Annual Report 2000 - 2001

Abbreviations

AAS Agromet Advisory Service

ABL Atmospheric Boundary Layer

ACBI Association of Clinical Biochemists of India

ACM Advanced Composites Mission

ACWC Area Cyclone Warning Centre

AGCM Atmospheric General Circulation Model

AICTE All India Council on Technical Education

AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ALDC Adaptive Loss-Less Data Compression

AMCHSS Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies

APCTT Asia Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology

APLAC Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

APTDPC Andhra Pradesh Technology Development & Promotion Centre

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

BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

BHU Banaras Hindu University

BOBMEX Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment

BOYSCAST Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science & Technology

BSIP Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

CAPART Council for the Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology

CAPE Convective Available Potential Energy

CAS Centre for Atmospheric Sciences

CAT Centre for Advanced Technology

CAZRI Central Arid Zone Research Institute

CBRI Central Building Research Institute

CBT Centre for Biochemical Technology

CCD Charge Coupled Device

CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

CCMB Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

CCT Compact Cluster Telescope

CDAC Centre for the Development of Automatic Computing

CDC Composites Design Centre

CDPS Cross Disciplinary Plasma Science

CDRI Central Drug Research Institute

CD ROM Compcat Disc Read Only Memory

CEDMAP Centre for Entrepreneurship Development Madhya Pradesh

CEERI Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute

CFTRI Central Food Technological Research Institute

CGCRI Central Glass & Ceramics Research Institute

CII Confederation of Indian Industry

CINE Convective Inhibition Energy

CIS Central Indian Shear/Suture

CLW Chittaranjan Locomotive Works

CLWP Cloud Liquid Water Path

CMB Cosmic Microwave Background

CNG Compressed Natural Gas

CODATA Committee on Data for Science & Technology

COMPTEC Composite Technology Centre

COSTED Committee on Science & Technology for Developing Countries

CREST Centre for Research & Education in Science & Technology

CRIDA Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture

CSM Crop Simulation Model

CSIO Central Scientific Instruments Organisation

CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CTRA Cotton Textile Research Association

CWC Cyclone Warning Centre

CWDS Cyclone Warning Dissemination System

DAE Department of Atomic Energy

DARE Department of Agricultural Research & Education

DBT Department of Biotechnology

DCS Deep Continental Studies

DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DOD Department of Ocean Development

DRDL Defence Research & Development Laboratory

DRDO Defence Research & Development Organisation

DRF Dabur Research Foundation

DSIR Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

DSSAT Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer

DST Department of Science and Technology/ Dynamic Stochastic Transfer

EAC Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

EAL European Accreditation Cooperation for Laboratories

ECG Electro Cadiograph

ECIL Electronics Corporation of India Limited

EDC Entrepreneurship Development Cell

EDII Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

EDP Entrepreneurship Development Programmes

EGRL Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory

EIL Engineers India Limited

ENSO El-Nino Southern Oscillation

EPR Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

EREC Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centrer

ERP Enterprises Resource Planning

ESF Equatorial Spread F

ESIPT Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer

FAM Fly Ash Mission

FCS Flexible Complementing Scheme/ Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

FDP Faculty Development Programme

FIST Fund for the Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure

FRP Fibre Re-inforced Plastics

GCM General Circulation Model

GDAFS Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System

GEC Global Electric Circuit

GEF Global Environment Facility

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GIS Geographical Information System

GLC Gas Liquid Chromatography

GMDSS Global Maritime Distress & Safety System

GMO Genetically Modified Organisms

GMRT Giant Meter Radio Telescope

GMW Group Monitoring Workshop

GPS Global Positioning System

GRAM Geo-Referenced Area Management

GRL Geomagentic Research Laboratory

GSI Geological Survey of India

GSN Global Seismological Network

GTS Global Telecommunication System

HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

HBTI Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

HGT Home Grown Technology

HPC High Performance Computation

HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

HSWR High Speed Wind Recorder

HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HZL Hindustan Zinc Limited

IAC Inter Academy Council

IACS Indian Association for Cultivation of Science

IAF Indian Air Force

IAP Inter Academy Panel

IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute

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

ICRP Indian Climate Research Programme

ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions

ICTP International Centre for Theoretical Physics

IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India

IDMP International Daylight Measurement Programme

IDP Instrumentation Development Programme

IETE Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers

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

IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

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

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

IJPAM Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

ILTP Integrated Long Term Programme

IMD India Meteorological Department

IMS Indian Meteorological Society

IMT Institute of Microbial Technology

INAE Indian National Academy of Engineering

INCOIS Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

INDOEX Indian Ocean Experiment

INSA Indian National Science Academy

INSAT Indian National Satellite

IOP Institute of Physics

IPCC International Panel on Climate Change

IPM Intelligent Processing of Materials

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

IRHPA Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas

IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

ISCA Indian Science Congress Association

ISCOS Indian Science Communication Society

ISM Indian School of Mines

ISO Intra Seasonal Oscillations/ International Standards Organisation

ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation

IS-STAC Inter-Sectoral Science & Technology Advisory Committee

I-STEP Indian Solar Terrestrial Energy Programme

ISZ Indian Suture Zone

IUCAA Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics

JNARDDC Jawaharlal Nehru Advanced Research, Development & Design Centre

JNCASR Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

KHFZ Karol Hill Fault Zone

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 Device

LIDAR Laser Intensity Direction and Ranging

LIOAS Laser Induced Opto Acoustic Spectroscopy

LPA Low Pressure Area

LPE Low Pressure Extraction

LRF Long Range Forecast

LSP Land Surface Processes

LTP Long Trace Profilometer

MAC Management Advisory Committee

MACS Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science

MBT Main Boundary Thrust

MHD Magneto Hydrodynamics

MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

MITCON Maharashtra Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation Limited

