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A.A.F. Auxiliary Air Force
A.A.O.U. Asian Association of Open Universities
A.C.D. Asian Co-operation Dialogue
A.D.B. Asian Development Bank
A.D.S. Air Defence Ship
A.E.C. Atomic Energy Commission
A.H.Q. Air Head Quarters; Army Head Quarters
A.I.C.C. All India Congress Committee
A.I.D.S. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A.I.R. Annual Information Report
A.J.T. Advanced Jet Trainer
A.N.C. African National Council
A.P.E.C. Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation
A.P.E.D.A. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
A.R.C. Administrative Reforms Commission; Asset Reconstruction Corporation (of
India)
A.S.E.A.N. Association of South East Asian Nations
A.S.I. Archaeological Survey of India
A.U. African Union
A.V.E.S. Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome
B
B.A.R.C. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
B.C.G. Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-T.B. vaccine)
BIMSTEC Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Corporation
B.S.N.L. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
B.O.A.C. British Overseas Airways Corporation
B.R.E.A.D. Basic Research Education and Development Society
B.V.R. Beyond Visual Range
C
C.A.B.E. Central Advisory Board of Education
C.A.C.C.I. Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry
C.M.P. Common Minimum Programme
C.A.D.P. Command Area Development Programme
C.A.S. Conditional Access System
C.C.I. Cricket Club of India
C.D.M.A. Code Division Multiple Access
C.H.O.G.M. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
C.I.A. Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.)
C.N.G. Compressed Natural Gas
C.N.L.U. Chanakya National Law University
C.N.P.C. China National Petroleum Corporation
C.S.I.R. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
C.S.T.O. Collective Security Treaty Organisation
D
D.A.E. Department of Atomic Energy
D.D.T. Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane
D.I.A.S. Direct Internet Access System
D.M.R.C. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
D.O.A.R.T. Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting Technology
D.P.P. Dabhol Power Project
D.Litt. Doctor of Literature
D.V.C. Damodar Valley Corporation
E
E.A.S. East Asia Summit
E.C.I.L. Electronics Corporation of India Limited
E.D.C.I.L. Educational Consultants India Ltd.
E.D.I. Educational Development Index
EDUSAT Education Satellite
E.E.C. Eurasian Economic Community; European Economic Community
E.E.T. Exempt, Exempt, Taxable
E.P.I.C. Electors Photo Identity Card
E.S.C.A.P. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (This is the new
name of ECAFE)
FF.D.I. Foreign Direct Investment
F.E.M.A. Foreign Exchange Management Act.
F.I.C.A. Federation of International Cricketers Association
F.T.A. Free Trade Agreement
G
G.A.T.T. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
G.D.P. Gross Domestic Product
G.I.C. General Insurance Corporation (of India)
G.I.S.T. Global Institute of Science and Technology
G.N.P. Gross National Product
G.U.A.M. Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
HH.D.F.C. Housing Development Finance Corporation
H.U.D.C.O. Housing and Urban Development Corporation
I
I.A.A.I. International Airport Authority of India
I.B.S.A. India, Brazil, South Africa
I.C.R.I.E.R. Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
I.C.S.I.D. International Centre for Settlement of Industrial Disputes
I.C.R.C. International Committee of the Red Cross
I.C.S.S.R. Indian Council of Scientific and Social Research
I.D.P.L. Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
I.F.P.R.I. International Food Policy Research Institute (Located in Washington)
I.F.W.J. Indian Federation of Working Journalists
I.C.A.R. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
I.D.A. International Development Association
I.G.C.A.R. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
I.G.M.D.P. Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
I.G.N.C.A. Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
I.I.F.A. International Indian Film Academy
I.M.D.T. Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983
I.M.F. International Monetary Fund
I.M.O. Instant Money Order
I.N.S. Indian News Paper Society
INSDOC Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
I.N.T.U.C. Indian National Trade Union Congress
I.N.T.A.C.H. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
I.N.X.F.A.C. Indian Naval Extra-Fast Attact Craft
I.S.I. Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan)
I.S.T. Indian Standards Time
I.S.R.O. Indian Space Research Organisation
I.S.S.P. Indian Scientific Satellite Project
I.T.E.R. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
I.T.E.S. Information Technology Enabled Services
I.U.C.N. International Union for Conservation of Nature
I.U.P.E.P. Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
J
J.V.P. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
LL.I.B.O.R. London Inter Bank Offered Rate
M
M.A.I. Multilateral Agreement on Investment
M.C.C. Marylebone Cricket Club
M.D.M.A. Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency
M.F.A.L.A. Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency
M.N.N.A. Major Non-NATO Alley
M.R.T.P.C. Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
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N.A.D.T. National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics
N.A.R.I. National AIDS Research Institute
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
N.B.R.A. National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority
N.C.H.R.H. National Council for Human Resource in Health.
N.C.A. National Cricket Academy
N.E.A. National Environment Authority
N.E.G.P. National E-governance Plan
N.I.F. National Innovative Foundation
N.I.S.M. National Institute of Securities Market
N.L.L.M. National Legal Literacy Mission
N.M.C.C. National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
N.M.I.T.L.I. New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative
N.P.T. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
N.R.C. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
N.R.E.G.A. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
N.R.H.M. National Rural Health Mission
N.R.I. Non-Resident Indians
N.R.S.A. National Remote Sensing Agency
N.S.C.N. National Social Council of Nagaland
N.U.E.P.A. National University of Educational Planning and Administration
O
O.I.C. Overseas Indian Citizenship
O.I.G.S. On Indian Government Service
OIL Oil India Limited
O.N.G.C. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
P
P.A.C. Public Accounts Committee; Professional Aptitude Council
P.A.N. Permanent Account Number
P.E.S.O. Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO is the changed name
of Department of Explosives).
