Calyampudi radhakrishna rao

WASHINGTON: There is a certain delightful irony in a centenarian winning the International Prize in Statistics, regarded by some as a Nobel equivalent for number crunchers. After all, there are less than 600,000 centenarians in the global population of 8 billion, and although the numbers are climbing, it is still a milestone to be celebrated, especially if the achiever is in good health. Even greater cause for celebration is when the centenarian is recognized for extant work in the field of their specialisation, which in the case of Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, 102 not out, is statistics. Already a storied legend in his field, Rao was awarded the International Prize in Statistics this week, with the citation lauding the "profound influence on science” of his body of work spanning more than 75 years. Such honors are not new to Rao, who came to the US after retirement in India at 60, became an American citizen at 75, and at 82, was recognised by the White House for his contribution to the world of statistics. In a 2002 interview with this writer after the Bush White House had honored him with the National Medal for Science, Rao said, “In India, no one respects you after you retire. Even the darwan will salute you only when you are in service. Even colleagues respect authority, not scholarship.” Which in part explained why Rao, eighth of the ten children born to a Telugu family in Hadagali village in Bellary, Karnataka, came to America post-retirement after a full career in I...

Professor Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao - Dr. Rao to most of us - was in the first batch of Master’s students in Statistics of the Calcutta University. He graduated with marks that remain unsurpassed. His name is etched in the annals of statistical science through Cramér–Rao bound, Rao–Blackwell theorem and Rao’s Score Test. He has been elected to the Fellowship of The Royal Society, awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. We celebrate his birth centenary because through his contributions he has elevated statistics as an indispensable applied tool in all walks of life, with firm theoretical foundations.

Receiving Padma Vibhushan in 2001 from K.R. Narayanan courtesy B.L.S. Prakasa Rao Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, popularly known as Dr. C.R. Rao, turned 100 on 10 September 2020. This article is a celebration of his century of distinguished accomplishments at the highest level and his remarkable sense of envisioning the future. Prologue and Family As per Indian mythology, Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu, was the eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva. Coincidentally, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, was the eighth offspring of his parents, mother A. Laxmikantamma, and father C.D. Naidu (1879–1940). Although Rao was universally addressed as “Dr. Rao’’ by all his students and colleagues at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), where the title “Professor” was reserved exclusively for Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (PCM), the history of his birth name is quite interesting. He is not only named after Lord Krishna, but his middle name symbolizes the purest form of romance. Rao always claims that though he is a romantic by temperament, all his romance is somehow in the wrong place and that it is in his head instead of his heart! Below we present a photograph providing details about Rao’s lineage and his big family in 1931, respectively. With family 1931, sitting on floor (from l to r): Thiappanna, Venkateswara, Radhakrishna and Ramachandra. Sitting on chairs (from l to r): Sanjeevamma, Chellamma (father’s sister), father C.D. Naidu (with grandson on his lap), mother Laxmikantham...

Indian American Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao is a living legend. The spotlight of global media has been on him since the news broke that the International Prize in Statistics 2023 will be awarded to him in July for his monumental work done 75 years ago, which “not only revolutionized statistical thinking in its time but also continues to exert enormous influence on human understanding of science across a wide spectrum of disciplines”, according to the International Prize in Statistics Foundation’s chair. PC: PTI (left) and Bhavana.org.in (right) The International Prize in Statistics is the highest honor in the field of Statistics and equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The prize comes with $80,000. The award celebrates the fundamental results that Dr Rao demonstrated in his 1945 paper published in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society. “His three fundamental results – the Cramer-Rao lower bound, the Rao-Blackwell Theorem, and Information Geometry – paved the way for the modern arena of statistics and provided statistical tools heavily used in science today,” said the International Prize in Statistics Foundation. The Cramer-Rao lower bound is of significant use in signal processing, quantum physics, spectroscopy, multiple image radiography, and likes. The Rao-Blackwell theorem has influenced research on stereology, particle filtering, computational econometrics, and others. Dr Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao’s Information Geometry has been a great use for recent advanceme...

In music, there’s Bruce Springsteen. Soccer has Pele and Mia Hamm. Tom Brady is considered the “greatest of all time” in the National Football League. He won’t quite fill an arena, but in the field of statistics, C.R. Rao is a rock star, considered the G.O.A.T. And recently, Rao added to his long list of awards by being named the recipient of the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, considered the Nobel Prize for the field. Dubbed “a living legend” of statistics, Rao brought nine decades worth of knowledge to UB in 2010, when he was named a research professor in the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions. “Dr. Rao’s pioneering scholarship has transformed not only the theory and methods of statistics but has wide-ranging practical applications in areas ranging from risk analysis and weather prediction to medical diagnosis and genetics,” says President Satish K. Tripathi, who himself holds two master’s degrees in the discipline. “He is a towering figure among statisticians, so it is only fitting that his genius be recognized with the most prestigious honor one can receive in the field. All of us at UB are delighted to see him receive this richly deserved recognition for contributions that have indelibly impacted statistical science over more than seven decades,” Tripathi adds. On the occasion of Rao’s 100th birthday in 2020, the journal Proceedings – Mathematical Sciences, produced by the Indian Academy of Sciences, published an articl...

