Statistics
Year of establishment : 1954
Location : 1st Floor, Manik Chandra Barooah Administrative
Building
E mail : [email protected]
History :
The Department of Statistics was established in the year 1954. In 1955, Honours (now called ‘Major’) Course in Statistics was started. The Post-Graduate Course in the department was introduced from the academic session 1986-87. Statistics department has received the financial assistance from DST, Govt. of India under its ‘Fund for Infrastructure Development in Science & Technology in Higher Educational Institution (FIST)’ programme. The department has also been receiving financial assistance from the UGC since 2008-09 under the scheme ‘Rejuvenation of Basic Scientific Research in Indian Universities/PG Colleges’. Statistics department has produced many ‘Best Science Graduates’ of Gauhati University over the years.
| Courses
offered : |
|
HS
Course |
|
Three
year Degree Course (B.Sc.) |
|
Two
year (four Semester) Post-Graduate Course
(M.Sc.) |
|
One
year Diploma in Bioinformatics (Self-financing) |
|
6
months long Certificate Course in Bioinformatics
(Self-financing) |
|
| Number
of Seats : |
B.A. |
20 |
| M.Sc. |
10 |
|
Specialization offered in M.Sc. : Operation Research
Faculty Members :
| Name |
Designation |
Educational
Qualification |
Area
of
Specialization : |
Contact
Number |
Email |
| Ms.
Kamala Chaudhury |
Head
& Selection Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Econometrics |
9864035008,
2483358 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Ms.
Rajita Rajkumari |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Operation
Research |
2630003
(Res) |
|
| Dr.
(Ms.) Geeta Dey |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Operation
Research |
9954273955,
2548452, 2458452 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Sri
Kamal Barman |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Operation
Research |
9864269241,
2331031 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Dr.
(Ms.) Sangeeta Barthakur |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Design
of Experiment, Bio-Statistics |
9864032697,
2228946 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Dr.
(Ms.) Bandana Sharma |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
M.Phil, Ph.D. |
Design
of Experiment, Operation Research |
2607245
(Res) |
[email protected] |
| Ms.
Ruma Talukdar |
Senior
Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
M.Phil, B.Ed. |
Operation
Research |
9864056389,
2454615 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Ms.
Monita Baruah |
Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Operation
Research |
|
|
|
Laboratory & Office Staff Mambers :
- Md. Raful Ali (Laboratory Assistant)
- Sri Naren Deka
Former Faculty Members :
| Name |
Service Period |
| Banshidhar Das |
1954-1973 |
Nilim Baruah |
|
| Nanidhar Kalita |
1955-1975 |
| Jyotish Ch. Sarma Baruah |
1958-1991 |
| Jishnu Dutta |
1964-1998 |
| Biswajit Chakravarty |
1969-1994 |
| Abdul Mannan |
1974 |
| Haren Borah |
1977-1980 |
| Purabi Das |
|
| Hiranya Borah |
1985 |
| Dr. (Ms.) Ruby Gohain |
1986-2007 |
| Dr. Pradip Bhuyan |
1992-1995 |
| Dr. Amit Choudhury |
1995-1996 |
|
Facilities :
The Department has one Seminar Library
with 354 books and is well equipped with modern
audio-visual teaching aids like OHP, LCD projector
etc. It has got a separate Computer Room with
6 computers having round the clock internet connectivity.
Research journals subscribed by the Department
:
|
Sankhya |
|
Biometrika |
|
Journal of Royal
Statistical Society |
|
The Annals of Mathematical
Statistics |
|
Journal of Indian
Statistical Association |
|
Journal of American
Statistical Association |
|
Journal of Indian
Society of Agricultural Statistics |
|
Assam Statistical
Review, Demography- India. |
Activities :
Statistics Department regularly
organizes Guest Lectures by renowned speakers,
Class Seminars by students etc. It offers career
counseling to students time to time. The Department
under the banner of the 'Cotton College Statistical
Society' regularly organizes Guest Lectures, health
check-up camps etc, Statistics Department also
brings out its wall magazine entitled "Pratyush"
annually.
Ongoing Minor Research Projects :
| Title of the
Project |
Funding Agency |
Principal Investigator |
A statistical study of epidemiological
characteristics of Assam and their significant
effect on the health scenario in Assam. |
UGC |
Sri Kamal Barman |
|
