Born 29 Jun 1893; died 28 Jun 1972 at age 78.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an #Indian #statistician who set up large-scale #surveys, applied statistical theory and created institutions to carry out such work.

He studied #physics and #mathematics at the University of #Cambridge, and became  interested in statistics. He returned to India in 1915. Although he began a teaching career in physics, he turned to statistics in applications of #anthropology, #meteorology and #biology.

He established the #IndianStatisticalInstitute in #Calcutta (17 Dec 1931).

The #MahalanobisDistance was his #innovation in statistics to compare two #data sets.

He also devised #fractile #graphical #analysis to study #socioeconomic conditions. He applied statistics to issues of #crop yields and planning for #flood control.

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