DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS(AIDED)

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

                         Department of Statistics established in the year 1984 offers undergraduate degree course in statistics and post graduate degree course in Biostatistics in 2007. The Department was upgraded as research department by the University of Madras from 2012.  M.Phil Statistics started in the year 2013 under Self finance Stream. The department aims at motivating and enhancing research potential of the research scholars and faculty members by using excellent knowledge base of eminent subject experts of the reputed institutes through orientation programmes, Seminars and conferences regularly. It also provides hands on practical experience in Data Analysis using sophisticated statistical software R Programming, SPSS, SPSS AMOS and SYSTAT.

Vision

Ø  To popularize the subject to meet Future Demand for Statisticians.

Ø  To encourage Higher Education through continuous Curriculum Innovations.

Mission

Ø  To provide opportunities for the Economically Weaker Section.

Ø  To Enhance the Career avenues through Innovative Curriculum Design.

                                                                 

 

Name

 

Qualification

 

Designation

 

Specialization

No. of Years of service

Dr.V.Varalakshmi 

 

MSc., MPhil. Ph.D. 

Principal & HOD,Associate Professor

Sampling Technique

33

 Dr.R.Malathi 

MSc., MPhil. Ph.D.

 

 Associate Professor

Probability Proportional to Size Sampling.

31

 Dr.R.Geetha. 

MSc., MPhil. Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor

Multivariate Statistical Modeling

28

 Mrs.D.Annapoorni.

MSc., MPhil. PGDCA 

 

 Associate Professor

Data Envelopment Analysis

15

Dr.G.Vijayasree   

 

MSc., MPhil. Ph.D.

 

 Assistant Professor

Order Restricted Inference

26

Mrs.V.Ramya 

 

MSc., MPhil.

Assistant Professor

Stochastic Process

7

}  National Statistics Day Celebration 29th June 2016

Department of statistics has celebrated National Statistics day on 29th June 2016 at Department of Statistics on the mark of birth anniversary of Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis who is called as a Father of Indian Statistics.

}  Association Activities

·         Department of Statistics has conducted an Inter-Departmental competitions on 17th September 2016 titled “d – Analytica 2k16”.

·         Department of Statistics has conducted an Inter-Collegiate Departmental event “d – Analytica 2k16” on 8th February 2017 and Dr. Durairaju, Deputy Director General NSSO has  graced the function.

OFFICE BEARERS

 

UG: Vice President      :   Dr. R. AMALA, Assistant Professor

       Department of Statistics

            Secretary           :  Ms. S. Nivetha, III B.Sc. Statistics 

PG: Vice President       :  Mrs. S. ABEENA SHANTINI, Assistant professor

                                           Department of Statistics

            Secretary            :  Ms. S. Jasmine Farzana, II M.Sc. Biostatistics

 

 

Our Statistics Association activities for the academic year 2016-17 began with an Inter-Departmental activity on 17/9/2016 with its distinguished name “d-Analytica 2k16  followed by the Intercollegiate activity “d-Analytica 2k17” on 08/02/2017.  d-Analytica meaning d- Data, Analytica derived from the word analytical, meaning “skilled in analysis” in statistical perspective. The name of the activity specifically highlighted the importance of data analysis in modern era.

            The theme of the activity d-Analytica 2k16   is to enhance the statistical knowledge of the students from various disciplines (other than Statistics) of S.D.N.B. Vaishnav College. The description about the activity is highlighted as follows:

 

Year

No. of Students

2011-12

19

2012-13

7

2013-14

11

2014-15

17

2015-16

33

Certificate Course: Department of statistics offering certificate course in DATA ANALYSIS USING SPSS to Final Year B.Sc. Students from the department of  Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology.

 

Skill Based Paper:

MS EXCEL is offered as a skill based paper to provide hands on training on usage of statistical tools available in the package.

 Computing Skills is offered as a self-learning component wherein students take Spoken Tutorial classes, offered by IIT Bombay available in college Digital Library - D Space.