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Rahul Mukerjee is an Indian academic and statistician. He is a National Science Chair of the Government of India, hosted by the
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institut ...
, after his superannuation from the same institute in 2021 as a professor in the higher academic grade.


Biography

Mukerjee completed his
BSc (Hons) A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
and MSc degrees in Statistics at the
University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...
, with rank first in the first class in each case. He received his PhD in Statistics in 1982 from the University of Calcutta.


Career

After completing his education, Mukerjee taught briefly at University of Calcutta and then at the
Indian Statistical Institute Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a higher education and research institute which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament. It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta C ...
, where he was awarded an out-of-turn promotion to full professorship at the age of thirty three. He joined
IIM Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institu ...
as a full professor in 1989. He has also held short- or long-term visiting positions in many institutions around the world, including Harvard University, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, Rutgers University, University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, University of Florida, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Simon Fraser University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Hiroshima University, University of Hong Kong, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Nankai University, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore, University of Malaya, Kuwait University and University of São Paulo. Mukerjee has been on the editorial boards of such major international journals as ''
The Annals of Statistics The ''Annals of Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed statistics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. It was started in 1973 as a continuation in part of the ''Annals of Mathematical Statistics (1930)'', which was split into the ...
'', ''
Biometrika ''Biometrika'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press for thBiometrika Trust The editor-in-chief is Paul Fearnhead (Lancaster University). The principal focus of this journal is theoretical statistics. It was es ...
'', ''
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society The ''Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of statistics. It comprises three series and is published by Wiley for the Royal Statistical Society. History The Statistical Society of London was founded ...
'' Series B, and '' Statistica Sinica''.


Achievements

* Recipient,
Indian Science Congress Association Indian Science Congress Association(ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The association started in the year 1914 in Kolkata and it meets annually in the first week of January. It has a ...
Young Scientists' Award, 1985. * Honored Fellow,
Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts o ...
, USA, 1999. * Recipient,
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-la ...
, in mathematical sciences, 2000; highest award in science from Government of
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. * Recipient, National Award in Statistics in honour of C.R. Rao, 2001, Government of
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. * Fellow,
Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meet ...
, 2001. * Fellow,
Indian National Science Academy The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology. In August 2019, Dr. Chandrima Shaha was appointed as the president of Indian National Science Academ ...
, 2003. * Fellow,
National Academy of Sciences, India The National Academy of Sciences, India, established in 1930, is the oldest science academy in India. It is located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Meghnad Saha was the founder president. Fellows *Suddhasatwa Basu * Sudha Bhattacharya * Ch ...
, 2003. * Recipient, J.C. Bose National Fellowship, 2010–15 and 2015–20, Government of
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. * Platinum Jubilee Speaker, 2012, Indian Science Congress Association. * Member,
National Statistical Commission The National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India is an autonomous body which formed in June 2005 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission. The NSC is currently headed by Prof. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar who was appointed as Chairperson ...
, 2013–16, Government of
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. * Independent Director (2017–20), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), a Maharatna (highest level) company of Government of India. * Recipient, Mahalanobis International Award, 2017
International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...
. * Recipient, P.V. Sukhatme National Award in Statistics, 2018, Government of
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. * National Science Chair, 2021–24, Government of India.


Selected bibliography

Rahul Mukerjee has authored or co-authored 5 books and over 240 papers. * "Randomized Response: Theory and Techniques" (1988, with A. Chaudhuri), ''
Marcel Dekker Marcel Dekker was a journal and encyclopedia publishing company with editorial boards found in New York City. Dekker encyclopedias are now published by CRC Press, part of the Taylor and Francis publishing group. History Initially a textbook pu ...
''. * "A Calculus for Factorial Arrangements" (1989, with S. Gupta), ''
Springer-Verlag Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing. Originally founded in 1842 in ...
''. * "Fractional Factorial Plans" (1999, with A. Dey), ''
John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American multinational publishing company founded in 1807 that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials. The company produces books, journals, and encyclopedias, in p ...
''. * "Probability Matching Priors: Higher Order Asymptotics" (2004, with G.S. Datta), ''
Springer-Verlag Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing. Originally founded in 1842 in ...
''. * "A Modern Theory of Factorial Design" (2006, with C.F. Jeff Wu), ''
Springer-Verlag Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing. Originally founded in 1842 in ...
''.


References


External links


Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – Faculty InformationIndian Institute of Management Calcutta – Operations Management Group FacultyIndian Institute of Management Calcutta
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukerjee, Rahul 1956 births Living people Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Indian Institute of Management Calcutta faculty University of Calcutta alumni University of Calcutta faculty Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science Indian statisticians