P.E.T.A. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
P.F.R.D.A. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
P.H.D.C.C.I. Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and
Industry
P.I.L. Public Interest Litigation
P.N.R. Passenger Numerical Record
P.O.S.C.O. Pohang Steel Company
P.O.T.A. Prevention of Terrorism Act
P.T.C. Power Trading Corporation
Q
Q.I.P. Qualified Institutional Placement
RR.A.F. Rapid Action Force
R.S.V.P. Repondez sil vous Plait (Fr.) reply, if you please
R.T.R.A. Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority
SSAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SAPTA South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
S.C.O. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
S.C.R.A.M.J.E.T. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
S.E.W.A. Self-Employed Womens Association
S.G.R.Y. Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
S.G.S.Y. Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
S.M.S. Short Message Service; Subscriber Management System
SNIPES Society for the National Institutes of Physical Education and Sports
S.W.A.P.O. South-West African Peoples Organization
TTELCO Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
T.E.R.C. Trade and Economic Relations Committee
T.E.R.L.S. Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
T.R.A. Tea Research Association
T.R.A.I. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences
UU.D.C. University Development Commission
U.N.C.L.O.S. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
U.N.C.T.A.D. United Nations Conference of Trade and Development
U.G.C. University Grants Commission
U.N.E.S.C.O. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
U.N.F.C.C.C. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
U.N.I.C.E.F. United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund
U.N.I.F.I.L. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
U.P.A. United Progressive Alliance
VV.B.A.L. Value Based Advanced Licencing
V.D.I.S. Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
V.S.S.C. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
V.A.T. Value Added Tax
WW.C.C.B. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
W.C.A.R. World Conference Against Racism
W.E.F. World Environment Forum
W.G.I.G. Working Group on Internet Governance
W.F.C. World Food Council
W.I.P.O. World Intellectual Property Organisation
W.L.L.M. Mobile Wireless in Local Loop
W.S.I.S. World Summit on Information Society
W.T.O. World Trade Organisation
W.W.F. World Wild Life Fund; War Wounded Foundation
YY.M.C.A. Young Mens Christian Association
Y.W.C.A. Young Womens Christian Association
ZZ.S. Zoological Society
B
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Commerce
BASIC Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BDPS Business Data Processing Systems
BHTML Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIU Bus Interface Unit
BMP Bitmap
BPS Bytes Per Seconds
C
CAD Computer Aided Design
CADD Computer Added Drafting and Design
CAI Computer Aided Instructuion
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAR Control Address Register
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate
CDWORM Compact Disc Write Once Read Many
CD RW Compact Disc ReWritable
CD Compact Disc
C-DAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDONTS Collabaration on Data Objects for Windows NT Server
CDROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CFG Control Flow Graph
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CIDR Classless InterDomain Routing
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacture
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computers
CIX Commercial Internet Exchange
CLR Common Language Runtime
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS Content Management System
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (black)
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
COM Component Object Model
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPI Clock Cycle Per Instruction
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CROM Control Read Only Memory
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CUI Character User Interface
D
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DAO Data Access Objects
DARPANET Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DBA Data Base Administrator
DBMS Data Base Management System
DCA Defence Communication Agency
DCL Data Control Language
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DCP Data Communication Processor
DDL Data Definition Language
DDOS Distributed Denial of Service
DDP Distributed Data Processing
DFD Data Flow Diagram
DFS Distributed File System
DHCP Domain Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language
DLC Data Link Control
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DMA Direct Memory Access
DML Data Manipulation Language
DMTF Distributed Management Test Force
DNA Distributed Internet Architecture
DNS Domain Name System
DOM Document Object Model
DOS Disk Operating System, Denial Of Service
DPI Dots Per Inch
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSN Digital Subscriber Network
DTD Document Type Definition
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
E
E Electronic
EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EDC Electronic Digital Computer
EDCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EFS Encrypted File System
EJB Enterprise Java Beans
ENIAC Electronics Numerical Integrator and Calculator
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
EULA End User License Agreement
F
FAT File Allocation Table
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FIFO First In First Out
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
FO Fiber Optics
FORTRAN Formula Translation
FPS Frames Per Second
FRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
FTP File Transfer Protocol
G
GB Giga Bytes
GIF Graphic Interchange Format
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
GML General Markup Language
GNU GNU's Not Unix
GPL General Public License
GUI Graphical User Interface
H
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HFS Hierarchical File System
HP Hewlett Packard
HPC High Performance Computing
HPFS High Performance File System
HSR Horizontal Scan Rate
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
I
IBM International Business Machines
IC Integrated Circuit
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS Reduce Instruction Set Computer
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDE Integrated Development Environment
IE Internet Explorer
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
IIS Internet Information Server
IL Intermediate Language
IO Input Output
IOP Input Output Processor
IP Internet Protocol
IPX Internetworked Packet Exchange
IRAM Integration Ram
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IrDA Infrared Data Association
IRQ Interrupt Request
ISAPI Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO International Standard Organization
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISR Interrupt Service Routine
IT Information Technology
ITPL Information Technology Park Limited (India)
J
JCL Job Control Language
JDBC Java Data Base Connectivity
JHTML Java within Hyper Text Markup Language
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP Java Server Pages
K
KB Kilo Bytes
KBPS Kilo Bytes Per Second
L
L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP Light Weight Directory Access Control
LIFO Last In First Out
LIPS Logical Interfaces Per Second
LOC Lines Of Code
LSI Large Scale Integration
LSP Layered Service Provider
M
MAC Media Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAU Multistation Access Unit
MB Mega Bytes
MBONE Multicast Backbone
MBPS Mega Bytes Per Second
MBR Master Boot Record
MCP Microsoft Certified Professional
MCS Multicast Server
MCSA Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
MCSD Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCSE Microsoft Certified System Engineer
MDI Multiple Document Interface
MDS Microcomputer Development System
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFT Master File Table
MG Mega Bytes
MICR MagneticInk Characters Reader
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MISD Multiple Instruction Single Data
MODEM Modulator and Demodulator
MP3 Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3
MPEG Motion Pictures Experts Group
MS MicroSoft
MSDN MicroSoft Developer Network
MSIIS Microsoft Internet Information Server
MSIL Microsoft Intermediate Language
MSMQ Microsoft Message Queue
MSN MicroSoft Network
MSRAP Microsoft Remote Administration Protocol
MSRPC Microsoft Remote Procedure Call
MTS Microsoft Transaction Server
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
MUDS MultiUser Dungeons
N
NAS Network Attached Storage
NASSCOM National Association of Software and Service Companies
NCP Network Control Protocol
NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification
NDRO Nondestructive Read Out
NetBEUI NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface
NIC National Informatics Centre,
NIIT National Institute of Information Technology
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
NOW Network Of Workstations
NSFNET National Science Foundation Network
NT (Windows) New Technology
NTFS New Technology File System
NTP Network Time Protocol
O
OCP Oracle Certified Professional
OCR Optical Character Readers
ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OMR Optical Mark Reader
ONE Open Network Architecture
OOA Object Orient Analysis
OOAD Object Oriented Analysis and Design
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OPEN GL Open Graphics Library
OS Operating System
OSI Open System Interconnection
P
PC Personal Computer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PDL Page Description Language
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PHP PHP Hypertext Processor
PIC Programming Interrupt Control
PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PLA Programmable Logic Array
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PNP Plug And Play
POP Post Office Protocol
POST Power On Self Test
PPP Peer to Peer Protocol
PPTP Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
PS Post Script
PSN Processor Serial Number
Q
QoS Quality of Service
R
RADSL RateAdaptive Digital Subscribes Line
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter
RAS Remote Access Network
RD RAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
R-DAT Rotating Digital Audio Tape
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RDO Remote Data Objects
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
RFC Request for Comments
RGB Red Green Blue
RICS Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RIP Raster Image Processor
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RTC Real Time Clock
RTF Rich Text Format
RTOS Real Time Operating System
S
S-DAT Stationary Digital Audio Tape
SACK Selective Acknowledgements
SAM Security Access Manager
SAP Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products
SCMP Software Configuration Management Plan
SCSI Small Computers Systems Interface
SD RAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDD Software Design Description
SDK Software Development Kit
SDL Storage Definition Language
SDN Integrated Service Digital Network
SDRAM Static Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line
SG RAM Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIM Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data
SISD Single Instruction Single Data
SIU Serial Interface Unit
SMP Symmetric Multi Process
SMS Short Message Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA System Network Architecture
SNAP Sub Network Access Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQA Statistical Quality Assurance
SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRS Software Requirements Specification
STP Shielded Twisted Pair
SVVP Software Verification and Validation Plan
SW Software
T
TAPI Telephony Application Program Interface
TB Tera Bytes
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDI Transport Data Interface
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TPM Transactions Processing Monitor
TSR Terminate and Stay Residents
U
UDD User Datagram Protocol
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UI User Interface
UML Unified Modelling Language
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNIX Uniplexed Information and Computer Systems
URL Universal Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
V
VAN Virtual Area Network
VAST Very Small Aperture Terminal
VB Visual Basic
VC++ Visual C++
VCD Video Compact Disc
VDL View Definition Language
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHS Video Home System
VLIW Very Long Instruction Words
VLSI Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN Virtual Private Network
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VRML Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VS Visual Studio
VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
VVR Software Validation and Validation Report
VXD Virtual Device Driver
W
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS Wide Area Information Servers
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WBEM Web Base Enterprise Management
WDM Wave Division Multiplexing
WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Lab
Windows ME Windows Millennium Edition
Windows NT Windows New Technology
Windows XP Windows eXPerienced
WINS Windows Internet Name Services
WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
WML Wireless Markup Language
WORM Write Once Read Many
WSH Windows Script Host
WWW World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
X
XHTML eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML eXtensible Markup Language
XSL eXtensible Style Sheet language
Y
Y2K Year 2000
Z
ZIF Zero Insertion Force
Current Abbreviations
A.C.D. Asian Co-operation Dialogue
A.D.S. Air Defence Ship
A.I.D.S. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A.T.G.M. Anti-Tank Guided Missile
A.P.E.D.A. Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
A.U. African Union
A.W.A.N. Army Wide Area Network
B.P.O. Business Process Outsourcing
C.C.I. Consumer Confidence Index; Cricket Club of India
C.D.M.A. Code Division Multiple Access
C.I.S. Commonwealth of Independent States
C.I.B.I.L. Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd.
