Annual Report 2003 - 2004

Abbreviations

AAB Agromet Advisory Bulletin

AAS Agromet Advisory Service/ Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

ABL Atmospheric Boundary Layer

ACP Advanced Composites Programme

AERB Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

AFM Atomic Force Microscope

AGCM Atmospheric General Circulation Model

AICTE All India Council on Technical Education

AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AIMR All India Monsoon Rainfall

ALICE A Large Ion Collider Experiment

AMCHSS Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies

AMTI Advanced Materials Technology Incubator

AOGCM Atmosphere Open General Circulation Model

APCTT Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology

APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

APN Asia Pacific Network

ARCI Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials

ARI Agharkar Research Institute

ARMEX Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment

ARSI Amateur Radio Society of India

ARTI Appropriate Rural Technology Institute

ASDMP Amorphous Semiconductor Device Modeling Programme

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

AYUSH Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy

BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

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

BTR Brake Test Rig

CAD Computer Aided Design

CAS Centre for Atmospheric Sciences

CAST Chinese Association for Science & Technology

CAT Centre for Advanced Technology

CCD Charge Coupled Device

CDAC Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing

CDGI Centre for the Development of Glass Industry

CDRI Central Drug Research Institute

CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory

CEOP Co-ordinated Enhanced Observing Period

CGWB Central Ground Water Board

CII Confederation of Indian Industry

CIRG Central Institute for Research on Goats

CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability

CMC Computer Maintenance Corporation

CME Coronal Mass Ejection

CMS Compact Muon Solenoid

CNC Computerised Numerical Control

CNG Compressed Natural Gas

COMPTEC Composite Technology Centre

CORE Centre of Relevance and Excellence

CPCB Central Pollution Control Board

CREM Climate Related Environment Monitoring

CREST Centre for Research & Education in Science & Technology

CRM Certified Reference Material

CSIO Central Scientific Instruments Organisation

CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CTC Cut, Torn & Curl

CVTS Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

CWC Cyclone Warning Centre/ Central Water Commission

CWDS Cyclone Warning Dissemination System

CWIS Current Weather Instrument Systems

DAE Department of Atomic Energy

DBT Department of Biotechnology

DCS Deep Continental Studies

DCP Data Collection Platform

DEM Digital Elevation Model/ Discrete Element Modeling

DGMS Directorate General of Mines Safety

DMS Digital Mapping System

DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DOD Department of Ocean Development

