Srikant Jena Leaves for Dublin Tonight to Attend 58th World Statistics Congress
Sri. Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Statistics & Programme Implementation is scheduled to leave tonight
for Dublin, Ireland to attend the 58th World Statistics Congress of
the International Statistical Institute to be held from 21st August to
26th August, 2011. The Minister is accompanied by a delegation. On
22nd August, 2011, he will confer the International Award in
Statistics to Prof. Victor Yohoi of Argentina, the founder of the
‘Argentinean School’ of ‘Robust Statistics’.
The biennial award was instituted by the Government of India in
association with the International Statistical Institute, Woorburg,
The Netherlands in 2003, to recognize the statisticians from the
developing countries for the life time contribution in Statistical
Research and Official statistics of the native country. The Award was
instituted in the memory of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis, who was one of
the members of the first 5-year planning body in India and the founder
of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
In addition to the World Statistical Congress, the Minister will be
meeting Mr. Phil Hogan, Minister of Environment, Community and Local
Government, Government of Ireland. The Minister will be introduced to
the business community of Ireland in the meetings hosted by Lord Mayor
of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Kilkenny. The Minister will have meetings
with the Ireland Government officials also. He has also consented to
deliver a lecture on ‘Data Collection in Emerging Economies:
Challenges and Prospects’ at Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School,
University College, Dublin. The Minister will interact with the Indian
community at the reception and dinner hosted by Ireland-India Council.
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