The Program (or Project) Evaluation and Review Technique, commonly abbreviated PERT, is a statistical tool, used in project management.

Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Interpretations
AA	Alcoholic Anonymous
AAFI	The Amateur Atheletic Federation of India
AAPSO	Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
ABC	Atomic Biological and Chemical (Warfare)
ADBS	Advance Data Broadcasting System
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AICTE	All India Council for Technical Education
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIFF	All India Football Federation
AIIMS	All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AINEC	All India Newspaper Editor's Conference
AMIE	Associated Member of Institute of Engineers
ANC	African National Congress
ANERT	Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology
APCTT	Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
APEC	Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
ARMD	Age Related Muscular Disease
ARPANET	Advanced Research Project Agency Network
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
ASLV	Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASSOCHAM	Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry
AT&T	American Telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd
ATC	Air Traffic Control
ATM	Automated Teller Machine, Adobe Type Manager
BARC	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBS	Bulletin Board Service
BCG	Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (anti TB Vaccine)
BENELUX	Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
BHP	Brake Horse Power
BIFR	Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
BIND	Berkeley Internat Name Domain
BIS	Bank for International Settlement
BRO	Border Road Organisation
BCWA	British Council of World Affair
C&R	Control and Reporting
C&W	Cable and Wireless
C-in-c	Commander in Chief
CAG	Comptroller and Auditor General of India
CAPART	Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology
CAT	Career Aptitude Test, Common Admission Test, Computerized Avial Tomo-graphy
CBFC	Central Board of Film Certification
CCW	Convention of Conventional Weapon
CERN	Council European Research Nucleare (European Laboratory for Nuclear Research)
CFC	Chloro Fluoro Carbon
CFL	Compact Fluorescent Lamps
CFSL	Central Forensic Science Laboratory
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CID	Criminal Investigation Department
CII	Confederation of Independent State
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent State
CITU	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
CNC	Computerized Numeric Control
COFEPOSA	Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act( 1974)
COMSAT	Communications Satellite Corporation
CONCORD	Council of North Indian States for Co-operation and Regional Development
COPRA	Consumer Protection Act
CPR	Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CRIS	Centre for Railway Information System
CRISIL	Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd
CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
CRY	Child Relief for You
CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CTBT	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CVR	Cockpit Voice Recorder
CARE	Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere
CASTDI	Conference on the Application of Science and Technology to the Development of India
CCS	Casuality Clearing Station
CHOGM	Common Heads of Government Meeting
CWPC	Central Water and Power Commission
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
DDT	Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
DNA	Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid
DPEP	District Primary Education Programme
DTH	Direct to Home Service
E&OE	Errors and Omissions Excepted
ECA	Essential Commodities Act
ECG	Electro Cardiogram
ECR	Electron Cyclotron Resonance
EEG	Exclusive Economic Zone
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
ELISA	Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbant Assay
EMRC	Educational Media Research Centre
EOU	Export Oriented Unit
EPABX	Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
EPZ	Export Processing Zone
ER&DC	Electronic Research and Development Centre
ERNET	Educational and Research Network
ESA	European Space Agency
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESMA	Essential Services Maintenance Act
ESR	Electron Spin Resonance
EURATOM	European Atomic Community
EUTELSAT	European Telecommunications Satellite
EEC	European Economic Community
ESIS	Employee State Insurance Scheme
ESRO	European Space Research Organisation
EMG	Electro Myograph
FAQ	Fair Average Quality, Frequently Asked Questions
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBTR	Fast Breeder Test Reactor
FBW	Fly-By-Wire
FCI	Food Corporation of India, Fertilizer Corporation of India
FCRA	Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
FIDE	Federation Internationale d'Eches
FIFA	International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de football Association)
FIL	First Institutional Investors
FIR	First Information Report
FIRE	Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
FLAG	Fibre optic Link Around the Globe
FLC	Foreign Legal Consultant
FM	Frequency Modulation, Finance Ministry
FMCT	Fissile Material Cut off Treaty
FPS	Foot Pound Second, Fair Prince Shop
FII	Foreign Institutional Investor
FBTR	Fast Breeder Test Reactor
GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
GATE	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
GRAM	Geo Referenced Area Management
GSLV	Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HPRT	High Resolution Picture Transmissions
HSD	High Speed Diesel
HSRRSS	High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Satellite
IA&AS	Indian Audit and Accounts Services
