List of Indian Acronyms for .in extensions

[chriswalton74]

Hi.
I found this list of Indian Acronyms which may be of help when registering .in extension domain names.
Some are available as .co.in, others as .in. Some may not be available at all. (Haven't got time to check them all)


AAI - Airport Authority of India
AGP - Asom Gana Parishad
AIADMK - All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
AIR - All India Radio
ASLV - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
BCCI - Board of Cricket Control in India
BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party
BSP - Bahujan Samaj Party
CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
CII - Confederation fo Indian Industry
CPI - Communist Party of India
CPI (M) - Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI (ML) - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
CPWD - Central Public Works Department; PWD of the GOI
DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
DoT - Department of Telecommunications
DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
EMU - Electric Multiple Unit
GoI - Government of India
GSLV - Geostationary Launch Vehicle
IAF - Indian Air Force
IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University
IIM - Indian Institute of Management
IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
IMD - India Meteorological Department
INSAT - Indian National Satellite
IPKF - Indian Peace Keeping Force
IRS - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
MDMK - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
MEA - Ministry of External Affairs
NDA - National Democratic Alliance
NIC : National Informatics Centre
NRI - Non-Resident Indian
OBC - Other Backward Classes
ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Commission
PMK - Pattali Munnetra Kazhagam
PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PTI - Press Trust of India
PWD - Public Works Department
RAW - Research & Analysis Wing (Indian intelligence and counter-intelligence agency)
RSS - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAIL - Steel Authority of India
SC/ST - Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Harijans or Dalits)

Cheers
Chris

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Impressive idea and list, Chris, Thanks!
-Allan

 

[trishan]

Nice list. Thanks for that.

 

[1rrr1]

some are nice has three letter domains anyway so good to get.