMCG Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
FSSAI Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India
GOOGLE Global Organization Of Oriented
Group Language Of Earth
GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
HP Hewlett-Packard
HUDCO Housing and Urban Development
Corporation Limited
IBM International Business Machines
IATA International Air Transport
Association
IB Intelligence Bureau
IEEE Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
IFFCO Indian Farmers Fertilizer
Cooperative Limited
IIFL India Infoline Finance Limited
IPI International Press Institute
IL&FS Infrastructure Leasing & Financial
Services
IMA Indian Military Academy & Indian
Medical Association
IOC International Olympic Committee
IPCC Integrated Professional
Competence Course
IRCTC Indian Railways Catering and
Tourism Corporation
IRDA Insurance Regulatory and
 Development Authority & Infrared
DATA Association
ISI Indian Standards Institute, Inter-
Service Intelligence & Indian
Statistical Institute
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
ISRO Indian Space Research
Organization
IBPS Institute of Banking Personnel
Selection
ITI Industrial Training Institute
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
JBL James Bullough Lansing
JCB Joseph Cyril Bamford
ICWA Institute of Cost & Works
Accountants of India, Indian Child
Welfare Act
ITC Indian Tobacco Company,
International Trade Center,
Independent Telephone Company
JK Tyre Juggilal Kamlapat Ji Tyres
KEI Krishna Electricals Industries
Limited
KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken
KPMG KLYNVELD PEAT MARWICK
GOERDELER
KRA Key Result Area/ Key
Responsibility Area
LG Lieutenant Governor
LIC Life Insurance Corporation of
India
L&T Larsen and Toubro
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MS Master of Science, Master of
Surgery & MicroSoft
MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
Limited
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development
NAAC National Assessment and
Accreditation Council
NCC National Cadet Corps
NCERT National Council of Educational
Research and Training
NDTV New Delhi Television
NTPC National Thermal Power
Corporation
NASA National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSDL National Securities Depository
Limited
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
PSU Public Sector Undertaking, Power
Supply Unit
PSI Pound per Square Inch &
 Population Services International
PVR Priya Village Roadshow
RAW Research and Analysis Wing
RSS Really Simple Syndication,
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of
India
SME Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
SOS Save Our Souls
SAARC South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation
SAP systems, applications and
products
SIT Special Investigation Team
SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics
TAFE Tractors and Farm Equipment
TOI Times of India
UPA United Production of America &
United Progressive Alliance
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
UGC University Grants Commission
UNESCO United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UPSC Union Public Service Commission
WEF World Economic Forum
WIPRO Western India Products
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature,
World Wrestling Federatio