IAAI	International Airport Authority of India
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICCR	Indian Council for Cultural Relations
ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
ICWA	Indian Council of World Affairs
ILO	International Labour Organisation
INS	Indian Newspaper Society, Indian Naval Ship
INSAT	Indian National Satellite
INTELSET	International Telecommunication Satellite
IOC	Indian Oil Corporation
IOY	I Owe You
IPC	Indian Penal Code
IPCL	Indian Petro-chemicals Corporation Ltd
ISO	International Standards Organisation
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
ITBP	Indian Tibbetan Border Police
ITI	Industrial Training Institute
IMEWS	Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellites
ICRISAT	International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
KG	Knight of Garter, Kindergarten
LASER	Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASIK	Laser in Situ Keratomileusis
LLB	Bachelor of Law (Leagum Baccalauseus)
LMG	Large Megallanic Cloud
LPG	Liguified Petroleum Gas
LSD	Lysergic acid diethylamide
MASER	Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emmission of Radiation
MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Mme	Madame (Mrs)
MOSFET	Metal Oxide Semi-Conductor Field Effect Transistor
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MVC	Maha Vir Chakra
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASSCOM	National Association of Software and Service Companies
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NB	Nota Bene (not well)
NCERT	National Council of Educational Research
NDA	National Defence Academy
NDC	National Development Council
NGO	Non-Government Organisation, Non-Gazetted Officer
NIMHANS	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science
NMR	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NOC	No Objection Certificate
NPT	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSUI	National Students Union of India
NTPC	National Thermal Power Corporation
OCD	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCR	Optical Character Recognition
ODA	Overseas Development Administration
OIC	Organisation of Islamic Conference
OOP	Object Oriented Programme
Op.cit	Opero Citato (in the work cited)
OPV	Oral Polio Vaccine
OXFAM	Oxford Committee for Famine Relief
OPEC	Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAOEC	Organisation of Arab Oil Exporting Countries
PAC	Public Account Committee
PAL	Phase Alternation Line
PCA	Professional Chess Association
Perks	Perquisites of Office
PERT	Project Evaluation and Review Technique
PIB	Press Information Bureau
PIL	Public Interest Litigation
PIN	Postal Index Number
PMUPEP	Prime Ministers Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
POW	Prisoner of War
PROTEM	Pro-tempore (for the time being)
PSLV	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PSN	Processor Serial Number
PVC	Param Vir Chakra, Poly Vinyl Chloride
PARA	Parliamentarian's Action for Removal of Apartheid
PEN	(International Association of) Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists
PLF	Plant Load Factor
QR	Quantitative Restriction
R&D	Research and Development
R&M	Renovation and Modernisation
RADAR	Radio Detecting and Ranging
RAW	Research and Analysis Wing
RCC	Reinforced Cement Concrete
RD	Refer to Drawer
RDX	Research Department Explosive (Cyclotrimethylin Trinitrate)
RH	Rainwater Harvest
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
RSE	Renewable Source of Energy
SAM	Surface to Air Missile
SASA	Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
SAC	Space Application Centre
SAPTA	South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
SASER	Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test
SAVE	SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
SCABA	Self Contained Air Breathing Apparatus
SCSI	Small Computer Systems Interface
SIDS	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cribe Death)
SIFT	Sperm Intra Fallopian Transfer
SPCA	Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animal
SPECT	Single Photon Emission Computed Technology
STQC	Standardisation Testing and Quality Control
SUNFED	Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
SUN	Sports Utility Vehicle
SLBM	Sea Launched Ballistic Missile
STTA	Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act
T&D	Transmission and Distribution
TAFTA	Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
TDA	Trade Development Authority
TERLS	Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
TIPS	Technology Information Pilot System
TIPTOP	Tape Input Tape Output
TLC	Total Literacy Campaign
TMO	Telegraphic Money Order
TNT	Tri Nitro Toluene
TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
TPM	Total Productivity Maintenance
TQM	Total Quality Management
TBD	Torpedo Boat Destroyer
TSP	Total Suspended Particulate
UCI	Universal Childhood Immunisation
UCR	Under Colour Removal
UNPF	United Nation Population Fund
UNRRA	United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
VAT	Value Added Tax
VHRR	Very High Resolution Radiometer
VIRUS	Vital Information Resources Under Seige
VSAT	Very Small Arrival Terminal
VD	Veneral Disease
VTOL	Vertical Take Off and Landing
WDM	World Debt Market
WIMP	Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
WWF	World Wide Fund (for nature)
XBT	Expandable Bathy Thermographic
XPD	X-Ray Photoelectron Diffraction
YMCA	Young Men's Christian Association
YWCA	Young Women's Christian Association
YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary
ZIFT	Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer
ZIP	Zone Improvement Plan
ZOPFAN	Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality
ZETA	Zero Energy Thermonuclear Agency
ZPG	Zero Population Growth

SIDO---SMALL INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION
EPCG----EXPORT PROMOTION CAPITAL GOODS