Abbreviations

AA              Alcholics Anonymous

AC              Ante Christum (Before Christ), Alternating Current, Air Conditioner

AD              Anno Domini

ADB           Asian Developement Bank

ANERT      Agency for Non Conventional Energy and Rural Technology

APEC         Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASLV         Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ATM          Automated Teller Machine

BBC           British Broadcasting Corporation

BC              Before Christ

BHP           Brake Horse Power

BRICS       Brazil Russia India China

CDMA       Code Division Multiple Accesss

CII              Confederation of Indian Industry

EPABX      Electronic Private Automatic Branch eXchange\

EPO           Extended Public Offering

ESMA        Essential Services Maintenance Act

FICCI         Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

FII              Foreign Institutional Investors

FPO            Food Products Order

ISBN          International Standard Book Number

IPO             Initial Public Offering