NRI Acronyms

Official acronyms for the Indian expatriate community

• NRI: Non Resident Indian
• PIO: Person of Indian Origin
• OCI: Overseas Citizen of India
• PBD: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Acronyms in a lighter vein

• ABCD: American Born Confused Desi
  • Second generation Indian born in America
• ABCDEFGHIJ: American Born Confused Desi Emigrated From Gujarat, House In Jersey
  • Second generation Indian born in America with some more unique characteristics
• DBCA: Desi Born Confused American
  • Inverse of ABCD, born in India but emigrated to America
• FOB: Fresh Off Board
  • Newly arrived in America
• PIGS: Poor Indian Graduate Student
  • Indian graduate student struggling to make ends meet with a nominal assistantship, and a bank loan
• RNRI: Returned Non Resident Indian
  • An NRI who has moved to his home country
• RNI: Resident Non Indian
  • Resides in India but with perfect American/British accent and attitudes