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Department of StatisticsSCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS,

STATISTICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

University of Madras

10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/others)

Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors Others

1 Name of the Department

2 Year of establishment

3 Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university?

4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)

5 Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved

6 Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

7 Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons

8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ Trimester/Choice Based Credit System

9 Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments

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Department of Statistics

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Statistics SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS,

STATISTICS & COMPUTER

University of Madras

Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/others)

Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS)

1 1+1* 2 --

5+1 1

Name of the Department STATISTICS

1941

Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university?

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.

Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)

M.Sc. Statistics, M.Sc. Actuarial Science – self Supportive and Ph.D. (Full /Part Time)

Interdisciplinary programmes and

Bio-Statistics, NumericalMethods, OR Data Analysis using R. ( open to all Science Departments as an elective )

Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign

MOU with University of Naples , Italy for Research Collaboration

Details of programmes discontinued, if M.Phil. ( lack of faculty)

tion System: Annual/ Semester/ Trimester/Choice Based Credit System

Choice Based Credit System. (CBCS)

Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments

Students of the department take elective courses offered by other departments like Mathematics, Computer Science, Management Sciences, and Music.

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Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Actual (including CAS & MPS)

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.

M.Sc. Actuarial self Supportive and

Ph.D. (Full /Part Time) Statistics, Numerical

Data Analysis using R. ( open to all Science Departments as an elective ) MOU with University of Naples , Italy for Research Collaboration

M.Phil. ( lack of faculty)

Choice Based Credit System.

Students of the department take elective courses offered by other departments like Mathematics, Computer Science, Management

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance

12 List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors

1. Dr. K.N. Ponnuswamy Emeritus Professor 5 Years (February 2005 –

February 2010) 2. Dr. K. Suresh Chandra Emeritus Professor 5 Years (February 2005 –

February 2010) 3. Prof C.R. Rao (Adjunct Prof.)

13 Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information

M.Sc. Statistics - 25% M.Sc. Act. science- 75%

(Self-Supportive) 14 Programme-wise Student

Teacher Ratio M.Sc Statistics – 1:8 M.Sc Act. Science - 1; 8

15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff:

Sanctioned Filled Actual

2 Technical officers 3 Administrative Staff

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16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies

UGC-SAP & UGC-ASIHSS Programmes

Outlier Detection in Multidimensional Data

Data Mining and Sampling Techniques

Name

Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years of

Experience

No. of Ph.D./M.Phil.

students guided for the last 4

years Dr.M.R.Srinivasan M.Sc., M.B.A.,

Ph.D. Professor & Head

Linear Models and Design of Experiments

26 years 10 Ph.D

Dr.S.Sampath M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D. Professor Sampling Theory & Data Mining

31 years 7 Ph.D

Mrs. M.R.Sindhumol

M.Sc.,M.Phil. Assistant Professor

Statistical Quality Control

13 years -Nil-



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17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international

funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies,

project title and grants received project-wise.

S.No

Name of the Principal/ Co-Principal Investigator

Title of the Project

Sponsored by

Amount Sanctioned

Month & Year of Commencement & Duration

Amount Received in 2006-2007

Status (completed Ongoing)

1

Dr.M.R.Srinivasan

Outlier Mining in Multidimensional surveillance/ security data on deduction of influenced observations.

DRDO

Rs.10.19 Lakhs.

Oct. 2008 and 3 Years

Rs.4.2 Lakhs

Completed

2. Dr.M.R.Srinivasan

Linear regression and Design of Experiments

DST-PURSE

1 Research Fellow

April 2011 Ongoing

3 Dr.S.Sampath Statistical Data Mining using Rough and Fuzzy Sets

SERC-DST

Rs.10.00 Lakhs

July 2009 and 3 years

Completed

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received

National collaboration -

a) International collaboration – University of Naples, Italy research Collaboration

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,

ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received.

· DST–FIST (Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India UGC Innovative

Programme – Teaching and Research in Interdisciplinary Emerging Areas –

Rs.16.00 Lacks.

· UGC –Innovative program for offering M.Sc Actuarial science · UPE- Centre for Cognitive and Behavioral Research- Rs.75.00 Lacks (jointly

with the Dept. of Psychology and Dept. of Education)



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20. Research facility / centre with -

· state recognition

· national recognition

· international recognition

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies - Laboratories under the DST –FIST

22. Publications:

* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /

international):34

* Monographs : 02

* Chapters in Books : 03

* Edited Books :

* Books with ISBN with details of publishers :

* Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) :

* Citation Index – range / average :

* SNIP :

* SJR :

* Impact Factor – range / average :

* h-index * others : 03

23. Details of patents and income generated - Nil

· Areas of consultancy and income generated - Statistical consultancy to Governmental Organizations, NGO’s, corporate bodies and research institutions on honorary basis.

