LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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3Cs Customer Analysis, Company Analysis, Competitor

Analysis

4Ps Product, Price, Place/Physical Distribution, Promotion

6M Men, Machine, Material, Method, Money, Market

A'bad Ahmedabad

AEPC Apparel Export Promotion Council

AGM Assistant General Manager

AM Assistant Manager

AMA Ahmedabad Management Association

ASG Annual Survey of Gujarat

ASI Annual Survey of India

ATIRA Ahmedabad Textile Industries Research Association

Avg. Average

AVP Associate Vice President

B2B Business to Business

B2C Business to Consumer

B2G Business to Government

BARS Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales

BHEL Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

BPL Bharat Petroleum Limited

BPO Business Process Outsourcing

BRTS Bus Rapid Transit System

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C2B Consumer to Business

C2C Consumer to Consumer

CAI Computer Assisted Instructions

CCO Chief Compliance Officer

CE = Chief Executive

CEC Central Excise & Customs

CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

CECRI Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute

CED Centre for Entrepreneurship Development

CED Chief Executive Director

CEERI Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CEPT Common Effluent Treatment Plant

CFO Chief Financial Officer

Ch Comm Off Chief Commercial Officer

Chief R&T Chief - Research and Technology

CIO Chief Information Officer

CM Chief Manager

CMD Chairman and Managing Director

CMERI Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

CMI Chief Manager I

COO Chief Operating Officer

CPIIW Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

CR Confidential Reports

CRM Customer Relationship Management

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CRRI Central Road Research Institute

CS Company Secretary

CSIR Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

CSMCRI Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute

CSO Central Statistical Organisation

CSO Chief Scientific Officer

CTO Chief Technology Officer

CW Chemical World

DC Deputy Chairman

DET Directorate of Employment & Training

DFC Dedicated Freight Corridor

DGFT Director General of Foreign Trade

DGM Deputy General Manager

DH District Headquarter

DIC District Industries Centres

Director Mktg Director Marketing

DM Direct Marketing

DMD Deputy Managing Director

DMIC Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

DTE Directorate of Technical Education

Dy CFO Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Dy COO Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Dy. Deputy

EC Executive Chairman

ECGCI Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India

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ED Executive Director

EDI Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

EDP Entrepreneurial Development Programme

EE PC Engineering Export Promotion Council

Emp. Employment in Nos.

Eng. Engineering

Entr. Entrepreneur

Entship Entrepreneurship

EPC Export Promotion Council

ERW Electrical Resistance Welded

ESPOs Employees Stock Ownership Programmes

EVA Economy Value Added

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &

Industries

FII Foreign Institutional Investment

FM Financial Management

FTA Free Trade Area

FTAs Free Trade Agreements

G2B Government to Business

G2C Government to Consumer

GACL Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals Limited

GCFO Group Chief Financial Officer

GCHRO Group Chief Human Resources Officer

GCI Gujarat Chemical Industry

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GCO Group Compliance Officer

GCTO Group Chief Technology Officer

GDP Gross Domestic Products

GECOL General Electric Company of Libya

GEI Gujarat Engineering Industry

GID Act Gujarat Infrastructure Development Act

GIDC Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation

GIDR Gujarat Institute of Development Research

GIFT Gujarat International Finance Tech-city

GIIC Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd.

GUCO Gujarat Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation

Ltd.

GITPC Gujarat International Trade Promotion Council

GM General Manager

GMAT General Management Aptitude Test

GMB Gujarat Maritime Board

GMDC Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.

GNLU Gujarat National Law University

GoG Government of Gujarat

GOI Government of India

Govt. Government

Gr. Group

GSDP Gross state Domestic Product

GSEC Gujarat State Export Corporation Ltd.

GSECL Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd.

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GSFC Gujarat State Financial Corporation

GSFCL Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited

GSIC Gujarat Small Industries Corporation Ltd.

