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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA, FASc, FRS (29 June 1893– 28 June 1972) was an Indian scientist and statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance , a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India .
Jun 25, 2024 · P.C. Mahalanobis, Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India’s strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61). For his pioneering work, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, one of India’s highest honors, by the Indian government in 1968.
Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is also known as the father of Indian Statistics. He was a physicist by training, a statistician by instinct and a planner by conviction.
Jul 1, 2023 · India celebrated National Statistics Day on June 29 th, commemorating the birthday of Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, renowned as the 'Plan Man' of India. As India grapples with the challenges of Big Data and the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI), reflecting on Mahalanobis's approach can offer insights into addressing ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is called the Father of Indian Statistics, and he played a critical role in bringing India its first digital computers. He set up the Indian Statistical Institute in 1931.
Prasanta Mahalanobis was an Indian mathematiccian who made important contibutions to statistics and to its application in meteorology and anthropology. View four larger pictures. Biography. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis's parents were Probodh Chandra and Nirodbashini.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, considered the father of modern statistics in India, founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), shaped the Planning Commission and pioneered...
Jun 29, 2024 · Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis – one of the greatest Bengalis ever – was born on this day in 1893. In 2006, the government of India announced June 29 as National Statistics Day in his honour. * Tripos: A Tripos is an academic examination that originated at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.
Pioneer Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died on 28 June 1972 in Calcutta aged 78. He contributed vastly to the design of large-scale sample surveys in India. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India.
Jun 29, 2018 · Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was a renowned Indian scientist and applied statistician who founded the Indian Statistical Institute and devised the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure.