C.N.G. Compressed Natural Gas
C.R.I.S.I.L. Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd.
C.S.T.O. Collective Security Treaty Organisation
D.M.R.C. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
D.O.T.S. Directly Observed Treatment Short Course
E.A.S. East Asia Summit
E.E.C. Eurasian Economic Community
E.D.C.I.L. Educational Consultants India Ltd.
G.C.M.M.F. Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
G.P.R.S. General Packet Radio Service
G.S.L.V. Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle
G.U.A.M. Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
I.C.D.S. Integrated Child Development Services
I.F.C.I. Industrial Finance Corporation of India
I.G.C.A.R. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
I.G.N.O.U. Indira Gandhi National Open University
I.I.S.E.R. Indian Institutes of Science and Educational Research
I.N.M.A.S. Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
I.P.C.C. International Panel on Climate Change
I.T.E.R. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
NASSCOM National Association of Software and Service Companies
N.B.R.C. National Brain Research Centre
N.C.A. National Cricket Academy, Nuclear Command Authority
N.C.A.O.R. National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research
N.D.I.C. Natural Disaster Information System
N.D.M.A. National Disaster Management Authority
N.E.A. National Environment Authority
N.F.W.P. National Food for Work Programme
N.P.C.L. Nuclear Power Corporation of India
N.R.E.G.A. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
N.R.H.M. National Rural Health Mission
N.S.G. Nuclear Suppliers Group; National Security Guards
O.C.I. Overseas Citizen of India
O.I.C. Overseas Indian Citizenship
O.S.C.E. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
P.H.D.C.C.I. Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry
P.H.F.I. Public Health Foundation of India
P.O.S.C.O. Pohang Steel Company
P.O.T.A. Prevention of Terrorism Act
Q.I.B. Qualified Institutional Buyer
Q.I.P. Qualified Institutional Placement
R.T.R.A. Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority
S.A.I. Sports Authority of India
S.A.A.R.C. South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
S.C.R.A.M.J.E.T. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
S.G.R.Y. Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
S.M.S. Short Message Service; Subscriber Management System
S.R.S.F. Special Railway Safety Fund
T.I.N. Tax Payers Identification Number
T.R.A. Tea Research Association
T.R.I.P.S. Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
U.A.P.A. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
U.N.F.P.A. United Nations Fund for Population Activities
V.A.A. Virgin Atlantic Airlines
VAT Value Added Tax
W.C.C.B. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
W.E.M. World Environment Forum
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation
W.L.L. Wireless in Local Loop
W.M.D. Weapons of Mass Destruction
FIA : Federal Investigation Agency. The FIA is the Central Investigation Agency of Pakistan
which probes criminal acts, especially terrorist attacks.
GPS : Global Positioning System.
IDP : Internally Displaced Persons. The reference is to persons in the LTTE held territories in Sri
Lanka, which were overrun by the Sri Lankan military during zts operations against the former.
ICFAI : SocietyThe Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Society, Hyderabad.
IUCAA : Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The IUCAA is one of the five
inter-university research centres of the University Grants Commission.
IRNSS : The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.
JUCCCE : Joint U.S.China Cooperation on Clean Energy.
JEM : Justice and Equality Movement. JEM is a rebel group active in Sudan against the
incumbent President Omar al-Beshir.
JOC : Joint Operation Centre. It is the new command centre set up at INS Angre in South
Mumbai for Navy and coast guard forces for ensuring Indias western coastal security.
LSGIs : Local Self-Governing Institutions.
MRMR : Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance. The medium Range Maritime
Reconnaissance (MR- MR) are the planes which India proposes to buy from the United States of
America to strengthen the reconnaissance wing of its navy.
NBER : National Bureau of Economic Research.
NPCIL : Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
NFC : Nuclear Fuel Complex.
NCPCR : National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
NCHAC : North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council.
NCPCR : National Commission for Protection of Child Right.
PEAIS : Panchayatiraj Empowerment and Accountability Incentive System. It is a system
evolved by the Central Government in a bid to devolve power and funds to local self-governing
institutions to make decentralization a success.
PAD : Peoples Alliance for Democracy.
PHWRs : Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors.
RGGVY : Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. This rural electrification project was
launched at Kollumedu village, near Chennai in Tamil Nadu in February 2009.
SJVN : Satlaj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd.
TAR : Trans-Asian Railway.
UNRWA : The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (for Palestinian refugees).
Bangla
B. B. Bandhopadhyay, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Tara Shanker
Bandhopadhyaya (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1966), Sarat Chandra, R.C. Dutt, Kazi
Nazrul Islam, Machel Madhusudan Datt, Premendra Mitra, Vishnu Dey (Recipient of Jnanpith
Award of 1971), Ashapoorna Devi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1976), Subhash
Mukhopadhyaya and Smt. Mahasweta Devi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award 1991 and 1996
respectively), Jai Goswami (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Atin Bandyopadhyay
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Sandeepan Chattopadhyaya (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2002-03), Prafulla Ray (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04), Sudir
Chakravarti (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), Sunil Gangopadhyaya (Winner of
Saraswati Samman-2004), Vinay Majumdar (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Amar
Mitra (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2006), Samarendra Sen Gupta (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2007), Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Gujarati
Mirabai, Narsingh Mehta, K.M. Munshi, Uma Shanker Joshi (Recipient of Jnanpith Award,
1967), Goverdhan Ram Parmanand, Narmada Sagar, Panna Lal Patel (Winner of the 1985
Jnanpith Award), Vinesh Ataani (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Dhiruben Patel
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2001-2002), Dhruv Bhatt (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2002-03), Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Honoured with Jnanpith Award 2001), Bindu Bhatt
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04), Amrit Lal Vegad (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2004-05), Suresh Dalal (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Rajendra Shukla
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), Suman Shah (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award
2008).
