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Annual Report 2001 - 2002
Abbreviations
AAB Agromet Advisory Bulletin
AAS Agromet Advisory Service/ Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
ABL Atmospheric Boundary Layer
ACM Advanced Composites Mission
AGCM Atmospheric General Circulation Model
AICP All India Coordinated Programme
AICTE All India Council on Technical Education
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AMS Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
AMTBI Advanced Materials Technology Business Incubator
AOD Aerosol Optical Depth
APCTT Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
APGENCO Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation
APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
ARAI Automotive Research Association of India
ARCI Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New
Materials
ARI Agharkar Research Institute
ARMEX Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
AWS Automatic Weather Station
BAPMoN Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BEML Bharat Earth Movers Limited
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BOBMEX Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment
BOYSCAST Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen
Areas of Science & Technology
BSIP Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
BTRA Bombay Textile Research Association
CAS Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
CAT Centre for Advanced Technology
CAZRI Central Arid Zone Research Institute
CBL Convective Boundary Layer
CCD Charge Coupled Device
CCMB Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
CDAC Centre for the Development of Advacced Computing
C-DIT Centre for the Development of Imaging Technology
CDOT Centre for the Development of Telecommunications
CDPS Cross Disciplinary Plasma Science
CDRI Central Drug Research Institute
CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CECRI Central Electrochemical Research Institute
CEERI Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute
CESS Centre for the Earth Sciences Studies
CFRI Central Fuel Research Institute
CFTRI Central Food Technological Research Institute
CGCRI Central Glass & Ceramics Research Institute
CII Confederation of Indian Industry
CLRI Central Leather Research Institute
CLW Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
CMM Coordinate Measurement Machines
COMPTEC Composite Technology Centre
COSTED Committee on Science & Technology for Developing
Countries
CPPRI Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute
CPWD Central Public Works Department
CSAMT Controlled Source Audio Magneto-Telluric
CSIO Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CSMRS Central Soil and Materials Research Station
CWC Cyclone Warning Centre/ Central Water Commission
CWDS Cyclone Warning Dissemination System
DAE Department of Atomic Energy
DBT Department of Biotechnology
DCS Deep Continental Studies
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DIWE Distance Indicating Wind Equipment
DMA Dynamic Mechanical Analyser
DMRL Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOD Department of Ocean Development
DOSY Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy
DPEP District Primary Education Programme
DRDL Defence Research & Development Laboratory
DRDO Defence Research & Development Organisation
DRMS District-wise Rainfall Monitoring Scheme
DSC Differential Scanning Calorimeter
DSIR Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
DSS Decision Support System
DSSAT Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer
DST Department of Science and Technology/ Dynamic Stochastic
Transfer
DTM Digital Terrain Model
EAC Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp
EAL European Accreditation Cooperation for Laboratories
EDC Entrepreneurship Development Cell
EDII Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
EDP Entrepreneurship Development Programmes
EGMB Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt
EGRL Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory
EIL Engineers India Limited
ENSO El-Nino Southern Oscillation
EPR Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
EREC Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre
ERP Enterprises Resource Planning
ESC Electro Spark Coating
FAM Fly Ash Mission
FAPC Flotation Advance Process Controller
FCS Flexible Complementing Scheme
FDP Faculty Development Programme
FIST Fund for the Improvement of Science & Technology
Infrastructure
FRP Fibre Re-inforced Plastics
FSH Follicle Stimulating Harmone
GBJ Grain Boundary Junction
GCM General Circulation Model
GDAFS Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System
GEC Global Electric Circuit
GIS Geographic Information System
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress & Safety System
GMRT Giant Meter Radio Telescope
GNP Gross National Product
GPS Global Positioning System
GRAM Geo-Referenced Area Management
GRL Geophysical Research Laboratory
GSI Geological Survey of India
GSN Global Seismological Network
GTS Global Telecommunication System
HDCP Hot Dip Coated Products
HDG Hot Dip Galvanization
HGT Home Grown Technology
HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmision
HSWR High Speed Wind Recorder
HZL Hindustan Zinc Limited
