Who is father of statistics in India?
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is also known as the father of Indian Statistics.
Who is Prasanta Chandra?
P.C. Mahalanobis, in full Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, (born June 29, 1893, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died June 28, 1972, Calcutta), Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India’s strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).
Which five year plan is known as Mahalanobis plan model?
Second Five Year Plan
Mahalanobis became essentially the key economist of India’s Second Five Year Plan, becoming subject to much of India’s most dramatic economic debates. The essence of the model is a shift in the pattern of industrial investment towards building up a domestic consumption goods sector.
In which year did Prof Mahalanobis left this world for ever?
Studies abroad. Mahalanobis left for London in 1913 and joined King’s College, Cambridge. He met mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan at the university. He took a short break and returned to India where he was invited to teach Physics in Presidency College.
Who is father of statistics in world?
Ronald Fisher
| Sir Ronald Fisher FRS | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Eileen Guinness (1917) |
| Awards | Weldon Memorial Prize (1930) Royal Medal (1938) Guy Medal (1946) Copley Medal (1955) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics, genetics, and evolutionary biology |
What was the aim of Mahalanobis model?
Mahalanobis’ emphasis on basic heavy industries was also due to his objective of meeting the requirements of higher rate of capital accumulation from ‘within the economy and therefore enabling the economy to stop imports of foreign capital equipment and machines.
Who invented statistics?
John Graunt
The birth of statistics is often dated to 1662, when John Graunt, along with William Petty, developed early human statistical and census methods that provided a framework for modern demography. He produced the first life table, giving probabilities of survival to each age.