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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | |
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 P. C. Mahalanobis | |
| Born | 29 June 1893 |
| Died | 28 June 1972 (aged 78) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.Sc.) King's College, Cambridge (B.A.)[2] |
| Known for | Mahalanobis distance Feldman–Mahalanobis model |
| Spouse | Nirmal Kumari Mahalanobis[4] |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1968) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, 1942)[1] Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[2] Weldon Memorial Prize (1944) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, statistics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Indian Statistical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | William Herrick Macaulay[3] |
| Doctoral students | Samarendra Roy[3] |
| Other notable students | Raj Chandra Bose C.R. Rao |
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA,[5] FASc,[6] FRS[2] (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. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India. He founded the Indian Statistical Institute, and contributed to the design of large-scale sample surveys.[2][7][4][8] For his contributions, Mahalanobis has been considered the Father of statistics in India.[9]
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- ^ a b O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- ^ Rao, C.R. (1972). "Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis : 1893–1972" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy. 5: 1–24.
- ^ "Fellowship – Mahalanobis, Prasanta Chandra". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Hagger-Johnson, G. (2005). "Mahalanobis, Prasanta Chandra". Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science. doi:10.1002/0470013192.bsa360. ISBN 978-0470860809.
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- ^ "VP Naidu pays homage to Mahalanobis at ISI". The Times of India. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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