ICRA: Which One Are You Looking For?

Q: What does ICRA stand for?

ICRA stands for three different things: (1) Infection Control Risk Assessment — the hospital construction safety process; (2) ICRA Limited — India's credit rating agency (Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India), majority-owned by Moody's; (3) the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, held annually since 1984.

Q: Is ICRA Limited related to hospital construction?

No — ICRA Limited is a financial services company that rates creditworthiness. Same acronym, completely different world.

Signpost with three directional arrows — a wayfinding illustration for the three meanings of ICRA — Three different worlds share one acronym — pick your door.

ICRA means three completely different things depending on who you ask — and if you landed here from a search, there’s a good chance you wanted one of the other two. No wrong answers here; just pick your door.

1. Infection Control Risk Assessment (this site)

In healthcare construction, ICRA is the Infection Control Risk Assessment — the process hospitals use to protect patients from construction dust, mold, and airborne pathogens during renovation. It classifies work (Type A–D) and patient risk to determine precautions (Class I–V).

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2. ICRA Limited (India’s credit rating agency)

ICRA Limited — the Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India — is one of India’s major credit rating agencies, established in 1991 and majority-owned by Moody’s. It rates corporate debt, bank loans, mutual funds, and infrastructure projects, and its shares trade on the BSE and NSE. If you were looking for bond ratings, credit research, or the ICRA stock price, this is your ICRA.

Official site: www.icra.in

3. IEEE ICRA (the robotics conference)

ICRA is also the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation — one of the world’s premier robotics research conferences, running annually since 1984. If you were looking for paper submissions, proceedings, or conference dates, this is your ICRA.

Official site: www.ieee-icra.org

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FAQ

What does ICRA stand for?
Three things: (1) Infection Control Risk Assessment — the hospital construction safety process; (2) ICRA Limited — India’s credit rating agency (Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India), majority-owned by Moody’s; (3) the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

Is ICRA Limited related to hospital construction?
No. ICRA Limited is a financial services company that rates creditworthiness. Same acronym, completely different world.

Where do I find the robotics ICRA?
At ieee-icra.org — the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, held annually since 1984.