Hindi
Shree Lal Shukla (Winner of 1999 Vyas Samman), Nirmal Verma (Recipient of Moorti Devi
Award in 1995 and Jnanpith Award for 1999), Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma (Recipient of Bharat
Bharati Puruskar and many other distinctions. Krishna Sobti and Giriraj Kishore (both winners of
Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), Manglesh Dabral (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award
for 2000). P.C.K. Prem (Recipient of Hindi Ratan Award in 2001), Ramdarsh Misra (Recipient of
Shalaka Samman 2001-02), Alka Saraogi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Dr.
Ram Murthy Tripathy (Winner of Shankar Puruskar, 2001), Rajesh Joshi (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2002-03), Kamleshwar (Winner of Shalaka Samman 2002-03), S. R. Harnot
(Recipient of Indu Sharma Katha Samman 2003), Dr. Biswambha Pahi (Recipient of Shanker
Puruskar 2002), Rajendra Yadav (Recipient of Shalaka Samman of Hindi Academy 2003),
Vibhuti Narayan Rai (Recipient of Katha U.K. honour), Prem Ranjan Animesh (Recipient of
Bharat Bhushan Award for Excellence in Poetry-2004), Veeren Dangwal (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2004-05), Marudhur Mridul (Winner of Bihari Puruskar-2004), Pt. Vidya Niwas
Misra (Recipient of Padma Bhushan Award), Mridula Garg (Recipient of Vyas Samman -2004),
Pramod Tiwari (Recipient of Indu Sharma Katha Samman, 2005), Prof. Kamlesh Dutta Tripathi
(Recipient of Bhasha Samman (2005) of Sahitya Academy, Bhagwan Singh (Recipient of
Shankar Puruskar, 2005), Chandrakanta (Recipient of Vyas Samman for 2005), Marudhar Mridul
(recipient of Bihari Puruskar for 2004), Kunwar Narayan (Honoured with Shalaka Samman for
2005-06). Asgar Vajahat (Recipient of Indu Sharma Katha Samman-2006), Gyanendra Pati
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2006), Amarkant (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award
2007), Govind Mishra (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Kannada
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar (winner of the Jnanpith Award, 1983), Prof. V.R. Anandmurti (Winner
of Jnanpith Award, 1994), Girish Karnad (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1998), Shanti Nath Desai
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), S. Narayan Shetty Sujan (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2002-03), K. B. Subanna (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003- 04),
Geetha Nagabhushan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), Raghvendra Patil (Winner
of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Veerbhadrappa (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007),
Shrinivas B. (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Malayalam
O. Chandu Menon, K.V. Raman Pillai, G. Shanker Kurup (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award,
1965, author of Odakhugal), Kumaran Asan, Narayan Menon, Mohd. Basheer Vallathol, S.K.
Pottekkat (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1980), Takshi Shivshanker Pillai (Winner of
the Jnanpith Award, 1984), M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Winner of the Jnanpith Award, 1995), Dr. M.
Lilavati (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), R. Ram Chandran (Winner of
Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Attoor Ravivarma (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-
2002), K.G. Shanker Pillai (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03), Sarah Joseph (Winner
of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04), Paul Zakaria (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-
05), G. V. Kakkanadan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Prof. K. Ayyappa Paniker
(Recipient of Saraswati Samman for 2005), M. Sukumaran (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award
2006), A. Sethumadhavan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), (Late) K. P. Appan
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Marathi
Hari Narayan Apte, Tukaram Mahaya, V. S. Khandekar (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1974),
Shirwadkar (Jnanpith Award, 1987), Binda Karandikar (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad
Award, 2000), N. D. Mahanore (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Rajan Gavas
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-02), Mahesh Elkunchwar (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2002-03), T.V. Sardeshmukh (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04),
Sadanand Deshmukh (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), Arun Kolhatkar (Winner of
Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Vinda Karandikar (Recipient of Jnanpith Award-2003), Ashe
Bage (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2006), G. M. Pawar (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2007), Shyam Manohar (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Oriya
Gopalabandhudas, Radha Nath Roy, Gopi Nath Mohanti (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1973),
Dr. Saachchidanand Raut Rai (Recipient of Jnanpith Award, 1986), Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra
(Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1993), M. Neelmani Sahu (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad
Award, 2000), Pratibha Rai (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Manoj Das (Winner
of Saraswati Samman for 2000) and Fellowship of Sahitya Academy in 2006), Pratibha Satpathy
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Sharat Kumar Mohanti (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2002-03), Jatindra Mohan Mohanti (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-
04), Prafull Kumar Mohanty (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), Pandit Dukhisyama
Pattanayak (Recipient of Bhasha Samman (2005) of Sahitya Academy, Ram Chandra Behra
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Bansidhar Sarangi (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2006), Deepak Mishra (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), Pramod Kumar
Mohanty (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Punjabi
Dhani Ram Chatrik, Bhai Vir Singh, Amrita Preetam (Recipient of Padma Vibhushan in 2004),
Waris Shah, Balwant Gargi, Nanak Singh, Gurudayal Singh (Recipient of 1999 Jnanpith Award),
Surjit Pattar (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), Varyam Singh Sandhu (Winner
of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Dev (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Dr.
Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Recipient of Saraswati Samman 2001 and Padam Sri in 2004), Harbhajan
Halwarvi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03), Charan Das Siddhu (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2003-04), Satinder Singh Noor (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05),
Gurbachan Singh Bhullar (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award- 2005), Ajmer Singh Aulakh
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2006), Jaswant Deed (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award
2007).
Sanskrit
Bhasa, Kalidas, Bana Bhatt, Bhartrihari, Bhavbhuti, Kalhan, Valmiki., Prof. Rasik Behari Joshi
(Recipient of Vachaspati Puruskar, 1999), Prof. Ram Chandra Narayan Dandekar,
Ramanujtatacharya (Recipient of Vachaspati Puruskar for 2000), Psriramachandrudu (Winner of
Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002), Dr. Gajanan Balkrishna Palsule (Recipient of Vachaspati
Puruskar 2001), Kashinath Misra (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03), Pt. Mohan Lal
Sharma (Recipient of K.K. Birla Foundations Vachaspati Puruskar 2002), Vijaydan Detha
(Recipient of Bihari Puruskar 2002), Bhaskaracharya Tripathi (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2003-04), Prof. Govind Chandra Pandey (Recipient of Saraswati Samman-2003), Acharya
P. Ramchandudu (Recipient of Vachaspati Puruskar-2003), Kalanath Shastri (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2004-05), Prof. Ram Karan Sharma (Winner of Vachaspati Puruskar-2004),
Swami Rambhadracharya (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Acharya Ramyatna Shukla
(Recipient of Vachaspati Puruskar for 2005), Harshdev Mahadev (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2006), Dr. Bhaskaracharya Tripathi (Winner of Vachaspati Puruskar 2006), Hari Dutt
Sharma (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), Om Prakash Pandey (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2008).
