Indian Statistical Institute

Indian Statistical Institute
Mottoभिन्नेष्वैक्यस्य दर्शनम् (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Unity in diversity
TypePublic university
Established17 December 1931 (17 December 1931)
FoundersPrasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Budget322.29 crore (US$39 million) (2023–24 est.)[1]
ChairmanPronab Sen
PresidentSankar Kumar Pal
DirectorSanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Academic staff
262[2]
Administrative staff
1000[3]
Students1,137[2]
Undergraduates214[2]
Postgraduates618[2]
305[2]
Location
Kolkata (HQ)
CampusMultiple sites
Other campuses
JournalThe Indian Journal of Statistics
NicknameISI
AffiliationsAIU
Websitewww.isical.ac.in Edit this at Wikidata

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a public university which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament.[4] It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in Presidency College, Kolkata. Established in 1931, this unique institution of India is one of the oldest institutions focused on statistics, and its early reputation led it to being adopted as a model for the first US institute of statistics set up at the Research Triangle, North Carolina by Gertrude Mary Cox.[5]

Primary activities of ISI are research and training of statistics, development of theoretical statistics and its applications in various natural and social sciences. Originally affiliated with the University of Calcutta, the institute was declared an institute of national importance in 1959, through an act of Indian parliament, Indian Statistical Institute act, 1959. ISI functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) of the government of India.[6]

Key areas of ISI are statistics, computer science, mathematics, mathematical economics, operations research and information science and it is one of the few research oriented Indian schools offering courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

  1. ^ "Demands for Grants, 2023-2024" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2021" (PDF). Indian Statistical Institute.
  3. ^ "ISI Student Enrollment Numbers" (PDF). Indian Statistical Institute. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ^ "UNSD Document – The Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959". United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  5. ^ Ghosh, JK (1994). "Mahalanobis and the Art and Science of Statistics: The Early Days". Indian Journal of History of Science. 29 (1): 90.
  6. ^ "About Ministry". Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Government of India. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

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