Name:
Rahul Mukerjee
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Position:
Professor
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Department:
Operations Management
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Academic Background
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Received Ph.D. in Statistics in 1982 from the University of Calcutta.
Stood first in first class in the M.Sc. (1977) and B.Sc. (Hons) (1975) examinations in Statistics of the University of Calcutta and secured a rank among the first ten in the Higher Secondary Examination (1972) of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
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Courses Taught
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Statistics I
Statistics II
Mathematical Analysis
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Awards
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1. Recipient, J.C. Bose National Fellowship, Government of India, 2010-15. This is the most well-known scholarship from the Government of India for resident Indian scientists.
2. Recipient, S.S. Bhatnagar Award in mathematical scieces (2000). This is the most well-known scientific honor from the Government of India.
3. Recipient, National Award in Statistics in honor of Professor C.R. Rao (2001), from the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India.
4. Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, USA (elected in 1999).
5. Fellow of all the three national level science academies in India:
(a) Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (FNA, elected in 2003).
(b) Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (FASc, elected in 2001).
(c) The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad (FNASc, elected in 2003).
6. Recipient, Indian Science Congress Association Young Scientists' Award (1985).
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Other Information
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1. Editorial board member of international journals like
(a) The Annals of Statistics (1995-2009),
(b) Biometrika (2008-)
(c) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (2000-04),
(d) Statistica Sinica (1993-),
(e) Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2003-),
(f) Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (1992-2008),
(g) Applied Stochasic Models in Business and Industry (2008),
(h) Sankhya (1999-2005),
(i) Communications in Statistics (2001-05).
Only Indian or person of Indian origin to have ever been on the editorial board of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (UK);
only Indian or person of Indian origin, excluding the eminent geneticist J.B.S. Haldane who acquired Indian citizenship, to have ever been on the editorial board of Biometrika (UK);
only the second resident Indian to have ever been on the editorial board of the Annals of Statistics (USA).
2. Reviewer of research grant proposals for
(a) National Science Foundation (USA),
(b) National Security Agency (USA),
(c) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada),
(d) University Grants Committee (Hong Kong),
(e) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India).
3. Delivered invited lectures or chaired sessions at many international meetings like the following:
(a)Workshop on Designed Experiments: Recent Advances in Methods and Applications, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK, 2008
(b)International Conference on Design of Experiments and Its Applications, 2006, Tianjin, China,
(c) Experimental Design Workshop, 2003, Taipei, Taiwan,
(d) International Conference on MCQMC Methods, 2000, Hong Kong,
(e) International Workshop on Objective Bayesian Methodology, 1999, Valencia, Spain,
(f) Taipei International Statistical Symposium, 1998, Taipei, Taiwan,
(g) IMS Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, 1997, Taipei, Taiwan,
(h) Bose Memorial Conference on Statistical Design and Related Combinatorics, 1995, Fort Collins, USA,
(i) International Conference on Statistical Data Analysis and Inference (in honor of Professor C.R. Rao), 1989, Neuchatel, Switzerland,
(j) Summer school on Data Analysis, 1987, Nice, France.
4. Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI). Participated at the 53rd, 54th, 55th and 56th sessions of ISI held at Seoul, Korea (2001), Berlin, Germany (2003), Sydney, Australia (2005) and Lisbon, Portugal (2007) respectively.
5. Member:
(a) Academic Committee, Nano-Statistics Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (2009-),
(b) Committee on Nominations, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2005-06 and 2008-09),
(c) Program Committee, Bernoulli Society, for the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute (Lisbon, 2007),
(d) Council, Indian Statistical Institute (the highest policy-making body of the institute) (2004-),
(e) Program Committee, 54th Session of the International Statistical Institute (Berlin, 2003),
(f) Program Advisory Committee in mathematical sciences, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2001-07),
(g) University Grants Commission (India) Panel in Statistics (1997-98).
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