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HYDERABAD, DEC. 29. Hyderabad is hosting one of the largest gatherings of statisticians to discuss the future of this discipline. Addressing the distinguished gathering of statisticians at the Indian School of Business, through a videoconference link from Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, here on Wednesday morning, the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, acclaimed the "silent support" of statisticians to nation building. Recounting his experiences with statisticians and the large contribution of statistics to the space and missile development programme of India, Dr. Kalam said that in every field of work statistics provided critical insights. He gave the example of P.C. Mahalanobis, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute in 1931 and after independence became a central figure of economic planning and development.
Wide application
Apart from its traditional role in fiscal and taxation policies, statistics helped in weather forecasts, medical and biotechnology research, industrial production and marketing, social policies and academic research, Dr. Kalam said. Earlier, C.R. Rao, the doyen of statistics in India, said that the conference would discuss the current state of the art and examine possible future developments. "The areas of application of statistics are expanding and the scope of statistics seems to be unlimited," he said. Dr. Rao's advice to administrators and politicians was to seek statistical advice when faced with a problem rather than appoint a committee of experts. "Statistics can throw more light than the collective wisdom of the articulate few," he said. The conference, organised jointly by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association and the newly formed International Indian Statistical Association, was being attended by 170 delegates from more than 30 countries, apart from 100 participants from India.
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