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The Tagore-Mahalanobis bond: Rare pictures showcased at exhibition
The Telegraph· 5 days agoRare photographs and archival material from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, were on...
Remembering PC Mahalanobis, the man who made statistics cool, on his 131st birth anniversary
The Telegraph· 23 hours agoIt was the early years of World War I. A young man from Calcutta was pursuing his Tripos* in...
National Statistics Day 2024: Know the date, theme, history, and significance
Indian Express· 2 days agoAn Indian scientist and statistician, he was renowned for the Mahalanobis distance and statistical measure. Mahalanobis, one of the members of India’s first ...
National Statistics Day 2024: History, significance and theme - CNBC TV18
CNBC TV18· 1 day agoThe day highlights his contributions to the field of statistics and economic planning in the post-independent era. The day is not to be confused with the United Nations’ World Statistics Day ...
Quantum Leap
The Telegraph· 5 days agoRecently, the government of India launched the National Quantum Mission with generous funding to build infrastructural research support for an...
Why PM Modi’s push for ‘research oriented’ higher education system is much-needed
The Telegraph· 6 days agoAfter inaugurating the new, swank campus of Nalanda University on June 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made repeated references to India’s glorious past as an “ancient seat of learning”. A ...
NEET/NET fiasco: It’s time for technology to step in where the exam system has failed
Indian Express· 2 days agoIn engineering, for instance, in the past five years, the number of students who graduate from institutes has come down by 40 per cent – this shows the lack of students’ interest ...
Streets remain the main area of politics for CPI (ML) Liberation: Dipankar Bhattacharya
Hindustan Times· 7 days agoThe CPI Liberation, which came into existence following a split in the CPI in 1973, fought the Lok...
Forget metros and highways, India needs to revive manufacturing
Indian Express· 4 days agoIndia chased a technically dubious and politically motivated index whose ranks (improvements in...