IACS Indian Association for Cultivation of Science
IAF Indian Air Force
IAS Indian Academy of Sciences
IBC International Business Centre
ICAR Indian Council for Agricultural Research
ICICI Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India
ICMR Indian Council for Medical Research
ICOSER Integration of Computational Facilities for Scientific
Research
ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma
ICRP Indian Climate Research Programme
ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions
ICTP International Centre for Theoretical Physics
IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
IDP Instrumentation Development Programme
IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IFCPAR Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research
IFD Integrated Finance Division
IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
IICB Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
IIG Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
IIM Indian Institute of Metals
IIP Indian Institute of Petroleum
IISc Indian Institute of Science
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
IITM Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
IJHS Indian Journal of History of Science
IJIRA Indian Jute Industries Research Association
ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Conference
ILTP Integrated Long Term Programme
IMD India Meteorological Department
IMDPS Insat Meteorological Data Processing System
IMR Indian Monsoon Rainfall
IMS Indian Meteorological Society
INAE Indian National Academy of Engineering
INDOEX Indian Ocean Experiment
INSA Indian National Science Academy
INSAT Indian National Satellite
IOP Institute of Physics
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IRHPA Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas
IRMF Intellectual Resources Management Fund
IRMS Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer
IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISCA Indian Science Congress Association
ISCOS Indian Science Communication Society
ISO Intra Seasonal Oscillations/ International Standards Organisation
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
IS-STAC Inter-Sectoral Science & Technology Advisory Committee
ISZ Indian Suture Zone
ITSZ Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone
IVRS Integrated Voice Response System
JNCASR Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
JNU Jawaharlal Nehru University
JSPS Japan Society for Promotion of Science
KVPY Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana
LAM Limited Area Model
LAN Local Area Network
LASPEX Land-Surface Processes Experiment
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
LIA Little Ice Age
LIDAR Laser Intensity Direction and Ranging
LPE Low Pressure Extraction
LRF Long Range Forecast
LSP Land Surface Processes
MAC Management Advisory Committee
MACS Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science
MATURE Mission for Application of Technology to Urban Renewal
& Engineering
MECON Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India)
Ltd.
MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development
MIT Ministry of Information Technology
MITCON Maharashtra Industrial & Technical Consultancy
Organisation Limited
MNES Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources
MOCVD Metallo-Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition
MONTCLIM Monsoon and Tropical Climate
MOT Magneto-Optic Trap
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MRA Mutual Recognition Arrangement
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MT Magneto-Telluric
NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration
Laboratories
NAO North Atlantic Oscillation
NAPP Non Accelerator Particle Physics
NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration, USA
NATMO National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation
NBRI National Botanical Research Institute
NCE New Chemical Entities
NCFOR-HG National Centre for Field Operations & Research
in Himalayan Glaciology
NCL National Chemical Laboratory
NCMRWF National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
NCR National Capital Region
NCSC National Children Science Congress
NCSTC National Council for Science & Technology Communication
NDC National Data Centre
NDE Non-Destructive Evaluation
NDT Non-Destructive Testing
NEHU North Eastern Hill University
NFSSF National Facility for Semi-Solid Forming
NGO Non Government Organisation
NGRI National Geophysical Research Institute
NHPC National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
NIAR National Institute of Amateur Radio
NIAS National Institute of Advanced Studies
NIH National Institute of Hydrology
NIO National Institute of Oceanography
NIR Near Infrared
NIRD National Institute of Rural Development
NISTADS National Institute of Science, Technology & Development
Studies
NML National Metallurgical Laboratory
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMTC National Meteorological Telecommunication Centre
NOAA National Oceans & Atmospheric Administration, USA
NPL National Physical Laboratory
NRDC National Research Development Corporation
NRDMS Natural Resources Data Management System
NRI Non Resident Indian
NSC Nuclear Science Centre