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated -

Statistical consultancy to Governmental Organizations, NGO’s, corporate bodies and research institutions on honorary basis.

25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /

institutions / industries in India and abroad

· Dr G.Gopal: IEEE International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.



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· Dr M.R. Srinivasan : Professor of Statistics, University of Dodoma, Tanzania

· Dr M.R. Srinivasan: National university of Singapore, Singapore

26. Faculty serving in

a) National committees - NAA b) International committees - c) Editorial Boards - d) any other (please specify) -

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

workshops, training programs and similar programs).

S.No Name and Dates of the Conference/ seminar

Nature (National/

International)

Funding Agency

Name of the Convener/

Coordinator 1 XI Annual Conference of

Indian Society of Statistics and Computer Applications in February,2009.

National ICMR, State Planning

Commission

Dr.G.Gopal/ Dr.S.Sampath

1. Workshop on usage of statistical package March 28-30, 2011

National UGC Dr.G.Gopal / Mrs.M.R.Sindhumol

2 “National Symposium on Statistics and its Applications for Young Researchers (NSSAYR-2012) during Feb 24-25,2012”

National MOSPI and University of Madras

Dr.M.R.Srinivasan /Mrs.M.R.Sindhumol

3 “International Conference on Statistics, Science and Society: New Challenges and Opportunities” – IISA -2013” during January 2 - 5, 2013”

International IISA and University of Madras


28. Student projects

· percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-

departmental projects – 100 %

percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /

industry / institute – Every year considerable number of students do their projects

in many institutions including ICMR, Cancer Research Institute, Reserve Bank of



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India, Insurance companies, Meteorological Centre as well as in leading

industries

29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

Faculty – Dr.S.Sampath - Academic Achievement Award given by University of

Madras

· Doctoral / post doctoral fellows -

· Students –

[1] Ms.R.Thilagavathi- First Prize- All India Essay Writing Competition organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. [2] Mr. G. Arunkumar – Third Prize – All India Essay Writing Competition organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. [3] Mr. B.Subhashini – Consolation Prize - All India Essay Writing Competition organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. (4) Two national ranks in Actuarial Society of India Examination

30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding

(national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.

(Details furnished in Appendix II)

List of outstanding participants:


Nature (National/

International)

Funding Agency

Name of the Convener/

Coordinator 1 Work Shop on Statistical

Data Mining””, November, 2008

National Self support Dr.S.Sampath

2 XI Annual Conference of Indian Society of Statistics and Computer Applications in February,2009

National ICMR, State Planning

Commission

Dr.G.Gopal/ Dr.S.Sampath

3 National Workshop on usage of statistical package March 28-30, 2011


4 “National Symposium on Statistics and its Applications for Young Researchers (NSSAYR-2012) during Feb 24-25, 2012”

National MOSPI and University of Madras


5 “International Conference on Statistics, Science and Society: New Challenges

International IISA and University of Madras




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and Opportunities” – IISA -2013” during January 2 - 5, 2013”

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments -

UGC regulations on minimum standard and procedure for the award of M.Phil/Ph.D. degree

– 2009 are followed.

32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Programme (refer to question no. 4)

Applications received 2011-12

Selected Male Female

Pass percentage Male Female

2008-2009: M.Sc. Statistics M.Sc. Actuarial Science

59

37

10 07 09 12

40% 60% (7 students

discontinued) 21.10% 63.20%

( 2 students discontinued)


60

59

01 23 09 19

Nil 100% (4 Students discontinued) 19.05% 66.67% (6 Students

discontinued)


57

53

06 16 09 18

20%

80% (2 Students

discontinued) 30.77%

57.69% 2011-2012: M.Sc. Statistics M.Sc. Actuarial Science

69

54

15 11 04 23

22%

33% (8 Students

discontinued) 4% 80%

(2 students discontinued)


62 44

08 16 06 18



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33. Diversity of students

Name of the Programme

(refer to question no. 4)

% of students from the

same university

% of students from other universities

within the State

% of students from

universities outside the

State

% of students from other countries

2008-2009: M.Sc. Statistics M.Sc. Actuarial

Science

41.17 38.10

41.17 28.57

17.66 33.33

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Science

91.60 21.45

4.20 35.77

4.20 39.28

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3.50


Science

63.64 18.52

18.18 66.67

18.18 14.81

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Science

73.08 48.16

7.69 44.44

19.23 7.41

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Science

75.00 29.17

8.33 62.50

16.67 8.33

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34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services

examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give

details category-wise.

