Indian Statistical Institute

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Indian Statistical Institute


Motto:	Unity in diversity
Established:	17 December 1931
Type:	Public
Director:	Sankar K. Pal
Faculty:	196
Location:	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Campus:	urban
Nickname:	ISI
Website:	http://www.isical.ac.in

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) engages in the research, teaching, and application of statistics to the natural sciences and social sciences. Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata in 1931, while statistics was a relatively new scientific field, the institute gained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959.

The Headquarters of ISI is located in the northern fringe of the metropolis of Kolkata, in Baranagar, in Bon-Hoogly not far from the Dunlop Bridge. Two satellite centres are located in Delhi and Bangalore. The ISI's teaching activities are in Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore, while other cities in India have branch offices engaged in projects and consultancy in Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research. Presently, ISI has a total annual expenditure of over Rs. 15,000,000 and employs 250 faculty members, and over 1,000 supporting staff.

The Present Director is Prof. Sankar Kumar Pal [1]. The present Dean of Studies is Prof. Bimal Roy [2].

1 Objective
2 History
3 Notable alumni
4 Images of the Kolkata campus
5 Images of the Delhi campus
6 Images of the Bangalore campus
7 References
8 Campus Link
9 External links

[edit] Objective

The major objectives of the Indian Statistical Institute, as stated in its Memorandum of Association, are: ^[1]

To promote the study and dissemination of knowledge of Statistics, to develop statistical theory and methods, and their use in research and practical applications generally, with special reference to problems of planning of national development and social welfare;

To undertake research in various fields of natural and social sciences, with a view to the mutual development of Statistics and these sciences;

To provide for, and undertake, the collection of information, investigation, projects and operational research for purposes of planning and the improvement of efficiency of management and production.

Unity in Diversity is the motto of the Institute.

[edit] History

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The Statistical Laboratory in the Presidency College, Kolkata was set up by Mahalanobis in the 1920s. On 17 December 1931, the Indian Statistical Institute was founded as a learned society and was housed in the Statistical Laboratory. In 1931, Mahalanobis was the only person working for ISI and he managed it with an annual expenditure of Rs. 250. The Institute was registered on 28 April 1932, as a non-profit distributing learned society under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) and is now registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961 amended in 1964. ^[2] The ISI was relocated to a property owned by Professor Mahalanobis, named "Amrapali", in Baranagar, North Kolkata. Later, ISI expanded to locations in New Delhi and Bangalore and other cities. Presently, ISI Kolkata has a campus consisting of six addresses: 201 through 206 Barrackpore Trunk Road. These include a house, which was an erstwhile office of National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, and prior to that, a movie studio in the 1920s and 1930s.

[edit] Notable alumni

C. R. Rao, S. R. S. Varadhan, K. R. Parthasarathi, T. Parthasarathi, Rajeev Karandikar, Ravindra Khattree, J. S. Rao, Kesar Singh, Anuradha Roy, D. C. Rao, Ranajit Chakraborty, Probal Chowdhury, Arup Bose.