Written by one of the top most statisticians with experience in diverse fields of applications of statistics, the book deals with the philosophical and methodological aspects of information technology, collection and analysis of data to provide insight into a problem, whether it is scientific research, policy making by government or decision making in our daily lives.The author dispels the doubts that chance is an expression of our ignorance which makes accurate prediction impossible and illustrates how our thinking has changed with quantification of uncertainty by showing that chance is no longer the obstructor but a way of expressing our knowledge. Indeed, chance can create and help in the investigation of truth. It is eloquently demonstrated with numerous examples of applications that statistics is the science, technology and art of extracting information from data and is based on a study of the laws of chance. It is highlighted how statistical ideas played a vital role in scientific and other investigations even before statistics was recognized as a separate discipline and how statistics is now evolving as a versatile, powerful and inevitable tool in diverse fields of human endeavor such as literature, legal matters, industry, archaeology and medicine.Use of statistics to the layman in improving the quality of life through wise decision making is emphasized. About the Author • Publisher: • Published: ; Copyright: • ISBN: • Edition: • Title: • Series: • Author: • Imprin...

Receiving Padma Vibhushan in 2001 from K.R. Narayanan courtesy B.L.S. Prakasa Rao Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, popularly known as Dr. C.R. Rao, turned 100 on 10 September 2020. This article is a celebration of his century of distinguished accomplishments at the highest level and his remarkable sense of envisioning the future. Prologue and Family As per Indian mythology, Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu, was the eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva. Coincidentally, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, was the eighth offspring of his parents, mother A. Laxmikantamma, and father C.D. Naidu (1879–1940). Although Rao was universally addressed as “Dr. Rao’’ by all his students and colleagues at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), where the title “Professor” was reserved exclusively for Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (PCM), the history of his birth name is quite interesting. He is not only named after Lord Krishna, but his middle name symbolizes the purest form of romance. Rao always claims that though he is a romantic by temperament, all his romance is somehow in the wrong place and that it is in his head instead of his heart! Below we present a photograph providing details about Rao’s lineage and his big family in 1931, respectively. With family 1931, sitting on floor (from l to r): Thiappanna, Venkateswara, Radhakrishna and Ramachandra. Sitting on chairs (from l to r): Sanjeevamma, Chellamma (father’s sister), father C.D. Naidu (with grandson on his lap), mother Laxmikantham...

Written by one of the top most statisticians with experience in diverse fields of applications of statistics, the book deals with the philosophical and methodological aspects of information technology, collection and analysis of data to provide insight into a problem, whether it is scientific research, policy making by government or decision making in our daily lives.The author dispels the doubts that chance is an expression of our ignorance which makes accurate prediction impossible and illustrates how our thinking has changed with quantification of uncertainty by showing that chance is no longer the obstructor but a way of expressing our knowledge. Indeed, chance can create and help in the investigation of truth. It is eloquently demonstrated with numerous examples of applications that statistics is the science, technology and art of extracting information from data and is based on a study of the laws of chance. It is highlighted how statistical ideas played a vital role in scientific and other investigations even before statistics was recognized as a separate discipline and how statistics is now evolving as a versatile, powerful and inevitable tool in diverse fields of human endeavor such as literature, legal matters, industry, archaeology and medicine.Use of statistics to the layman in improving the quality of life through wise decision making is emphasized. About the Author • Publisher: • Published: ; Copyright: • ISBN: • Edition: • Title: • Series: • Author: • Imprin...

Professor Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao - Dr. Rao to most of us - was in the first batch of Master’s students in Statistics of the Calcutta University. He graduated with marks that remain unsurpassed. His name is etched in the annals of statistical science through Cramér–Rao bound, Rao–Blackwell theorem and Rao’s Score Test. He has been elected to the Fellowship of The Royal Society, awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. We celebrate his birth centenary because through his contributions he has elevated statistics as an indispensable applied tool in all walks of life, with firm theoretical foundations.

Indian American Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao is a living legend. The spotlight of global media has been on him since the news broke that the International Prize in Statistics 2023 will be awarded to him in July for his monumental work done 75 years ago, which “not only revolutionized statistical thinking in its time but also continues to exert enormous influence on human understanding of science across a wide spectrum of disciplines”, according to the International Prize in Statistics Foundation’s chair. PC: PTI (left) and Bhavana.org.in (right) The International Prize in Statistics is the highest honor in the field of Statistics and equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The prize comes with $80,000. The award celebrates the fundamental results that Dr Rao demonstrated in his 1945 paper published in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society. “His three fundamental results – the Cramer-Rao lower bound, the Rao-Blackwell Theorem, and Information Geometry – paved the way for the modern arena of statistics and provided statistical tools heavily used in science today,” said the International Prize in Statistics Foundation. The Cramer-Rao lower bound is of significant use in signal processing, quantum physics, spectroscopy, multiple image radiography, and likes. The Rao-Blackwell theorem has influenced research on stereology, particle filtering, computational econometrics, and others. Dr Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao’s Information Geometry has been a great use for recent advanceme...