· Chandrajit Chatterjee has joined Indian Statistical Service in 2009.

35. Student progression

Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG NA PG to M.Phil. 14% PG to Ph.D. 10% Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil Employed · Campus selection · Other than campus recruitment

45% 55 %

Entrepreneurs



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36. Diversity of staff

Percentage of faculty who are graduates

of the same university 66%

from other universities within the State 33%

from universities from other States

from universities outside the country

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during

the assessment period

Nil

38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library - More than 2000 books and some journals are available in the Dept.

Library.

b) Internet facilities for staff and students - Internet facilities are available to

faculties and students.

c) Total number of class rooms - Four class rooms.

d) Class rooms with ICT facility - Laboratory

e) Students’ laboratories - About 30 systems are available for

doing statistical computing.

f) Research laboratories - A separate room with internet

connected systems is available for

the researchers.

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates : Enclosed

a) from the host institution/university

Sl.No. Name of the Student 1. Mr.Mehamood .G.Sayyed 2. Miss. R.Shunmugathai 3. Mr.V.Kamal Nasir 4. Mrs.U.Sangeetha 5. Mr.S.prabakaran 6. Mr.A.R.Jayaraman 7. Mrs.M.R.sindhumol 8. Mr.S.Prabakaran 9. Mrs.A.Ammani 10. Mrs.S.P.Deepa 11. Mrs.H.Bagyalakshmi 12. Mrs.R.Renuga Devi



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13. J.Mohan Raj 14. Mr.R.Senthil Kumar 15. Mrs.S.M.Lalitha 16. Miss. B.Ramya

b) from other institutions/universities

PDF: Dr.A.Thirumurugan (from Annamalai University- Fellow under RGNF for

SC/ST candidate)

40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the

university. -

Year No. of students (under EWLS)

2008-09 02

2009-10 02

2010-11 04

2011-12 02

2012-13 02

41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology.

Based on the Govt. Policy of opening up Insurance industry, M.Sc Actuarial science

was introduced. Started with an evening Diploma program and later upgraded to M.Sc

program with the support of UGC. Now offered under self supporting mode. It is a

pan Indian program attracting students from all over India and abroad.

42. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how

does the department utilize the feedback?

1. Feedbacks given by students at the end of every semester are seriously

discussed in the department and appropriate measures are taken to rectify

the errors, if any.

Under CBCS system teacher offering the course has the freedom to continuously

evaluate, Department has policy of scrutiny of question papers by inviting experts

before the end semester examination



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b. Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how

does the department utilize the feedback?

Every year the feedback forms are processed by IQAC section of the University

of Madras which the department uses as pointed out in 42(a)-1

c. Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the

department utilize the feedback?

Views expressed by alumni and external experts from industry who are invited

for board of studies are accommodated wherever they are of constructive nature.

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

Name of Scholar Affliation / Organization Mr. M. Manickam Vice-Chairman & Managing Director

Sakthi Sugars Ltd. Dr. D. Rathinasabapathy Professor of Mathematics & Bio Statistics

University of Philadelphia, USA. Dr. R. Parthasarathy Associate Professor, Kent State University Dr. P. Sundar Professor, Lousiana State University Mrs. P.R. Ananthalakshmi Joint Director of Statistics, Govt. of Tamil Nadu Mr. Ramachandramoorthy, ISS Indian Information Service, Bangalore M.S. Nandhini Kannan Director, NSF, USA Dr. M. Shanmugam Regional Director, IGNOU, Ahmedabad Dr. Anand Vidyashankar Professor, IOWA State University, USA Dr. V. Kamalesh Associate Faculty, Univ. of Auckland,

New Zealand Dr. D. Karthikeyan, I.A.S. Chairman, TNPCB., Govt. of Tamil Nadu Mr. K. Raju Senior Statistician, Glaxo Welcome, Singapore Dr. B.N. Mukesh Bio-statistician, Centre for Eye Research,

Melbourne University, Australia Ms. Vaishnavi Srinivasan Lecturer in Actuaries, University of Southampton,

UK Mr. S. Gangadaran Grade ‘B’ Officer, Reserve Bank of India, Bombay. Mr.A.R.Jayaraman Asst. Advisor, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr Chandrajit Chatterjee, ISS Ministry of Statistics, Govt. of India Mrs Ranjhana Subramanyam Manager, Cognizant Technologies, Bangalore Mr B. Venkateshan Team Leader, L & T Software Group, Chennai Dr.B.Kishore Kumar Melinda gates Foundation, New Delhi Dr T. Anbupalam Gensoft. Australia



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44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts.

