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Year 2011-12 Involve Exploring the Relation Between the Euler Class Group of a Ring and That of Its Polynomial Extension PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE, CHAIRMAN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AS ON MARCH 31, 2012 President: Prof. M.G.K. Menon, FRS 1. Chairman: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India. 2. Director: Prof. Bimal K. Roy. Representatives of Government of India 3. Shri S.K. Das, DG, CSO, Govt. of India, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, New Delhi. 4. Dr. K.L. Prasad, Adviser, Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. 5. Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Scientist ‘G’ & Adviser, (International Cooperation), Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 6. Shri Deepak K. Mohanty, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. 7. Shri Anant Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary (HE), Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, New Delhi. Representative of ICSSR 8. Dr. Ranjit Sinha, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. Representatives of INSA 9. Prof. V.D. Sharma, FNA, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. 10. Prof. B.L.S. Prakasa Rao, FNA, Dr. Homi J Bhabha Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. 11. Prof. T.P. Singh, FNA, DBT Distinguished Biotechnologist, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. 12. Prof. Somnath Dasgupta, FNA, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, West Bengal. Representative of the Planning Commission 13. Shri B.D. Virdi, Adviser, Perspective Planning Division of Planning Commission, New Delhi. Representative of the University Grants Commission 14. Prof. S. Mahendra Dev, Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. Scientists co-opted by the Council 15. Prof. Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi. 16. Prof. R. Balasubramanian, Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. Elected representatives of the Institute members not employed in the Institute 17. Prof. D. Dutta Majumder, FNA, Emeritus Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. 18. Shri Ajay Kumar Ghosh, Kolkata. 19. Dr. Siddani Bhaskara Rao, Director, C.R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Hyderabad. Elected representatives of the employees of the Institute 20. Shri Somnath Ray, Representative of the Scientific Workers. 21. Shri Prabir Chattoraj, Representative of the Non-Scientific Workers. Officers of the Institute 22. Prof. Goutam Mukherjee, Professor-in-Charge, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division. 23. Prof. Subhamoy Maitra, Professor-in-Charge, Applied Statistics Division. 24. Prof. Madhura Swaminathan, Professor-in-Charge, Social Sciences Division. 25. Prof. Sisir Roy, Professor-in-Charge, Physics and Earth Sciences Division. 26. Dr. Anjana Dewanji, Professor-in-Charge, Biological Sciences Division. 27. Prof. Subhas Chandra Nandy, Professor-in-Charge, Computer and Communication Sciences Division. 28. Shri Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Head, SQC & OR Division. 29. Prof. Satya P. Das, Head, Delhi Centre. 30. Prof. N.S.N. Sastry, Head, Bangalore Centre. 31. Prof. P.S.S.N.V.P. Rao, Acting Head, Chennai Centre. 32. Prof. Bhabani Prasad Sinha, Dean of Studies. Non-Member Secretary Shri S.K. Iyer, Chief Executive (Administration & Finance). INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Annual Report April 2011 – March 2012 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road Kolkata – 700 108 (http://www.isical.ac.in) INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE EIGHTIETH ANNUAL REPORT April 2011 – March 2012 CONTENTS Page Director’s Report i Brief History of the Institute iii Part I. Teaching & Training, Research and Publications 1. Teaching & Training 1 Degrees and other Courses 1 Ph.D. Degrees Awarded 3 International Statistical Education Centre 7 2. Research and other Scientific Activities 8 Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division 8 Stat-Math Unit (SMU), Kolkata 8 Stat-Math Unit (SMU), Delhi 10 Stat-Math Unit (SMU), Bangalore 11 Applied Statistics Division 13 Applied Statistics Unit (ASU) 13 Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research Unit (BIRU) 17 Sampling and Official Statistics Unit (SOSU) 21 Computer and Communication Sciences Division 23 Advanced Computing and Microelectronics Unit (ACMU) 23 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit (CVPRU) 27 Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore 30 Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit (ECSU) 32 Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU) 34 Systems Science and Informatics Unit (SSIU), Bangalore 40 Physics and Earth Sciences Division 43 Geological Studies Unit (GSU) 43 Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit (PAMU) 47 Biological Sciences