NSCC National Science Communication Congress
NSD National Science Day
NSDC National Seismological Data Centre
NSTEDB National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development
Board
NSTM Nano-Materials Science & Technology Mission
NSTMIS National S&T Management Information System
NTD National Technology Day
NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OGCM Ocean General Circulation Model
OLPE Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship
OMP Outer Membrane Protein
ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
ORV Oceanographic Research Vessel
OSF Ocean State Forecasting
PAC Programme Advisory Committee
PAMC Programme Advisory & Monitoring Committee
PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty
PDS Photo thermal Deflection Spectroscopy
PECVD Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition
PEEP Project related Expert Exchange Programme
PFA Partial Financial Assistance
PFC Patent Facilitating Centre
PIC Patent Information Centre
PINSA Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy
PMP Probable Maximum Precipitation
PMRY Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana
POC Programme of Co-Operation
PPM Perfect Prognostic Method
PRL Physical Research Laboratory
PSA Pressure Swing Adsorption
PWD Public Works Department
QPE Quantitative Precipitation Estimate
RDCIS Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel
REC Regional Engineering College
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RRI Raman Research Institute
RRL Regional Research Laboratory
RSIC Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre
RTP Rural Technology Park
SAC Scientific Advisory Committee/ Space Applications Centre
SAIL Steel Authority of India Ltd.
SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
SASE Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment
SCP Special Component Plan
SCTIMST Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and
Technology
SDF Steel Development Fund/ Sugar Development Fund
SDSS Spatial Decision Support System
SEIG Self Excited Induction Generator
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SERC Science and Engineering Research Council
SICART Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre for Applied Research
and Testing
SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIFs Specialised /Sophisticated Instrumentation Facilities
SIMAP Small Industries Management Assistants Programme
SINP Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
SIOCA South India Offshore Conductivity Anomaly
SITRA South India Textile Research Association
SME Small Medium Enterprises
SNBNCBS S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
SOI Survey of India/ Southern Oscillation Index
SPSS Statistical Package for Software System
SRPP Satellite Research Programme in Plasma Physics
SSAG Standing Scientific Advisory Group
SSC Suspended Sediment Concentration
SSI Small Scale Industry
SSRC Standing Scientific Research Committee
SSS Sea Surface Salinity
SST Sea Surface Temperature
SSZ Shyok Suture Zone
STAC Science & Technology Advisory Committee
STARD Science and Technology Application for Rural Development
STAWS Science and Technology Application for Weaker Sections
STED Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development
STEP Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park
STEPAN Science & Technology Policy Asian Network
STM Sugar Technology Mission
STST Skill Development Training through Science & Technology
STUP Skill-cum-Technology Upgradation Programme
TA Technology Assessment
TBI Technology Business Incubator
TBIS Technology Business Information System
TCAC Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre
TDB Technology Development Board
TEDP Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development Programme
TEM Tunneling Electron Microscope
TePP Technopreneur Promotion Programme
TF Technology Forecasting
TGDTA Thermo-Gravimetric Differential Thermal Analyser
TIFAC Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council
TIFR Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TIME IS Technology Innovation Management Entrepreneurship &
Information Services
TISCO Tata Iron & Steel Company
TMPS Technology Management Programme Support
TMS Techno Market Survey
TPMM Technology Project in Mission Mode
TRDDC Tata Research, Development & Design Centre
TSP Tribal Sub-Plan
TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences
TWONSO Third World Network of Scientific Organisations
UDCT University Department of Chemical Technology
UISTRF UK India Science & Technology Research Fund
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural
Organisation
UPRSAC Uttar Pradesh Remote Sensing Application Centre
USERS Utilisation of Scientific Expertise of Retired Scientists
UTM Universal Testing Machine
VECC Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
VHF Very High Frequency
VIPNET Vigyan Prasar Network
VIPRIS Vigyan Prasar Information System
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
WGS World Geodetic System
WHO World Health Organisation
WIHG Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
WMO World Meteorological Organisation
WUE Water Use Efficiency
WVWV Water Vapour Wind Vector
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Introduction
Introduction