DOS Department of Space

DRDO Defence Research & Development Organisation

DSIR Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

DST Department of Science and Technology

EA Electro Absorption

EAC Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

ECG Electro Cardiograph

ECI Engineering Council of India

EDC Entrepreneurship Development Cell

EDII Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

EDP Entrepreneurship Development Programme

EEG Electro Encephalograph

ENSO El-Nino Southern Oscillation

EPR Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

EREC Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

ERT Education, Research & Training

FACTS Flexible AC Transmission System

FAUP Fly Ash Utilisation Programme

FCF Fungal Culture Filtrate

FCS Flexible Complementing Scheme

FDP Faculty Development Programme

FET Field Effect Transistor

FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

FIST Fund for the Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure

FRLHT Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions

FRP Fibre Reinforced Plastics

FTP File Transfer Protocol

GAME Global Atmosphere & Monsoon Experiment

GCM General Circulation Model

GDAFS Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System

GEWEX Global Energy & Water Cycle Experiment

GHG Green House Gases

GLP Good Laboratory Practice

GIS Geographic Information System

GMRT Giant Meter-Wave Radio Telescope

GMW Group Monitoring Workshop

GPS Global Positioning System

GRAM Geo-Referenced Area Management

GSI Geological Survey of India

GSLV Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle

GSN Global Seismological Network

GTS Global Telecommunication System

HAGART High Altitude Gamma Ray Telescope

HCL Height of the Lifting Condensation Level

HCT Himalayan Chandra Telescope

HETP Hydrogen Economy Technology Programme

HGT Home Grown Technology

HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

HRD Human Resource Development

HRG Himalayan Research Group

HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission

HTCG High Technology Cooperation Group

HTS High Throughput Screening

HWSR High Wind Speed Recorder

IACS Indian Association for Cultivation of Science

IAF Indian Air Force

IAO Indian Astronomical Observatory

IAS Indian Academy of Sciences

IAU International Astronomical Union

ICAR Indian Council for Agricultural Research

ICMR Indian Council for Medical Research

ICP-AES Inductively Coupled Plasma-Auger Electron Spectroscopy

ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy

ICRP Indian Climate Research Programme

ICSG International Copper Study Group

ICT Information & Communication Technology

ICTP International Centre for Theoretical Physics

IDP Instrumentation Development Programme

IFCPAR Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research

IFD Integrated Finance Division

IGBP International Geosphere, Biosphere Programme

IGIB Institute for Genomics & Integrative Biology

IIA Indian Institute of Astrophysics

IICB Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

IICT Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

IIG Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

IIM Indian Institute of Metals/ Indian Institute of Management

IISc Indian Institute of Science

IIT Indian Institute of Technology

IITM Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

IJCSP India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme

IJHS Indian Journal of History of Science

IJIRA Indian Jute Industries Research Association

IJPAM Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Mathematics

IJSC Indian Journal of Science Communication

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

IMTECH Institute of Microbial Technology

INAE Indian National Academy of Engineering

INDOEX Indian Ocean Experiment

INEP Indo-Norwegian Environment Programme

INSA Indian National Science Academy

INSAT Indian National Satellite

IPC International Patent Classification

IPCC Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

IRHPA Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas

IRI International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

ISCA Indian Science Congress Association

ISCOS Indian Science Communication Society

ISI Indian Statistical Institute

ISO Intra Seasonal Oscillations/ International Standards Organisation

ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation

IS-STAC Inter-Sectoral Science & Technology Advisory Committee

ISWA Indian Science Writers Association

ITAM Institute of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics

ITPAR India-Trento Programme for Advanced Research

IT-SAP Information Technology for Sustainable Agriculture in Punjab

IVRS Interactive Voice Response System

JNCASR Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

JSPS Japan Society for Promotion of Science

KVPY Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana

LAM Limited Area Model

LED Light Emitting Diode

LIDAR Laser Intensity Direction and Ranging

LMT Long Period Magnetotelluric

LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LSP Land Surface Processes

LTA Light Transport Aircraft

MACS Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science

MAO Micro-Arc Oxidation

MATURE Mission for Application of Technology to Urban Renewal & Engineering

MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy

MBT Main Boundary Thrust

MDD Meteorological Data Dissemination

MEA Ministry of External Affairs

MLT Mixed Layer Temperature

MNES Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources

MONTCLIM Monsoon and Tropical Climate

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MSW Municipal Solid Waste

MT Magneto-Telluric

NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

NAL National Aerospace Laboratories

NAM Non-Aligned Movement

NAO North Atlantic Oscillation

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration, USA

NATMO National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation

NBRI National Botanical Research Institute

NCAR National Centre for Atmospheric Research, USA

NCAER National Council of Applied Economic Research

NCBS National Centre for Biological Sciences

NC-CAM National Centre for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

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

NCSM National Council of Science Museums

NCSTC National Council for Science & Technology Communication

NDC National Data Centre

NEHU North Eastern Hill University

NGO Non Government Organisation

NGRI National Geophysical Research Institute

NID National Institute of Design

NIH National Institute of Health, USA

NIR Near Infrared

NIRS Near Infrared Spectroscopy

NLO Non-Linear Optic

NMBA National Mission on Bamboo Applications

NME New Molecular Entities

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

NRTC National Research & Technology Consortium

NSC Nuclear Science Centre

NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure

NSF National Science Foundation, USA

NSHL Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss

NSTEDB National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board

NSTI Nano-materials Science & Technology Initiative

NSTMIS National S&T Management Information System

NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation

NTSC National Teacher’s Science Conference