Tamil
Subramaniam Bharati, Ramalingam Navakhal, P.V. Akilandam (Winner of Jnanpith Award,
1975), Dr. Indira Parathasarathi (Recipient of Saraswati Samman for 1999), T.G. Shivshankarn
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), C.S. Chellappa (Winner of Sahitya Academy
Award 2001-2002), Sirpi Balasubramanian (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03), R.
Vermatu (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2003-04), Sunder Ramaswami (Recipient of Kath
Chunamani Puruskar, 2004), Tamilban (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), D.
Jaykanthan (Winner of Jnanpith Award-2002), G. Tilkavati (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-
2005), Neela Padmanabhan (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), Melannai Ponnusamy
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Telugu
Vishwanatha Satya Narayan (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1970, author of
Sreemadramayan Kalpavraksham), Tirupati, Lakshmi Narasimhan, C.N. Reddy (Jnanpith Award,
1988), Dr. Vasireddy Sita Devi (Winner of Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 2000), N. Gopi
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award for 2000), Tirumala Ramchandra (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award for 2001-2002), Chekuri Ram Rao (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-
03), Naveen (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05), Abboori Chhaya Devi (Winner of
Sahitya Academy Award-2005), Munipillai Raju (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2006),
Gadiaram Ramkrishna (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007).
Urdu
Mohd. Iqbal, Mirza Galib, Raghupati Sahay Firaq (Recipient of Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, 1969,
author of Gul-e-Naghma), Altaf Hussain, Josh Malihabadi, Gyan Chandra Jain (author of
Tafseer-a-Ghalib), Sikander Ali Waid, Ms. Qurratul Hyder (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1989), Ali
Sardar Jafri (Winner of Jnanpith Award, 1997), Ibrahim Yusuf and Joginder Pal (Winner of Iqbal
Samman for 1998-99 and 1999-2000 respectively), Amber Bahraichi (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award for 2000), Nayyar Masood (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2001-2002),
Prof. Gopi Chand Narang (Winner of Majlis Faroge Urdu Adab Award in 2002 and Padma
Bhushan in 2004)), Kaifi Azmi (Recipient of Sahitya Academy Fellowship in 2002), Gulzar
(Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2002-03), Syed Mohammad Ashraf (Winner of Sahitya
Academy Award 2003-04), Salaam bin Razzak (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2004-05),
Shaharyar (Winner of M. P. Governments Iqbal Samman-2004-05), Kazi Abdul Sattar
(Recipient of Farog-e-Adab Award, 2005, Zabir Hussain (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award-
2005), Bahab Asharfi (Winner of Sahitya Academy Award 2007), Jayant Parmar (Winner of
Sahitya Academy Award 2008).
Famous Indian Writers in English
Rabindra Nath Tagore, K. M. Munshi, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Sarojini Naidu, Toru Dutt,
Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Lala Har Dayal, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jawahar Lal
Nehru, C. Rajgopalachari, Ashok Mehta, P. Seshadri, N.V. Thadain, Ramesh Chandra Dutt, Mrs.
Nayantara Sehgal, K.A. Abbas, Raja Rao, Nirad C. Chaudhari, Khushwant Singh, Anita Desai,
Arundhati Roy, Shobha De, Amit Chaudhury, Jhumpa Lahiri (Indian-American), Vikram Seth,
Amitav Ghosh.
International Organization
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General, Jos Graziano da Silva
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General, Yukiya Amano
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Secretary-General, Raymond Benjamin
- International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General, Guy Ryder
- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director, Anthony Lake
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-
General, Irina Bokova
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) High Commissioner,
Navanethem Pillay
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) High Commissioner, Antnio
Guterres
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Director-General, Kandeh
Yumkella
- World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Josette Sheeran
- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General, Michel Jarraud
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai
Financial Organizations
- African Development Bank - President, Donald Kaberuka
- Asian Development Bank - President, Haruhiko Kuroda
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - President - Suma Chakrabarti
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) - President - Luis Alberto Moreno
- International Monetary Fund - Managing Director - Christine Lagarde
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB) - President - Ahmad Mohamed Ali
- World Bank - President - Jim Yong Kim
Sports Organizations
- Confdration africaine de football (CAF) - President - Issa Hayatou
- Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
President - Alfredo Hawit, Honduras
- Confederacin Sudamericana de Ftbol (CONMEBOL) - President - Nicolas Leoz
- Fdration Internationale des checs (FIDE) - President - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
- Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) - President - Sepp Blatter
- International Cricket Council (ICC) - President - N. Srinivasan
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) - President - Thomas Bach
- International Paralympic Committee (IPC) - President - Philip Craven
- International Rugby Board (IRB) - President - Bernard Lapasset
- Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) - President - David Chung
- Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) - President - Michel Platini
Other Organizations
- Antarctic Treaty - Executive Secretary - Jan Huber
- Colombo Plan - Secretary-General - Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) - Executive Secretary -Murade Isaac
Miguigy Murargy
- EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU) - Secretary-General - G.Irving Levance
- La Francophonie - Secretary-General - Abdou Diouf
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - Executive Secretary - Mahboub
Maalim
- International Committee of the Red Cross - President - Peter Maurer, Switzerland
- International Court of Justice - President - Hisashi Owada
- International Criminal Court - President - Song Sang-Hyun
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) - Secretary-General - Ronald Noble
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - President - Tadateru Kono
- International Maritime Organization - Secretary-General - Koji Sekimizu
- International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Director-general - William Lacy Swing
- International Telecommunication Union - Secretary-General - Hamadoun Tour
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - Director-General - Ahmet
zmc
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Secretary-General - Mohammed S.