SPECIAL LECTURES:

Year Name of the Faculty

2010-11 Dr.K.Suresh Chandra, University of Madras

Prof.Sudhir Paul, University of Windsor, Canada.

2011-12

Dr.P.Chandrasekar, Loyal College.

Dr.B.Chandrasekar, Loyal College.

Prof.J.Ranganathan, University of Madras.

Dr.T.M.Durairajan, Loyala College.

Prof. K.Sreenivasa Rao, Andhra University

Mr.C.K.Chandrasekar- IBS, Chennai.

2012-13

Prof. Talluri Jagannadha Rao, , ISI, Kolkatta

Dr.Srinivas Koduri, Hyderabad – Visiting Professor

Prof.Jayaram.Sethuraman, Florida State University,

(USA – Renowned Professor).

Prof. Rakesh Nigam, Stanford University, USA

Prof N.Balakrishan , McMaster University

(Prof S. Panchapakesan Endowment Lecture)

WORKSHOPS:


Nature (National/

International)

Funding Agency Name of the Convener/

Coordinator 1 “Usage of Statistical

Package”, March 28-30, 2011


2 “Data Analysis using MS Excel”

State University of Madras

Mr. C.K.Chandrasekhar, B.Tech., M.B.A (IIM-A)

3 “Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials”

International IISA, MOSPI, World Bank,

ISI, University of Madras

Mr.Cyrus R.Mehta, Cytel Corportation,USA

4 “Introduction to R” International IISA, MOSPI, World Bank,


Ms.Chaitra H. Nagaraja, Fordham University, USA

5 “Shape Restricted International IISA, MOSPI, Mr.Sujit Kumar



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Regression Models” World Bank, ISI, University

of Madras

Ghosh, North Carolina State University, USA

6 “Statistical Issues in Personalised Medicine”

International IISA, MOSPI, World Bank,


Mr.Stephen Senn, Competence Centre for Methodology and Statistics, Luxembourg

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

Statistics is more an interactive course. Hence chalk and board is widely used.

However, as a supplement LCD and others are used when needed. Software usage is

more an interactive process. Students are asked to choose topics in a course and a

presentation is made

46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met

and learning outcomes are monitored?

With limited strength of faculty members, students interact on a regular basis.

Students seek the guidance of faculty on a regular basis after the class hours.

47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

· Insurance day was celebrated jointly with LIC of India and competition was held

with students participation from the departments and affiliated colleges

48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

· Students take up Actuarial society of India examinations and around 60%

of them pass out atleast two papers before completing their M.Sc

program.

· Students have participated in the National level writing completion in

Statistics Conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implimentation and won prestigious awards over the past five years.

Awards were presented by the Central Minister of Statistics on National

statistics Day at New Delhi.

· Students have participated inter-collegiate competitions and won prizes,

conducted by the affiliated colleges of University of Madras- Madras

Christian College and SDNB Vaishnav Women’s College.



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49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other

agencies? If yes, give details.

No formal accreditation. But the syllabus for Actuarial science program has been

designed based on the Actuarial Society of India

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new

knowledge, basic or applied.

· Ample number of seminars has been arranged by experts on recent topics,

like Statistical Genetics, Data Mining and Clinical Trials, financial modeling

etc.,for the benefit of the students and researchers.

· Workshops on the use of statistical packages and R programming also

conducted for the benefits of the students.

51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges

(SWOC) of the department.

Strength:

· Good in Applied Statistics Research

· Offering an innovative job-oriented course of Actuarial science

· Diversity of students taking courses in the department

· Regular Exposure to students by scientists and researchers across the

country and world

· Scope for collaboration with universities abroad

Weakness

· Human resources dependent on guest faculty

· Updating of software packages due to financial constraint

· Accessibility to limited journals owing to cost factor

· Unable to attract more talented students to research in statistics

· Lack of Collaboration with statistical users from industry

Opportunities

· Opportunities for interaction in frontier areas like ecology and

environment

· Creation of Center for Analytics with availability of voluminous data

· Collaboration with financial institutions for developing financial products



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· Expanding the scope of bio-statistics course with the growth of Medical

and Pharma related institutions

· Making statistics program more vibrant

Challenges

· Create awareness about statistics and its applications

· Use of appropriate statistical tools in the software

· Interaction with other subjects like genetics for better usage of statistics

52. Future plans of the department.

· Department would like to go in for DST- FIST Phase 2 program.

· With the faculty to be filled up soon more projects proposals to be submitted

for financial support.

· Department is carrying out lot of consultancy work. Propose to channelize the

same through the Center for Data Analysis by charging a nominal

consultancy fee

· Expansion of Research in frontier areas like Big data, Financial modeling

Clinical trials etc.

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