P.c. mahalanobis

Kolkata, Almamater Knownfor Spouse Nirmal Kumari Mahalanobis Awards Officer of the Scientific career Fields Institutions Doctoral students Othernotable students Signature Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Early life [ ] Mahalanobis belonged to a prominent [ citation needed] Gurucharan's elder son, Subodhchandra (1867–1953), became a distinguished educator after studying physiology at [ citation needed] Gurucharan's younger son, Prabodh Chandra (1869–1942), was the father of P. C. Mahalanobis. Born in the house at 210 Cornwallis Street, Mahalanobis grew up in a socially active family surrounded by intellectuals and reformers. Mahalanobis received his early schooling at the [ citation needed] After missing a train, he stayed with a friend at After returning to England, Mahalanobis was introduced to the journal In Indian Statistical Institute [ ] Many colleagues of Mahalanobis took an interest in The institute was initially in the Physics Department of the Presidency College; its expenditure in the first year was Rs.238. It gradually grew with the pioneering work of a group of his colleagues, including S.S.Bose, J.M.Sengupta, In 1933, the Institute founded the journal Biometrika. The institute started a training section in 1938. Many of the early workers left the ISI for careers in the United States and with the government of India. Mahalanobis invited In 1959, the institute was declared as an institute of national importance and a The methods pioneered at the institute are now us...

Google even drew out a doodle in honour of the Bengali scientist and applied statistician who founded India’s oldest and most prestigious statistical institution. Here are ten things to know about Mahalanobis: 1) Mahalanobis received his Bachelor of Science degree from Presidency College in Calcutta, where he learnt from some of India’s most distinguished scientists—Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray. Meanwhile, legendary astrophysicist Meghnad Saha and anti-colonial hero Subhash Chandra Bose were a year and two years junior to him, respectively. 2) He left for England in 1913 and studied at the famous King’s College, Cambridge. At King’s College, he would encounter mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and also come across Biometrika, a leading journal on theoretical statistics. Fascinated by its contents, he bought nine volumes to read on his voyage back to India. Reading the journal opened his eyes to new statistical models that could study and measure large-scale and complex phenomena. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis(Source: Wikimedia Commons) 3) On his return to India, Mahalanobis took up a teaching position in the physics department of Presidency College, Calcutta, and set-up a statistical laboratory in the early 1920s. Here, he combined his interest in statistics with other disciplines like economics, anthropology and economics to develop unique ways to estimate household consumption, crop yields and population. We remember the contribution of Prof. PC — ...

Today, June 29, is national ‘Statistics Day’, in ‘recognition of the contributions made by Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the ‘Plan Man’ of India; it is also his birthday. It was P.C. Mahalanobis, who established a strong statistical culture in India and nourished it diligently through his lifelong endeavours. Incidentally, June 28 also marked 50 years since his passing. Revisiting the life of India’s statistical inheritance from P.C. Mahalanobis is of utmost importance as various kinds of concerns regarding data collection, its publication, and data quality have emerged in recent years. Mahalanobis certainly believed data to be instrumental in efficient planning for national and human development. Planning in the newly independent nation in the 1950s was largely based on the data obtained from various surveys. His fairytale-type success story is due to the blending of his talent with his dedication that thrives into perfection. The socio-political situation and Jawaharlal Nehru’s reliance on Mahalanobis certainly helped. Nikhil Menon’s Planning Democracy — How a Professor, an Institute and An Idea Shaped India review: The man of numbers Ties with Tagore At the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore’s Visva Bharati University — which Mahalanobis was instrumental in shaping in its most difficult formative years — it might be very interesting to discuss the Chancing upon statistics Young Mahalanobis came to know about statistics, the subject, ‘by chance’ when, in 1915, his vo...

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Biography Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis's parents were Probodh Chandra and Nirodbashini. Probodh Chandra (1869- 1942) worked for a while in his father's (Gurucharan (1833- 1916)) chemist's shop before starting up his own business as a dealer in sports goods. He married Nirodbashini, the daughter of Nandalal Sarkar, in 1891. The family were of the Brahmo Samaj religion, relatively wealthy and influential in Bengali life. Probodh Chandra and Nirodbashini had two sons and four daughters, the eldest child being Prasanta Chandra the subject of this biography. The poet Rabindranath Tagore was a significant influence on Mahalanobis when he was a young boy. Rabindranath Tagore's father, Devendranath Tagore, had been a friend of Mahalanobis's grandfather Gurucharan and had played a major role in reviving the Brahmo Samaj religion [ 26 ]:- [Mahalanobis's ] analytical turn of mind manifested itself at a very early age and he was given to arguing things out with his friends and even with his superiors. Even at a very early age he came under the influence of Rabindranath Tagore who took a liking to young Mahalanobis, being particularly impressed by the combination in him of a love of literature with a flair for logical analysis. Mahalanobis attended the Brahmo Boys School in Calcutta, passing the matriculation examination in 1908, his final year at the school. Entering Presidency College, Calcutta in 1908, where his uncle Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis was professor of physiology, Mahalanob...