Division 51 Agricultural & Ecological Research Unit (AERU) 51 Biological Anthropology Unit (BAU) 56 Human Genetics Unit (HGU) 57 Social Sciences Division 58 Economic Research Unit (ERU) 58 Economic Analysis Unit (EAU), Bangalore 66 Linguistic Research Unit (LRU) 67 Planning Unit (PU), Delhi 69 Population Studies Unit (PSU) 71 Psychology Research Unit (PRU) 74 Sociological Research Unit (SRU) 78 Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research Division 78 SQC & OR Unit, Bangalore 78 SQC & OR Unit, Chennai 79 SQC & OR Unit, Coimbatore 79 SQC & OR Unit, Delhi 82 SQC & OR Unit, Hyderabad 82 SQC & OR Unit, Kolkata 84 Library, Documentation and Information Sciences Division 87 Library, Kolkata 87 Library, Delhi 89 Library, Bangalore 91 Library, Tezpur 92 Library, Chennai 93 Centre for Soft Computing Research: A National Facility 94 Computer and Statistical Services Centre 99 3. Projects 100 Internally Funded Projects 100 Ongoing Projects 100 Completed Projects 103 Externally Funded Projects 105 Ongoing Projects 105 Completed Projects 110 North East Projects 115 Ongoing Projects 115 Completed Projects 115 4. Symposia, Conferences, Workshops, Lectures and Seminars 116 Symposia and Conferences 116 Workshops and Training Programme 117 Lectures and Seminars 122 5. Publication of Sankhyā 141 6. Scientific Papers and Publications 142 Books Published 142 Papers Published in Journals 145 Papers Published in Conference Proceedings 177 Papers Published in Books 193 Part II. Visiting Scientists, Honours, Awards and Assignments 7. Visiting Scientists 200 8. Honours and Awards 210 9. Editorial and other Scientific Assignments 212 Editorial Assignments 212 Scientific Assignments/Academic Visits Abroad 216 Scientific Assignments/Academic Visits in India 225 Part III. Administration and Office Bearers 10. General Administration 243 11. List of Members of the Academic Council and other 250 Committees of the Institute as on 31 March 2012 Part IV. Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditor’s Report for the year 2011-2012 Director’s Report It is my privilege to present the Annual Report of the Institute for the year 2011-2012. This is the second time I am presenting before you the Annual Report of the Institute after I assumed the charge of the Director. As on previous occasions the Institute is proud to present the names of very talented faculty members who have earned honours and awards since last February. They have not only won accolades for themselves but set even higher standards for others to follow suit. A partial list of such recipients along with the honours and awards received is as follows. Professor Palash Sarkar has received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize in Mathematical Sciences for 2011, the highest honour awarded to an Indian Scientist. Professor Bimal Roy has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. He has also received the 19th Dewang Mehta Business School Award for outstanding contribution to education. Professor B.B. Chaudhuri has been elected a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Professor B.P. Sinha has been awarded the M.K. Singal Memorial Award by the Indian Science Congress Association for significant and lifetime contributions to the development of science & technology. Professor Sushmita Mitra has been elected IEEE Fellow from 1st January, 2012. Professor Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay has been elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2012. Dr. Pradipta Maji has bagged the INSA Medal for Young Scientists Award from Indian National Science Academy. Professor Rahul Roy has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. I take great pride to announce that Prof. S.R.S. Varadhan, an outstanding alumnus of our Institute presently with New York University has been awarded the National Medal of Science, USA, this year, the highest honour bestowed by the US Government on scientists, engineers and inventors. The fourth centre of ISI, the North-East Centre at Tezpur was inaugurated on 24th July, 2011. The inaugural programme was graced by Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Chairman, ISI Council and Hon'ble Finance Minister, Government of India; Sri Srikant Jena, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Sri Tarun Kumar Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam. A one-year post-graduate diploma course on Statistical Methods with Applications, has been started in the centre, presently housed at the Tezpur University campus. The course, apart from the normal curriculum will focus on the development of governmental statistical system in the North- Eastern states. A plot of land measuring about 25 acres have been acquired at Punioni near Tezpur University where the permanent North-East Centre of the Institute at Tezpur, Assam would come up. A two-year Master's Degree in Statistics (M. Stat.) has been
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