GSPL Gujarat State Petronet Limited

GSRDC Gujarat State Road Development Corporation

GSWAN Gujarat State Wide Area Network

Guj. Gujarat

GWSSB Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board

HEI Heavy Engineering Industries/Corporations

HMT Hindustan Machine Tools

HR Human Resources

IC Industries Commissionerate

ICI Indian Chemical Industry

IEI Indian Engineering Industry

IEM Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum

IEM Industrial Entrepreneur's Memorandum

IIM Indian Institute of Management

IIPM Indian Institute of Personnel Management

irr Indian Institute of Technology

no Indian Labour Organisation

IM Indirect Marketing

iNDEXTb Industrial Extension Bureau

Inv. Investments

IRs Investment Regions

ISRO Application Centre of the Indian Space Research

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 Organisation

ITI Industrial Training Institute

ITPO Indian Trade Promotion Organisation

JBD Junior Board of Directors

JCM Joint Committee Meeting

JCS = Joint Company Secretary

JGM Joint General Manager

JIC & GM Joint Industries Commissioner & General Manager

JMD Joint Managing Director

JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

Jt. MD Joint Managing Director

Jt. President Joint President

JWG Joint Working Group

KC Knowledge Corridor

Km Kilometer

KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing

kW Kilo Watts

L&T Larsen & Toubro Limited

LEI Light Engineering Industry

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

Lol Letter of Intent

LoP Letter of Permission for 100% Export Oriented Unit

LSI Large Scale Industries

Ltd. Limited

MA (IR&PM) Master of Arts (Specialisation in Industrial Relation and

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 Personnel Management)

MANTRA Man-made Textile Research Association

MBA Master of Business Administration

MBO Management by Objectives

MCA Master of Computer Application

MD Managing Director

Mfg. Manufacturing

Mgmt. Management

MGR Manager

MHRM Master of Human Resource Management

MICA Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

Mil Manager II

MLA Member of State Legislatures

MM Marketing Management

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MPM Master of Personnel Management

MSI Medium Scale Industries

MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MT Metric Tonnes

MTI Machine Tools Industry

NCL National Chemical Laboratory

NED = Non-Executive Director

NEERI National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

NERF Nirma Education and Research Foundation

NH National Highways

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NHAI National Highways Authority of India

NID National Institute of Design

NIESBUD National Institute of entrepreneurship and Small

Business Development

NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology

NIPM National Institute of Personnel Management

NML National Metallurgical Laboratory

NRDC National Research Development Corporation

NSCI National Safety Council of India

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PA Performance Appraisal

PCPIR Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment

Region

PEST Political and Legal, Economical, Socio-Cultural,

Technological Forces/Factors

PGDPM Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management

PI Programmed Instructions

PLC Product Life Cycle

PM Personnel Management

PP Paper page No.

PPP Public Private Partnership

PR Public Relations

PRO Public Relations Officers

Pro. M Production Management

Proj. No. of Projects

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PRSA Public Relations Society of America

PSE Public Sector Enterprise

PSUs Public Sector Units

R&D Research and Development

Reg. Fin. Cont Regional Financial Controller

RIL Reliance Industries Limited

Rol Return on Investment

ROO Rules of Origin

RRL Regional Research Laboratory

Rs. Rupees

SA Social Accountability

SAW Sub-merged Arc Welded

Sec Sectors

SER Socio-Economic Review

SERC Structural Engineering Research Centre

SEVP Senior Executive Vice President

SEZ Special Economic Zone

SGM Senior General Manager

SH State Highways

SIA Secretariat of Industrial Approvals

SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIDO Small Industry Development Organisation

SIR Special Investment Regions

SISI Small Industry Service Institute

SME Small & Medium Enterprise

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SR Social Responsibility

SRFDCL Sabarmati River Front Development Corporation Ltd.

SSI Small Scale Industries

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

TV Television

TWI Training within Industry

UDD Urban Development Department

UK United Kingdom
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
USA United States of America
VAT Value Added Tax
VGGIS Vibrant Gujarat: Global Investors Summit
VP Vice President

WEDP Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme

WTO World Trade Organisation

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