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Terminology, Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviation Full Form Abbreviation Full Form
Used Used
A&HCI Arts & Humanities Citation Index FSR Faculty-Student Ratio
AICTE All India Council for Technical Education GO Graduation Outcome
AISHE All India Survey of Higher Education HCP Highly Cited Publications
BKCI-S Book Citation Index– Science HE Higher Education
BKCI-SSH Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & HEIs Higher Education Institutions
Humanities INFLIBNET Information and Library Network
CCR-Expanded Current Chemical Reactions- Expanded ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
CFTIs Centrally Funded Technical Institutes NBA National Board of Accreditation
CPCI-S Conference Proceedings Citation Index- NIRF National Institutional Ranking
Science Framework
CPCI-SSH Conference Proceedings Citation Index- OI Outreach and Inclusivity
Social Sciences & Humanities Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy
CSIR Council of Scientific & Industrial PR Perception
Research RPP Research and Professional Practice
DAE Department of Atomic Energy SCI-Expanded Science Citation Index Expanded
DCS Data Capturing System SSCI Social Sciences Citation Index
ESCI Emerging Resources Citation Index TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources
FRU Financial Resources and their Utilisation UGC University Grants Commission

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