Biography Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis's parents were Probodh Chandra and Nirodbashini. Probodh Chandra (1869- 1942) worked for a while in his father's (Gurucharan (1833- 1916)) chemist's shop before starting up his own business as a dealer in sports goods. He married Nirodbashini, the daughter of Nandalal Sarkar, in 1891. The family were of the Brahmo Samaj religion, relatively wealthy and influential in Bengali life. Probodh Chandra and Nirodbashini had two sons and four daughters, the eldest child being Prasanta Chandra the subject of this biography. The poet Rabindranath Tagore was a significant influence on Mahalanobis when he was a young boy. Rabindranath Tagore's father, Devendranath Tagore, had been a friend of Mahalanobis's grandfather Gurucharan and had played a major role in reviving the Brahmo Samaj religion [ 26 ]:- [Mahalanobis's ] analytical turn of mind manifested itself at a very early age and he was given to arguing things out with his friends and even with his superiors. Even at a very early age he came under the influence of Rabindranath Tagore who took a liking to young Mahalanobis, being particularly impressed by the combination in him of a love of literature with a flair for logical analysis. Mahalanobis attended the Brahmo Boys School in Calcutta, passing the matriculation examination in 1908, his final year at the school. Entering Presidency College, Calcutta in 1908, where his uncle Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis was professor of physiology, Mahalanob...

Kolkata, Almamater Knownfor Spouse Nirmal Kumari Mahalanobis Awards Officer of the Scientific career Fields Institutions Doctoral students Othernotable students Signature Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Early life [ ] Mahalanobis belonged to a prominent [ citation needed] Gurucharan's elder son, Subodhchandra (1867–1953), became a distinguished educator after studying physiology at [ citation needed] Gurucharan's younger son, Prabodh Chandra (1869–1942), was the father of P. C. Mahalanobis. Born in the house at 210 Cornwallis Street, Mahalanobis grew up in a socially active family surrounded by intellectuals and reformers. Mahalanobis received his early schooling at the [ citation needed] After missing a train, he stayed with a friend at After returning to England, Mahalanobis was introduced to the journal In Indian Statistical Institute [ ] Many colleagues of Mahalanobis took an interest in The institute was initially in the Physics Department of the Presidency College; its expenditure in the first year was Rs.238. It gradually grew with the pioneering work of a group of his colleagues, including S.S.Bose, J.M.Sengupta, In 1933, the Institute founded the journal Biometrika. The institute started a training section in 1938. Many of the early workers left the ISI for careers in the United States and with the government of India. Mahalanobis invited In 1959, the institute was declared as an institute of national importance and a The methods pioneered at the institute are now us...

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Google even drew out a doodle in honour of the Bengali scientist and applied statistician who founded India’s oldest and most prestigious statistical institution. Here are ten things to know about Mahalanobis: 1) Mahalanobis received his Bachelor of Science degree from Presidency College in Calcutta, where he learnt from some of India’s most distinguished scientists—Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray. Meanwhile, legendary astrophysicist Meghnad Saha and anti-colonial hero Subhash Chandra Bose were a year and two years junior to him, respectively. 2) He left for England in 1913 and studied at the famous King’s College, Cambridge. At King’s College, he would encounter mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and also come across Biometrika, a leading journal on theoretical statistics. Fascinated by its contents, he bought nine volumes to read on his voyage back to India. Reading the journal opened his eyes to new statistical models that could study and measure large-scale and complex phenomena. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis(Source: Wikimedia Commons) 3) On his return to India, Mahalanobis took up a teaching position in the physics department of Presidency College, Calcutta, and set-up a statistical laboratory in the early 1920s. Here, he combined his interest in statistics with other disciplines like economics, anthropology and economics to develop unique ways to estimate household consumption, crop yields and population. We remember the contribution of Prof. PC — ...

Today, June 29, is national ‘Statistics Day’, in ‘recognition of the contributions made by Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the ‘Plan Man’ of India; it is also his birthday. It was P.C. Mahalanobis, who established a strong statistical culture in India and nourished it diligently through his lifelong endeavours. Incidentally, June 28 also marked 50 years since his passing. Revisiting the life of India’s statistical inheritance from P.C. Mahalanobis is of utmost importance as various kinds of concerns regarding data collection, its publication, and data quality have emerged in recent years. Mahalanobis certainly believed data to be instrumental in efficient planning for national and human development. Planning in the newly independent nation in the 1950s was largely based on the data obtained from various surveys. His fairytale-type success story is due to the blending of his talent with his dedication that thrives into perfection. The socio-political situation and Jawaharlal Nehru’s reliance on Mahalanobis certainly helped. Nikhil Menon’s Planning Democracy — How a Professor, an Institute and An Idea Shaped India review: The man of numbers Ties with Tagore At the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore’s Visva Bharati University — which Mahalanobis was instrumental in shaping in its most difficult formative years — it might be very interesting to discuss the Chancing upon statistics Young Mahalanobis came to know about statistics, the subject, ‘by chance’ when, in 1915, his vo...