Bombay's Abbreviations

Here are listed some of the commonly observed abbreviations during day to day life in Bombay. All of them might not ring the correct bell in your mind as to what they mean. But more-or-less you know. Infact its not usually necessary to know them too. For example if you say you want to go to Cawasji Patel Tank , the guy will give you a cold stare. If you say C.P.Tank - you are already on your way. More popularly known ones like S. V. Road and IIT have been left out. Everyone knows them. But the ones listed below might not be so apprently known to many.

If one does use (one usually does) abbreviations, then its also good if one knows what they stand for. So here are the full forms, short forms, expanded abbreviations, or whatever you call them.

Enjoy ...

(let me know of some if you want to add to this list or if you detect any errors)

Areas, places, roads and localities:

BAP Market :
BDD Chawl : Bombay Development Directorate (located at Lower Parel, Worli and Sewree)
BHAD Colony : Bombay Housing and Area Development Board ? (now MHADA ?)
BIT Chawl : Bombay Improvement Trust (located at Agripada and Byculla)
BKC : Bandra Kurla Complex
BPT : Bombay Port Trust
C. P. Tank : Cawasji Patel Tank
CMLR : Chembur Mankhurd Link Road
CST : Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus ( earlier VT - Victoria Terminus Railway Station )
CST Road : Coorla STation Road (Kurla used to be called Coorla earlier). Also sometimes known as Coorla-Santacruz Terminus Road
Dadar BB : Bombay & Baroda Railroad - Dadar(W) area
Dadar TT : Dadar Tram Terminus - Dadar (E) area
G. T. Hospital : Gokuldas Tejpal
GMLR : Goregaon Malad Link Road
GTB Nagar : Guru Teg Bahadur
IC Colony : Immaculate Conception
J. J. Hospital : Jamshetji Jeejeebhoy
JVLR : Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road
JVPD Scheme : Juhu Vile Parle Development
K. B. Hegdewar : Keshav Baliram Hegdewar
K.E.M. Hospital : King Edward Memorial
L. J. Road : Lady Jamshedji Road (Mahim)
LTMG Hospital : Lokmanya Tilak Muncipal General Hospital (Sion hospital)
MIG Colony : Middle Income Group
Parel TT : Parel Tram Terminus
R. C. Church : Roman Catholic (St. Joseph's Church,Colaba)
R. N. Cooper Hospital :
RWITC : Royal Western India Turf Club (Mahalaxmi Race Course)
SCLR : Santacruz Chembur Link Road

Government related:

APMC : Agricultural Produce Marketing Corporation
BARC : Bhabha Atomic Research Center
BBCIR , BB&CIR : Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (Western Railway)
BEST : Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (earlier Bombay)
BSF : Border Security Force
BWSLP : Bandra Worli Sea Link Road Project
CGS : Central Government Scheme
CID : Crime Investigation Department
CIDCO : City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd.
CISF : Central Industrial Security Force
CPWD : Central Public Works Department
CRPF : Central Reserve Police Force
CSIR : Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
ESIC : Employees State Insurance Corporation
ESIS : Employees State Insurance Scheme
GIPR : Great Indian Peninsular Railway (Central Railway)
GRPF : Government Railway Police Force
ICWAI : Indian Cost and Works Accountants of India
IMD : Indian Meterological Department
ITI : Industrial Training Institute
KDMT : Kaylan-Dombivali Municipal Transport
KRCL : Konkan Railway Corporation, Ltd.
MM Court : Metropolitian Magistrate
MERC : Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
MGL : Mahanagar Gas Limited
MHADA : Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority
MIDC : Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
MMRDA : Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
MPCB : Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
MRVC : Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Ltd.
MSEB : Maharashtra State Electricty Board
MSLTA : Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association
MSRDC : Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
MSRTC : Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (ST - State Transport)
MTDC : Maharashtra Toursim Development Corporation
MUIP : Mumbai Urban Infrastructre Project
MUTP : Mumbai Urban Transport Project
MWSSB : Maharashtra Water Supply and Sewerage Board
NCPA : National Centre for Performing Arts
NCST : National Centre for Software Technology
NMMC : Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
NMMT : Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport
NSCI : National Sports Club of India
RPF : Railway Protection Force
RTO : Regional Transport Office
SEEPZ : Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone
SPCA : Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SRPF : State Reserve Police Force
TIFR : Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TISS : Tata Institute of Social Sciences
TMC : Thane Municipal Corporation
TMT : Thane Municipal Transport

Educational :

CSRE : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering , IIT Bombay
DG Ruparel : Dongarsee Gangjee
JBIMS : Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
KC College : Kishinchand Chellaram
KJ Somaiya : Karamshibhai Jethabhai
KReSIT : Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology , IIT Bombay
MP Birla : Madhav Prasad Birla
NITIE : National Institute of Industrial Engineering (earlier - National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering ?)
NM College : Narsee Monjee
SAMEER : Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research , IIT Bombay
SJMSOM : Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management , IIT Bombay
SNDT University : Shreemati Nathibhai Damodar Thackersey
SP Jain: Shriyans Prasad Jain (?)
VJTI : Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (earlier Victoria Jubilee)

Organisations :

ABN-AMRO : Algemene Bank Nederland - AMsterdam-ROtterdam Bank
AICTE : All India Council of Technical Education
BSES : Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (earlier)
BTRA : Bombay Textile Research Association
CRISIL : Credit Rating Inforation Services of India Limited
HDFC : Housing Development Finance Corporation (earlier)
HSBC : Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
ICICI : Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (earlier)
ICRA : Indian Credit Rating Agency
IDBI : Industrial Development Bank of India
ISKCON : International Society for Krishna CONsciousness
KVIC : Khadi and Village Industries Commission
NABARD : National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
SASMIRA : Silk and Art Slik MIlls Research Association
YMCA : Young Men's Christian Association
YWCA : Young Women's Christian Association

Communications :

CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access
GPRS : General Packet Radio Service
GSM : Global System for Mobile
ISD : International Subscriber trunk Dialing
ISDN : Integrated Service Digital Network
IVRS : Interactive Voice Response System
PCO : Public Call Office
RFID : Radio Frequency IDentification
SIM Card : Subscriber Identity Module
STD : Subscriber Trunk Dialing
VSAT : Very Small Aperture Terminal
WLL : Wireless in Local Loop

Degrees :

BAMS : Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
BHMS : Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery
BUMS : Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (??)
LLB : Legum Baccalaureus or Bachelor of Law
LLM : Legum Magister or Master of Law
MBBS : Medicinae Baccalaureus & Baccalaureus Chirurgiae or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MMS : Master of Management Studies
Ph.D. : Philosophiae Doctor or Doctor of Philosophy

Railway:

DEMU : Diesel EMU
EMU : Electric Multiple Unit
MEMU : Main-line EMU