Barkindo
- Universal Postal Union - Director-General - douard Dayan
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Director-General - Francis Gurry
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Bahamas, The : Capital - Nassau; Governor General-Arthur Foulkes; Prime Minister - Perry
Gladstone Christie
Bahrain : Capital - Manama; King-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Prime Minister - Khalifa Bin
Salman Al Khalifa
Bangladesh : Capital - Dhaka; President - Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
Barbados : Capital - Bridgetown; Governor General-Elliot Belgrave; Prime Minister - Freundel
Stuart
Belarus : Capital - Minsk; President - Aleksandr Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Mikhail
Myasnikovich
Belgium : Capital - City of Brussels; King-Philippe; Prime Minister - Charles Michel
Belize : Capital - Belmopan; Governor General-Sir Colville Young; Prime Minister - Dean
Oliver Barrow
Benin : Capital - Porto-Novo; President - Thomas Boni Yayi; Prime Minister - Pascal Koupaki
Bhutan - NDE : Capital - Thimphu; King-Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Prime Minister-
Tshering Tobgay
Bolivia : Capital - Sucre; President - Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Botswana : Capital - Gaborone; President - Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Brazil : Capital - Braslia; President - Dilma Rousseff
Brunei : Capital - Bandar Seri Begawan; Sultan-Sir Hassanal Bolkiah; Prime Minister - Sir
Hassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria : Capital - Sofia; President - Rosen Plevneliev; Prime Minister - Plamen Oresharski
Burkina Faso : Capital - Ouagadougou; President - Blaise Compaore; Prime Minister - Yacouba
Isaac Zida
Burundi : Capital - Bujumbura; President - Pierre Nkurunziza
C
Cabo Verde : Capital - Praia; President - Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca; Prime Minister -
Jose Maria Pereira Neves
Cambodia : Capital - Phnom Penh; King-Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister - Hun Sen
Cameroon : Capital - Yaound; President - Paul Biya; Prime Minister - Philemon Yang
Canada : Ottawa; Governor General-David Johnston; Prime Minister - Stephen Joseph Harper
Central African Republic : Capital - Bangui; President - Michel Am-Nondroko Djotodia; Prime
Minister - Mahamat Kamoun
Chad : Capital - N'djamena; President - Idriss Deby Itno; Prime Minister - Kalzeubet Pahimi
Deubet
Chile : Capital - Santiago; President - Michelle Bachelet
China : Capital - Beijing; President - Xi Jinping; Prime Minister - Li Keqiang
Colombia : Capital - Bogot; President - Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros : Capital - Moroni; President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Congo, Democratic Republic of The : Capital - Kinshasa; President - Joseph Kabila; Prime
Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon
Congo, Republic of The : Capital - Brazzaville; President - Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Cook Islands : Capital - Avarua; Prime Minister - Henry Puna
Costa Rica : Capital - San Jos; President - Luis Guillermo Sols
Cote D'ivoire : Capital - Yamoussoukro; President - Alassane Dramane Ouattara; Prime
minister: Daniel Kablan Duncan
Croatia : Capital - Zagreb; President - Ivo Josipovic; Prime Minister - Zoran Milanovic
Cuba - NDE : Capital - Havana; President - General Raul Modesto Castro Ruz; Prime minister:
Ral Castro
Cyprus : Capital - Nicosia; President - Nikos Anastasiadis
Czech Republic : Capital - Prague; President - Milos Zeman; Prime Minister - Bohuslav
Sobotka
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Denmark : Capital - Copenhagen; Queen-Margrethe II; Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-
Schmidt
Djibouti : Capital - Djibouti; President - Ismail Omar Guelleh; Prime Minister - Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
Dominica : Capital - Roseau; President - Charles Savarin; Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Republic : Capital - Santo Domingo; President - Danilo Medina Sanchez
E
Ecuador : Capital - Quito; President - Rafael Correa Delgado
Egypt : Capital - Cairo - President - Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi; Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mehlab
El Salvador : Capital - San Salvador; President - Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Equatorial Guinea : Capital - Malabo; President - Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo; Prime minister: Vicente Ehate Tomi
Eritrea : Capital - Asmara; President - Isaias Afworki
Estonia : Capital - Tallinn; President - Toomas Hendrik Ilves; Prime Minister - Taavi Roivas
Ethiopia : Capital - Addis Ababa; President - Mulatu Teshome; Prime Minister - Hailemariam
Desalegn
F
Fiji : Capital - Suva; President - Epeli Nailatikau; Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
Finland : Capital - Helsinki; President - Sauli Niinisto; Prime Minister - Jyrki Tapani Katainen
France : Capital - Paris; President - Francois Hollande; Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
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Gabon : Capital - Libreville; President - Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba; Prime Minister - Frank
Bainimarama
Gambia, The : Capital - Banjul; President - Yahya Jammeh
Georgia : Capital - Tbilisi; President - Giorgi Margvelashvili; Prime Minister - Irakli
Garibashvili
Germany : Capital - Berlin - Fed. President - Joachim Gauck; Chancellor-Angela Merkel
Ghana : Capital - Accra; President - John Dramani Mahama
Greece : Capital - Athens; President - Karolos Papoulias; Prime Minister - Alexis Tsipras
Grenada : Capital - St. George's; Governor General-Cecile La Grenade; Prime Minister - Keith
Mitchell
Guatemala : Capital - Guatemala City; President - Otto Fernando Perez Molina
Guinea : Capital - Conakry; President - Alpha Conde; Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau : Capital - Bissau; President - Jos Mrio Vaz; Prime Minister - Domingos
Simes Pereira
Guyana : Capital - Georgetown; President - Donald Ramotar; Prime Minister - Sam Hinds
H
Haiti : Capital - Port-Au-Prince; President - Michel Martelly; Prime Minister - Laurent Lamothe
Honduras : Capital - Tegucigalpa; President - Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado
Hungary : Capital - Budapest; President - Janos Ader; Prime Minister - Viktor Orban
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Iceland : Capital - Reykjavik; President - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson; Prime Minister - Sigmundur
David Gunnlaugsson
India : Capital - New Delhi; President - Pranab Mukherjee; Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
Indonesia : Capital - Jakarta; President - Joko Widodo
Iran - NDE : Capital - Tehran; President - Hasan Fereidun Ruhani; President : Hassan Rouhani
Iraq : Capital - Baghdad; Supreme Leader-Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei; President - Fuad
Masum; Prime Minister - Haider al-Abadi
Ireland : Capital - Dublin; President - Michael Daniel Higgins; Prime Minister - Enda Kenny
Israel : Capital - Jerusalem; President - Reuven Rivlin; Prime Minister - Binyamin "Bibi"
Netanyahu
Italy : Capital - Rome; President - Giorgio Napolitano; Prime Minister - Matteo Renzi
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Jamaica : Capital - Kingston; Governor General-Patrick Linton Allen; Prime Minister - Portia
Simpson-Miller
Japan : Capital - Tokyo; Emperor-Akihito; Prime Minister - Shinzo Abe
Jordan : Capital - Amman; King-Abdallah II; Prime Minister - Abdullah Nsour
K
Kazakhstan : Capital - Astana; President - Nursultan Nazarbayev; Prime Minister - Serik
Akhmetov
Kenya : Capital - Nairobi; President - Uhuru Kenyatta
Kiribati : Capital - South Tarawa; President - Anote Tong
North, South NDE : Capital - Pyongyang; Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un
Korea, South : Capital - Seoul; President - Park Geun-Hye; Prime Minister - Chung Hong-Won
Kosovo : Capital - Pristina; President - Atifete Jahjaga; Prime Minister - Hashim Thaci
Kuwait : Capital - Kuwait City; Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah; Prime Minister - Jabir
Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan : Capital - Bishkek; President - Almazbek Atambaev; Prime Minister - Joomart
Otorbaev
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Laos : Capital - Vientiane President - Lt. General Choummali Saignason; Prime Minister -
Thongsing Thammavong
Latvia : Capital - Riga; President - Andris Berzins; Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
Lebanon : Capital - Beirut; President - Michel Sulayman; Prime Minister - Tamam Salam
Lesotho : Capital - Maseru; King-Letsie III; Prime Minister - Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Liberia : Capital - Monrovia; President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya : Capital - Tripoli; President - Nuri Abu Sahmayn; Prime Minister - Abdullah al-Thani
Liechtenstein : Capital - Vaduz; Head of State-Prince Hans Adam II; Prime Minister - Klaus
Tschuetscher
Lithuania : Capital - Vilnius; President - Dalia Grybauskaite; Prime Minister - Algirdas
Butkevicius
Luxembourg : Capital - Luxembourg; Grand Duke-Henri; Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel
