Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
{{Short description|Indian mathematician and statistician}}{{Other uses}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = S. P. Mukherjee
|image = SPM2016.jpg
|caption = Prof S P Mukherjee at a felicitation event in Feb 2016
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|6|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kidderpore, Kolkata, India
|nationality = Indian
|field = Statistics
|work_institution = University of Calcutta
|alma_mater = Presidency College, Calcutta
University of Calcutta
|doctoral_advisor = Purnendu Kumar Bose
|doctoral_students =
|known_for = Reliability analysis
|awards = Prof P. V. Sukhatme Award for Senior Statisticians
P. C. Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award
|footnotes =
}}
Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, FNASc, known as S. P. Mukherjee (born 16 June 1938), is an Indian statistician and the former Centenary Professor of Statistics at the University of Calcutta.{{cite web|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/chairs.htm|title=Prestigious Chairs|accessdate=1 March 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120322/http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/chairs.htm|archivedate=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} He is a visiting professor at University of Calcutta{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.caluniv.in/fac.asp |title=Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta |publisher=Stat.caluniv.in |date= |accessdate=2012-07-21}} after retiring formally in 2004.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/01/04/stories/0204000m.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125095301/http://www.hindu.com/2000/01/04/stories/0204000m.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=PM presents awards to 21 scientists|date=4 January 2000|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=21 July 2012}} He is the Chairman of Expert Group conducting All-India surveys under the Labour Bureau.{{cite news|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1709013|title=Labour Bureau launches two of the five all-India surveys}}
Early life and education
He was born in Kidderpore, Kolkata, India. In 1954 he appeared in his school final (10th grade) examination and was ranked second in the state of West Bengal. He received an M.Sc. in Statistics in 1960 and Ph.D. in Statistics in 1967 from University of Calcutta. After a short stint of teaching in the Presidency College, Calcutta, he joined the University of Calcutta as a lecturer in Statistics in 1964.
Academic career
Prof Mukherjee has done extensive research work in Applied Probability, Parametric and Bayesian Estimation, Reliability Analysis, Quality Management, and Operations Research; published more than sixty research papers and review and expository articles; and supervised twenty one Ph. D. students.
He was the President of the Operational Research Society of India as well as of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies (APORS).{{cite web |url=http://www.apors.ms.unimelb.edu.au/committee.html |title=Welcome to APORS |publisher=Apors.ms.unimelb.edu.au |accessdate=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317053349/http://www.apors.ms.unimelb.edu.au/committee.html |archivedate=17 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }} He was also a Vice-President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS).{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} He has been the President {{cite web|url=http://www.calcuttastatisticalassociation.org/Program_Nov2011.html |title=Calcutta Statistical Association |publisher=Calcuttastatisticalassociation.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-21}} of the Calcutta Statistical Association. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Statistical Methods for Quality and Reliability of the Bureau of Indian Standards. He is the president of the Indian Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability (IAPQR) {{cite web |url=http://www.iapqr.org/bearers.html |title=IAPQR, Indian Association for Productivity Quality & Reliability |publisher=Iapqr.org |accessdate=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040617210740/http://www.iapqr.org/bearers.html |archivedate=17 June 2004 |df=dmy-all }} as well as the editor of IAPQR Transactions and is associated with the editorial work of several other journals.
=Areas of research contributions=
- Applied probability
- Parametric and Bayesian estimation
- Reliability
- Quality management
- Operations research
=Books authored=
- Graduate Employment and Higher Education in West Bengal{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8ssAAAAMAAJ&q=editions:ISBN9280311018 | title=Graduate Employment and Higher Education in West Bengal | isbn=978-0-85226-078-4 | last1=Bose | first1=P. K. | last2=Sanyal | first2=Bikas C. | last3=Mukherjee | first3=Sakti Pada | date=1983 | publisher=Unesco Press }}
- Frontiers in Probability and Statistics{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9RUAAAAYAAJ | title=Frontiers in Probability and Statistics | isbn=978-81-7319-115-2 | last1=Basu | first1=Sujit K. | last2=Sinha | first2=Bimal K. | date=1998 | publisher=Narosa Publishing House }}
- Quality: Domains and Dimensions{{cite book | url=https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811312700 | title=Quality }}
- Statistical Methods in Social Science Research{{cite book | url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-2146-7 | doi=10.1007/978-981-13-2146-7 | title=Statistical Methods in Social Science Research | date=2018 | last1=Mukherjee | first1=S. P. | last2=Sinha | first2=Bikas K. | last3=Chattopadhyay | first3=Asis Kumar | isbn=978-981-13-2145-0 }}
- A Guide to Research Methodology: An Overview of Research Problems, Tasks and Methods{{Cite web|url=https://www.crcpress.com/A-Guide-to-Research-Methodology-An-Overview-of-Research-Problems-Tasks/Mukherjee/p/book/9780367256203|title=A Guide to Research Methodology: An Overview of Research Problems, Tasks and Methods}}
- Decision-making: Concepts, Methods and Techniques{{Cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/decision-making/book281110|title = Decision-making|date = 5 February 2022}}
=Awards and medals=
- Prof P V Sukhatme Award for Senior Statisticians June 2012{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=85078 |title=Press Information Bureau English Releases |publisher=Pib.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2012-07-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-44901.html|title=Statistics Day 2012 celebrated|accessdate=1 March 2016}}
- P C Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award January 2000
- Fellow of ISPS 2012
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