MMC Metal Matrix Composite

MNES Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources

MONTBLEX Monsoon Through Boundary Layer Experiment

MONTCLIM Monsoon and Tropical Climate

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MRA Mutual Recognition Arrangement

MST Mesosphere Stratosphere and Troposphere

MT Magneto-Telluric

MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

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

NCFOR-HG National Centre for Field Operations & Research on Himalayan Glaciology

NCL National Chemical Laboratory

NCMRWF National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting

NCSC National Children Science Congress

NCST National Centre for Software Technology

NCSTC National Council for Science & Technology Communication

NDC National Data Centre

NDE Non-Destructive Evaluation

NDT Non-Destructive Testing

NEERI National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

NEHU North Eastern Hill University

NFL National Fertilizers Limited

NGO Non Government Organisation

NGRI National Geophysical Research Institute

NIAS National Institute of Advanced Studies

NICSI National Informatics Centre Services Inc.

NIO National Institute of Oceanography

NIRD National Institute of Rural Development

NLO Non Linear Optics

NMDC National Mineral Development Corporation

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

NSD National Science Day

NSDC National Seismological Data Centre

NSTEDB National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board

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

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Develeopment

OLPE Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship

ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

ORV Oceanographic Research Vessel

PAC Programme Advisory Committee

PAMC Programme Advisory & Monitoring Committee

PBL Planetary Boundary Layer

PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty

PDUS Primary Data Utilisation Station

PEEP Project Aimed at Exploratory Exchange Programme

PET Poly Ethylene Teraphthalate

PFA Partial Financial Assistance

PFC Patent Facilitating Centre

PIC Patent Information Centre

PINSA Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy

PNC Parity Non Conservation

POC Programme of Co-Operation

PPM Perfect Prognostic Method

PRL Physical Research Laboratory

RAMS Regional Atmospheric Modeling System

RASS Radio Acoustic Sounding System

REC Regional Engineering College

RFI Radio Frequency Interference

RNA Ribonucleic Acid

RRI Raman Research Institute

RRL Regional Research Laboratory

RSIC Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre

RSM Regional Spectral Model

RTP Rural Technology Park

RVR Runway Visual Range

SAC Scientific Advisory Committee/ Space Applications Centre

SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar

SASE Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment

SCTIMST Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

SDF Steel Development Fund/ Sugar Development Fund

SDSS Spatial Decision Support System

SEM Scanning Electron Microscope

SERC Science and Engineering Research Council

SGSY Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

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

SITRA South India Textile Research Association

SME Small Medium Enterprises

SOI Survey of India/ Southern Oscillation Index

SRBL Synchrotron Radiation Beam Line

SRP Scientists/ Researchers Programme

SRPP Satellite Research Programme in Plasma Physics

SRTM Shuttle Radar Topographic Motion

SSAG Standing Scientific Advisory Group

SSC Suspended Sediment Concentration

SSRC Standing Scientific Research Committee

SST Sea Surface Temperature

STAC Science & Technology Advisory Committee

STARD Science and Technology Application for Rural Development

STAWS Science and Technology Application for Weaker Sections

STEDS Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

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

TDB Technology Development Board

TEC Total Electron Content

TEDP Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development Programme

TEM Tunneling Electron Microscope

TePP Technopreneur Promotion Programme

TF Technology Forecasting

TIFAC Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council

TIFR Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

TIME IS Technology Innovation Management Entrepreneurship & Information Services

TMPS Technology Management Programme Support

TMS Techno Market Survey

TOGA Tropical Ocean General Atmosphere

TOKTEN Transfer of Knowledge & Technology through Expatriate Nationals

TPMM Technology Project in Mission Mode

TPSC Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit

TPWC Total Precipitation Water Content

TRDDC Tata Research Development & Demonstration centre

TSP Tribal Sub-Plan

TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences

UGC University Grants Commission

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation

USERS Utilisation of Scientific Expertise of Retired Scientists

UTI Unit Trust of India

VBO Vainu Bappu Observatory

VECC Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre

VHF Very High Frequency

VHRR Very High Resolution Radiometer

VICAS Voluntary Institute of Community Applied Science

VIPNET Vigyan Prasar Network

VIPRIS Vigyan Prasar Information System

VLBI Very Long Base Interferometry

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

WIHG Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

WMO World Meteorological Organisation

WRI Welding Research Institute

WTO World Trade Organisation