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Prime Minister to inaugurate Statistics Day
Posted On : 2007-06-28 19:53:37( TIMEZONE : IST )
The Government of India has declared 29th June of each year as Statistics Day to be celebrated as a special day at the national level. Statistics Day is meant to give recognition to the contribution of Statistics and of Indian statisticians to the development of the country. It is being held on 29th June, the birth anniversary of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, the doyen of Indian statistics, to pay tribute to the multi-faceted contributions of Professor Mahalanobis; as a scholar and academician, as an institution builder, and as a pioneer in the application of statistics to development issues.
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, will inaugurate the first Statistics Day on 29th June, 2007 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. On this occasion he will also release a commemorative brochure dedicated to the memory of Professor Mahalanobis.
In the Technical Session following the Inaugural Session, Professor Suresh Tendulkar, Chairman, National Statistical Commission, will deliver a memorial address, which will be followed by a documentary film on Professor Mahalanobis prepared by the Indian Statistical Institute.
The key-note address will be delivered by Dr. I.P. David, an internationally reputed statistician from the Philippines, who is this years winner of the international Professor Mahalanobis Award. Dr. David is well-known as an expert on issues of poverty measurement, among his other qualifications.
Shri G.K. Vasan, MOS, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, will confer the National Award in Statistics for Young Statisticians in honour of Professor C.R. Rao for the year 2006-07 on Dr. Ayanendranath Basu of ISI, Kolkata. Dr. Basu is not only a well-known theoretical statistician, he has also done fundamental work on measuring the spread of HIV. Dr. Basu will deliver a lecture on this occasion.
Shri Vasan will also distribute prizes to eleven post-graduate students who have won the Essay Competition organized in memory of Professor Mahalanobis by CSO.
