GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
 

        
        AICTE     All India Council of Technical Education
        AIU       Association of Indian Universities
        BHEL      Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
        BOG       Board of Governors
        B.Tech.   Bachelor of Technology
        CSIR      Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
        CSIC      Centre for Scientific & Industrial Consultancy
        CAD       Computer Aided Design
        CAI       Computer Aided Instruction
        CAM       Computer Assisted Manufacture
        CEA       Central Electricity Authority
        CMI       Computer Managed Instruction
        CPRI      Central Power Research Institute
        DST       Department of Science & Technology
        DGTD      Directorate General of Technical Department
        DOE       Department of Electronics
        FIP       Faculty Improvement Programme
        FINEP     Brazil's Studies & Projects Funding Agency
        GATE      Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
        GRS       General Research Scheme
        HAL       Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
        HVDC      High Voltage Direct Current
        IIT       Indian Institute of Technology
        IITs      Indian Institutes of Technology
        IISc      Indian Institute of Science
        JEE       Joint Entrance Examination
        INPI      National Institute of Industrial Projects of Brazil
        LSI       Large Scale Integrated
        M. H. D.  Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics
        M.Tech.   Master of Technology
        MIT       Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        NAI       Centres set up in Brazil for Linkages with Industry
        NIFFT     National Institute of Foundry & Forged Technology
        NIT       Nuclei   for   Technological  Innovation  set  up   
                  in the Universities in Brazil
        NITIE     National Institute of Training in Industrial Engineering
        NTH       Norwegian Technical Institute.
        NTPC      National Thermal Power Corporation
        OTEC      Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
        PG        Postgraduate
        Ph. D.    Doctor of Philosophy
        PWD       Public Works Department
        OIP       Quality Improvement Programme
        REC       Regional Engineering College
        R&D       Research & Development
        SACC      Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet
        SC        Scheduled Castes
        SERC      Science & Engineering Research Council
        SINTEF    Foundation of Scientific & Industrial Research
        SPR       Science Policy Resolution
        ST        Scheduled Tribes
        S&T       Science & Technology
        SWOT      Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats
        
                                          

        
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        TPS       Technology Policy Statement
        TTTP      Technical Teacher Training Programme
        UG        Undergraduate
        UGC       University Grants Commission
        VLSI      Very Large Scale Integrated
        
                                          

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