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Find here a collection of abbreviations frequently used in Auroville.
Feel free to add more. Try to maintain the alphabetical order.
A
- ABC - Auroville Board of Commerce
- ABE - Auroville Board of Education
- ACCESS - Auroville's Conscious Community Exchange System for Sustainability
- ACDC - Auroville Coastal-area Development Centre (formerly TRRP)
- ACUR - Auroville Center for Urban Research
- ACT - Auroville Community Transport
- AEP - Auroville Energy Products
- AGS - Auroville Guest Service
- AIS - Auroville Industrial School
- ALL - Auroville Language Lab
- AV - AuroVille
- AVAG - Auroville Village Action Group
- AVAT - Auroville Village Action Trust
- AVBC - AuroVille Building Centre
- AVC - AuroVille Council
- AVES - AuroVille Electrical Service
- AVF - AuroVille Foundation
- AVHC - AuroVille Health Centre
- AVHS - AuroVille Health Services
- AVI - AuroVille International
- AVIS - Auroville Volunteering, Internships & Studies program
- AVNet
B
- BCC - Budget Coordination Committee
- BN - Bharat Nivas
- BSNL -
C
- CARE - Computer Aided Research and Engineering
- Cash and Kind -
- CDCtr - Coastal Development Centre
- CIC - Centre for Indian Culture
- CIRHU - Centre for International Research in Human Unity
- COA - Council Of Architects
- CPS - Child Protection Centre
- CRCP - Centre for Research in Communication and Publication
- CRIPA - Centre for Research In the Performing Arts
- CSR - Centre for Scientific Research
- CUR - Centre for Urban Reseacrh
D
E
- ECR - East Coast Road
- EM - Effective Micro-organisms
- EMS - Environmental Monitoring Service
- ES - Entry Service (for Electrical Service, see AVES)
F
- FAMC - Funds & Assets Management Committee
- FS - Financial Service
G
- GB - Governing Board
- GIM - General Information Meeting
- GS - Guest Service
H
- HRT - Human Resources Team
- HS - Housing Service
I
- IAC - International Advisory Council
- IHS -
- ILC - Integral Learning Centre
J
K
L
- LADS - Laboratory of Auroville DesignerS
- L'AVD'AV - L'AVenir D'AuroVille (French, meaning "Auroville's Future") (most commonly abbreviated as "L'Avenir")
- LCC - Land Consolidation Committee
- LEAP - Learning Experience Auroville Program (formerly WISP)
- LEC - Life Education Centre
- LOE - Laboratory Of Evolution
- LRM - Land & Resources Management
M
- MM - Matrimandir
N
O
P
- PT - Pour Tous
- PTDC - Pour Tous Distribution Centre
Q
- QuTee - Quiet Transport
R
- RA - Residents' Assembly
- RRO - Regional Registration Office (Visa office in Pondy)
S
- SAIIER - Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research
- SAWCHU - Sri Aurobindo World Centre for Human Unity
- SEWA - Small Employers Welfare Association
T
- TNEB - Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
- TRRP - Tsunami Relief & Rehabilitation Project (now ACDC)
U
V
W
- WC - Working Committee
- WELL - Women's Empowerment through Local Livelihood
- WISP - Winter Integral Studies Program (now LEAP)