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Saturday, April 18, 2026
TopicIndian Statistical Institute

Topic: Indian Statistical Institute

Born in a lab, Indian Statistical Institute helped shape new India. A bill intends to alter its future

Section of faculty, students and alumni oppose MoSPI's draft Bill that seeks to replace Indian Statistical Institute's elected Governing Council with government-nominated board.

Draft ISI Bill 2025: India’s pre-eminent statistics institute caught in a tussle for autonomy

Draft Bill was released for public consultation in September. It aims to bring in sweeping changes to 94-yr-old iconic Indian Statistical Institute by repealing ISI Act, 1959.

President Murmu meets with statistical service probationers

Murmu emphasized the importance of statistical tools and quantitative techniques in effective governance.

Statistics pioneer CR Rao, ‘father’ of Indian statistical education, passes away at 102

Legendary statistician CR Rao has been a recipient of not just the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, but also the prestigious International Prize in Statistics, awarded in 2023.

Legendary statistician CR Rao, credited with restructuring field of statistics, turns 100

Indian-American statistician CR Rao is known for making seminal contributions to statistics such as development of Cramér-Rao Lower Bound, Rao-Blackwellization, & Lagrange multiplier test.

Tallying votes with VVPAT at one booth in every seat is more than needed, experts tell EC

Experts from the Indian Statistical Institute have opined that the EC must consider the sample size, not the sample proportion, to verify votes.

P.C. Mahalanobis: The father of Indian statistics who introduced concept of planned economy

Mahalanobis, who was a member of India's first Planning Commission, set up the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata in 1932.

On Camera

What Modi got wrong. Indians don’t want hundreds of new MPs

If the government wants to spend taxpayers’ money to make India a better place, then spend it on building more courts, improving the collapsing bureaucracy. But, of course, politicians will only think of themselves.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.