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What is the role of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis in the development of statistics in India?

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The well-known Indian Statistician Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute – ISI at Kolkata in 1931. He started the first post-graduate course in statistics at Kolkata University in 1941.

  • National Sample Survey-NSS (now known as National Sample Survey Organisation – NSSO) proposed by
  • Mahalanobis was started in 1950 and the data collection started in India.
  • In 1953 using operations search system in ISI he had framed outline of second five year plan.
  • Thus his contribution in the development of statistics in India was significant.


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