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Statistics
   
Year of establishment : 1954
Location : 1st Floor, Manik Chandra Barooah Administrative Building
E mail : cotton.statistics@yahoo.in

History :
The Department of Statistics was established in the year 1954. In 1955, Honours (now called ‘Major’) Course in Statistics was started. The Post-Graduate Course in the department was introduced from the academic session 1986-87. Statistics department has received the financial assistance from DST, Govt. of India under its ‘Fund for Infrastructure Development in Science & Technology in Higher Educational Institution (FIST)’ programme. The department has also been receiving financial assistance from the UGC since 2008-09 under the scheme ‘Rejuvenation of Basic Scientific Research in Indian Universities/PG Colleges’. Statistics department has produced many ‘Best Science Graduates’ of Gauhati University over the years.
Courses offered :
HS Course
Three year Degree Course (B.Sc.)
Two year (four Semester) Post-Graduate Course (M.Sc.)
One year Diploma in Bioinformatics (Self-financing)
6 months long Certificate Course in Bioinformatics (Self-financing)

Number of Seats : B.A. 20
M.Sc. 10


Specialization offered in M.Sc. : Operation Research

Faculty Members :

Name : Dr. (Ms.) Geeta Dey
Designation : Head & Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Operation Research
Contact Number : 9954273955, 2548452, 2458452 (Res)
Email : GeetaDey@rediffmail.com

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Name :
Sri Kamal Barman
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc.
Area of Specialization : Operation Research
Contact Number : 9864269241, 2331031 (Res)
Email : kmlbarman@yahoo.com

Name : Dr. Sangeeta Barthakur
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Design of Experiment, Bio-Statistics
Contact Number : 9864032697, 2228946 (Res)
Email : sangeetabarthakur@rediffmail.com

Name : Dr. Bandana Sharma
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Design of Experiment, Operation Research
Contact Number : 2607245 (Res)
Email : bsharmacotton@rediffmail.com

Name : Dr. Ruma Talukdar
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil, B.Ed., Ph.D
Area of Specialization : Operation Research
Contact Number : 9864056389, 2454615 (Res)
Email : rumatalukdar_gogoi@rediffmail.com

Name : Ms. Monita Baruah
Designation : ON LEAVE
Educational Qualification : M.Sc.
Area of Specialization : Operation Research
Contact Number :
Email :

Name : Ms. Dulumoni Das
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil
Area of Specialization : Bio-Statistics, Advanced Design & Experiment, Operation Research
Contact Number : 9864021772
Email :

Laboratory & Office Staff Mambers :

  • Md. Raful Ali (Laboratory Assistant)
  • Sri Naren Deka

Former Faculty Members :

Name Service Period
Banshidhar Das 1954-1973

Nilim Baruah

 
Nanidhar Kalita 1955-1975
Jyotish Ch. Sarma Baruah 1958-1991
Jishnu Dutta 1964-1998
Biswajit Chakravarty 1969-1994
Abdul Mannan 1974
Ms. Kamala Choudhury 1976-2011
Haren Borah 1977-1980
Purabi Das  
Ms. Rajita Rajkumari 1982-2011
Hiranya Borah 1985
Dr. (Ms.) Ruby Gohain 1986-2007
Indreswar Talukdar 1986-2010
Dr. Pradip Bhuyan 1992-1995
Dr. Amit Choudhury 1995-1996



Facilities :

The Department has one Seminar Library with 354 books and is well equipped with modern audio-visual teaching aids like OHP, LCD projector etc. It has got a separate Computer Room with 6 computers having round the clock internet connectivity.

Research journals subscribed by the Department :

Sankhya
Biometrika
Journal of Royal Statistical Society
The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
Journal of Indian Statistical Association
Journal of American Statistical Association
Journal of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics
Assam Statistical Review, Demography- India.

Activities :

Statistics Department regularly organizes Guest Lectures by renowned speakers, Class Seminars by students etc. It offers career counseling to students time to time. The Department under the banner of the 'Cotton College Statistical Society' regularly organizes Guest Lectures, health check-up camps etc, Statistics Department also brings out its wall magazine entitled "Pratyush" annually.

Ongoing Minor Research Projects :

Title of the Project Funding Agency Principal Investigator
A statistical study of epidemiological
characteristics of Assam and their significant
effect on the health scenario in Assam.
UGC Sri Kamal Barman

 

 
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