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Macedonia : Capital - Skopje; President - Gjorge Ivanov; Prime Minister - Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar : Capital - Antananarivo; President - Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari
Malawi : Capital - Lilongwe; President - Peter Mutharika
Malaysia : Capital - Kuala Lumpur; King-Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah; Prime Minister - Najib
Razak
Maldives : Capital - Mal; President - Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
Mali : Capital - Bamako; President - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Prime Minister - Modibo Keita
Malta : Capital - Valletta; President - Marie Louise Coleiro Preca; Prime Minister - Joseph
Muscat
Marshall Islands : Capital - Majuro; President - Christopher Jorebon Loeak
Mauritania : Capital - Nouakchott; President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz; Prime Minister -
Yahya Ould Hademine
Mauritius : Capital - Port Louis; President - Rajkeswur Kailash Purryag; Prime Minister -
Anerood Jugnauth
Mexico : Capital - Mexico City; President - Enrique Pena Nieto
Micronesia, Federated States of : Capital - Palikir; President - Emanuel "Manny" Mori
Moldova : Capital - ChiInu; President - Nicolae Timofti; Prime Minister - Iurie Leanca
Mongolia : Capital - Ulan Bator; President - Tsakhia Elbegdorj; Prime Minister - Chimed
Saikhanbileg
Montenegro : Capital - Podgorica; President - Filip Vujanovic; Prime Minister - Milo
Djukanovic
Morocco : Capital - Rabat; King-Mohammed VI; Prime Minister - Abdelillah Benkirane
Mozambique : Capital - Maputo; President - Armando Emilio Guebuza; Prime Minister -
Alberto Vaquina
Myanmar : Capital - Naypyidaw; President - Thein Sein
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Namibia : Capital - Windhoek; President - Hifikepunye Pohamba; Prime Minister - Hage
Geingob
Nauru : Capital - Yaren District; President - Baron Divavesi Waqa
Nepal : Capital - Kathmandu; President - Dr. Ram Baran Yadav; Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala
Netherlands : Capital - Amsterdam; King-Willem-Alexander; Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
New Zealand : Capital - Wellington; Governor General-Jeremiah Mateparae; Prime Minister -
John Phillip Key
Nicaragua : Capital - Managua; President - Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Niger : Capital - Niamey; President - Issoufou Mahamadou; Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
Nigeria : Capital - Abuja; President - Goodluck Jonathan
Norway : Capital - Oslo; King-Harald V; Prime Minister - Erna Solberg
O
Oman : Capital - Muscat; Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said; Prime Minister - Qaboos Bin Said Al
Said
P
Pakistan : Capital - Islamabad; President - Mamnoon Hussain; Prime Minister - Mohammad
Nawaz Sharif
Palau : Capital - Melekeok; President - Jr. Thomas Esang Remengesau,
Panama : Capital - Panama City; President - Juan Carlos Varela
Papua New Guinea : Capital - Port Moresby; Governor General-Michael Ogio; Prime Minister
- Peter Paire O'neill
Paraguay : Capital - Asuncin; President - Horacio Cartes Jara
Peru : Capital - Lima; President - Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso; Prime Minister - Rene Cornejo
Diaz
Philippines : Capital - Manila; President - Benigno Aquino III
Poland : Capital - Warsaw; President - Bronislaw Komorowski; Prime Minister - Donald Tusk
Portugal : Capital - Lisbon; President - Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva; Prime Minister - Pedro
Manuel Passos Coelho Mamede
Q
Qatar : Capital - Doha; Amir-Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Prime Minister - Abdallah Bin Nasir
Bin Khalifa Al Thani
R
Romania : Capital - Bucharest; President - Klaus Iohannis; Prime Minister - Victor-Viorel Ponta
Russia : Capital - Moscow; President - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; Prime Minister - Dmitriy
Anatolyevich Medvedev
Rwanda : Capital - Kigali; President - Paul Kagame; Prime Minister - Anastase Murekezi
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis : Capital - Basseterre; Governor General-Edmund Lawrence; Prime
Minister - Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas
Saint Lucia : Capital - Castries; Governor General- Dame Pearlette Louisy; Prime Minister -
Kenny Davis Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Capital - Kingstown; Governor General-Sir Frederick
Nathaniel Ballantyne; Prime Minister - Ralph Everard Gonsalves
Samoa : Capital - Apia; Chief of State-Tui Atua Tupua Tupuola Efi Tamasese; Prime Minister -
Fatiaalofa Aiono Lupesolia'i Sailele Malielegaoi Tuilaepa
Sao Tome and Principe : Capital - So Tom; President - Manuel Pinto Da Costa; Prime
Minister - Patrice Trovoada
Saudi Arabia : Capital - Riyadh; King-Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud; Prime Minister -
Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud
Senegal : Capital - Dakar; President - Macky Sall; Prime Minister - Aminata Toure
Serbia : Capital - Belgrade; President - Tomislav Nikolic; Prime Minister - Aleksandar Vui
Seychelles : Capital - Victoria; President - James Alix Michel
Sierra Leone : Capital - Freetown; President - Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore : President - Tony Tan Keng Yam; Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia : Capital - Bratislava; President - Ivan Gasparovic; Prime Minister - Robert Fico
Slovenia : Capital - Ljubljana; President - Borut Pahor; Prime Minister - Alenka Bratusek
Solomon Islands : Capital - Honiara; Governor General-Frank Ofagioro Kabui; Prime Minister -
Gordon Darcy Lilo
Somalia : Capital - Mogadishu; President - Hassan Sheikh Mahamud; Prime Minister - Abdiweli
Sheikh Ahmed
South Africa : Capital - Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein; President - Jacob Zuma
South Sudan : Capital - Juba; President - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Spain : Capital - Madrid; President - Of The Govt. Mariano Rajoy Brey
Sri Lanka : Capital - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo; President - Maithripala Sirisena;
Prime Minister - Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sudan : Capital - Khartoum; President - Umar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, Field Mar
Suriname : Capital - Paramaribo; President - Desire Delano Bouterse
Swaziland : Capital - Lobamba, Mbabane; King-Mswati III; Prime Minister - Barnabus Sibusiso
Dlamini
Sweden : Capital - Stockholm; King-Carl XVI Gustaf; Prime Minister - Fredrik Reinfeldt
Syria : Capital - Damascus; President - Bashar Al-Asad; Prime Minister - Wael Al-Halqi
T
Taiwan - NDE : Capital - Taipei; President - Ma Ying-Jeou
Tajikistan : Capital - Dushanbe; President - Emomali Rahmon; Prime Minister - Qohir
Rasulzoda
Tanzania : Capital - Dodoma; President - Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete; Prime Minister - Mizengo
Kayanza Peter Pinda
Thailand : Capital - Bangkok; King-Phumiphon Adunyadet
Timor-Leste : Capital - Dili; President - Taur Matan Ruak; Prime Minister - Kay Rala Xanana
Gusmao
Togo : Capital - Lom; President - Faure Gnassingbe; Prime Minister - Kwesi Seleagodji
Ahoomey-Zunu
Tonga : Capital - NukuAlofa; King-Tupou VI; Prime Minister - Akilisi Pohiva
Trinidad and Tobago : Capital - Port of Spain; President - Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona;
Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia : Capital - Tunis; President - Moncef Marzouki; Prime Minister - Mehdi Jomaa
Turkey : Capital - Ankara; President - Recep Tayyip Erdoan; Prime Minister - Ahmet
Davutolu
Turkmenistan : Capital - Ashgabat; President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu : Capital - Funafuti; Governor General-Iakoba Italeli; Prime Minister - Enele Sopoaga
U
Uganda : Capital - Kampala; President -Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; Prime Minister - Ruhakana
Rugunda
Ukraine : Capital - Kiev; President - Petro Poroshenko; Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
United Arab Emirates : Capital - Abu Dhabi; President - Khalifa Bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan;
Prime Minister - Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum
United States of America : Capital - Washington, D.C., President - Barack Obama
United Kingdom : Capital - London; Queen-Elizabeth II; Prime Minister - David William
Donald Cameron
Uruguay : Capital - Montevideo; President - Jose "Pepe" Mujica Cordano
Uzbekistan : Capital - Tashkent; President - Islom Karimov; Prime Minister - Shavkat
Mirziyoyev
V
Vanuatu : Capital - Port Vila; President - Lolu Johnson Abbil; Prime Minister - Moana
Carcasses Kalosil
Venezuela : Capital - Caracas; President - Nicolas Maduro Moros
Vietnam : Capital - Hanoi; President - Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister - Nguyen Tan Dung
Y
Yemen : Capital - Sana'a; President - Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi; Prime Minister -
Muhammad Salim Ba Sindwah
Z
Zambia : Capital - Lusaka; President - Michael Chilufya Sata
Zimbabwe : Capital - Harare; President - Robert Gabriel Mugabe
National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman
Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K.
