Award for Cusat Pro Vice Chancellor
The Hindu
P.G. Sankaran, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, has won the “Distinguished Statistician Award 2020” instituted by the Indian Society for Probability and Statisti
P.G. Sankaran, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, has won the “Distinguished Statistician Award 2020” instituted by the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS). The award is presented every year for the meritorious services rendered in academic and related statistical activities. Prof. Sankaran’s areas of research include Survival Analytics, Distribution Theory, Reliability Theory, Quantile Functions and Statistical Interference, according to a communication. The award will be presented at the 40th annual conference of the ISPS to be held online on September 10.Actor and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna relaunched the Anna Canteen and NTR Arogya Ratham here on Monday amidst much fanfare. The twin occasions marked Mr. Balakrishna’s 64th birthday celebrations. Speaking to the media, Mr. Balakrishna said that the people of Andhra Pradesh had given a historic verdict to the NDA, and “I shall tirelessly work to fulfil all the promises made to them.”
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