Shyamaprasad Mukherjee

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee is retired as Centenary Professor of Statistics, University of Calcutta, having been involved in teaching, research and promotional work in the areas of Statistics and Operational Research for 40 years. He guided 24 scholars for their Ph. D. degrees in Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering and Management. He has nearly 80 research papers to his credit. He received the Eminent Teacher Award from the Calcutta University (2006), P.C. Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award from the Indian Science Congress Association (2000) and Sukhatme Memorial Award for Senior Statisticians from the Government of India (2013). A former Vice-President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), he is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors, International Statistics Education Centre, ISI, Calcutta.