Viswanathan Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien
Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley
Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad Rajya Sabha, Secretary-
General : Shumsher K. Sheriff National Institution for Transforming India (Niti
Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman
Chief Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson
Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Kumar Seth
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra
National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta
Sinha, Chairperson
National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman
National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman
National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval
National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General
Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman
Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director
National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General
Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General
Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Parkash Mishra, Director-General
Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General
Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General
Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General
University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman
Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. Avinash Chander, Scientific
Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram
Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman
Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar
Sinha, Chairman
National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman
Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General
India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General
Law Commission : Justice D. K. Jain, Chairman
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President
National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson
Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor
Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman
Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman
Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla
Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : R. S. Sharma, CMD
GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman
Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar
Bhanwala, Chairman
State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman
Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman
Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman
India's Permanent Representative to UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman
Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman
National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson
14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman
National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman
Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Dr. Jyotsna
Suri, President
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Dr. Rahul Khullar, Chairman
Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director
Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting
Director
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S. Shriram, President
Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman
Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Jagmohan Dalmiya, President
ANDHRA PRADESH
1. Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University Hyderabad, College of Engineering, Hyderabad
2. University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad
3. K. L. University (Koneru Lakshmaiah Education), Guntur
4. Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Ranga Reddy
5. CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
6. Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
7. Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology, Secunderabad
8. Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada
9. Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor
10. Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam
11. GMR Institute of Technology, Srikulam
12. Bonam Venkata Chalamayya Engineering College, East Godavari
ASSAM
1. Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, Guwahati
CHHATTISGARH
1. Rungta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai
2. Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai
3. Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, Durg
4. Government Engineering College Jagdalpur
5. Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Raipur
6. Rungta College of Engineering and Technology, Raipur
7. Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Technology, and Management, Bhilai
8. Shri Shankaracharya Engineering College, Bhilai
9. Rungta Engineering College, Raipur
GUJARAT
1. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT),
Gandhinagar
2. Institute of Technology (Nirma University), Ahmedabad
3. A.D. Patel Institute of Technology, Anand
4. G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, Vidyanagar
5. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Junagadh
HARYANA
1. ITM University, Gurgaon
2. Maharishi Markandeshwar Engineering College, Ambala
3. Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology SD India Panipat
HIMACHAL PRADESH
1. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
JHARKHAND
1. B.I.T. SINDRI, Dhandbad
KARNATAKA
1. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
2. Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
3. Dayanada Sagar College of Engineering Bangalore
4. Acharaya Institute of Technology, Bangalore
5. Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad
6. Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Banglore
7. HKBK College of Engineering, Bangalore
8. KLE Dr. M.S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum
9. Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology, Bhalki
KERALA
1. SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulam
2. Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur
3. Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum
MADHYA PRADESH
1. TIT Group of Institutions, Bhopal
2. Takshshila Institute of Engineering Technology, Jabalpur
3. Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and Science, Jabalpur
4. Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur
MAHARASHTRA
1. College of Engineering, Pune
2. Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune
3. Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur
4. Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
5. SVKMs NMIMS, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering,
Mumbai
6. D.K.T.E. Societys Textile and Engineering Institute, Kolhapur
7. K. E. Societys Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sangli
8. Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune
9. Amrutvahini College of Engineering Sangamner
10. Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune
11. Singhad Academy of Engineering, Pune
12. Sinhgad Technical Educations Societys, Singhad Institute of Technology and Science, pune
ODISHA (ORISSA)
1. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
2. Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunupur
3. Gandhi Institute for Technology, Bhubaneswar
PUNJAB
1. Thapar University, Patiala
2. PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh
3. Guru Nanak Dev Engineering Colloege, Ludhiana
4. DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar
5. Desh Bhagat Engineering College, Fatehgrah Sahib
6. CT Institute of Engineering, Management, and Technology, Jalandhar
RAJASTHAN
1. Maharishi Arvind Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur
2. Jaipur National University, Jaipur
3. Mody University of Science and Technology, Sikar
4. Arya Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur
5. Stani Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur
6. Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur
SIKKIM
1. Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo
TAMIL NADU
1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
2. SRM Engineering College, SRM University Kattankulathur
3. Hindustan University, Chennai
4. SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam
5. Kongu Engineering College, Erode
6. Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi
7. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode
8. Sona College of Technology, Salem
9. Karunya University (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences), Coimbatore
10. Vel Tech Dr. RR and Dr. ST Technical University, Chennai
11. Mehendra Engineering College, Namakkal
12. Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai
13. Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai
14. V.S.B Engineering College, Karur
15. Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem
UTTAR PRADESH
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
3. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
4. IEC Group of Institutions, Greater Noida
5. Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College. Ghaziabad
6. Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida
7. IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad
8. Accurate Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida
9. Ganeshi Lal Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida
10. JP Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
11. IIMT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut
12. Anand Engineering College, Agra
13. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Management, Agra
14. K.N.G.D. Modi Engineering College, Modinagar, Ghaziabad
15. Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Mathura
UTTARAKHAND
1. Faculty of Science and Technology, ICFAI University, Dehradun
2. Department of Engineering, DIT University, Dehradun
WEST BENGAL
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
2. Sanaka Educational Trusts Group of Institutions Institute of Engineering and Industrial
Technology, Bardhaman
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