For nearly ten years, the Applied Statistics Unit had been the only unit under the Applied Statistics Division. Another unit called Bayesian and Interdisciplinary Research Unit was created and brought under the Applied Statistics Division in April 2006. The Professor-in-Charge of the Applied Statistics Division is Prof. Subhamoy Maitra. 

Prof.  Mausumi Bose  is currently  the Head of the Applied Statistics Unit  . 

Scientists of the Applied Statistics Unit (ASU) conduct research in various areas of statistics, mathematics and computer science, with special emphasis on applications. They regularly conduct research and development projects, sometimes in collaboration with scientists of other units of ISI and/or other organisations. Currently, there are collaborative on-going projects with the Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division and the Social Sciences Division.

ASU holds a Tuesday seminar series with speakers both from within and outside the Unit. 

The faculty of ASU are also involved in various teaching and training activities. Apart from participating in the teaching of all the regular courses of the Institute held at Calcutta, they also conduct a Statistical Traineeship programme for fresh master's degree-holders in Statistics. ASU is fully responsible for conducting the short-term course Intensive Course on Programming and Application of Electronic Computers.This unit  regularly conducts teaching/training programmes like winter/summer schools,  North-East Training,UGC-sponsored refresher courses and workshops.Please visit upcoming workshop page Workshop on Reliability & Survival Analysis, November 23-25, 2011. 

Location
The Applied Statistics Unit is located in the 8th and 9th floors of the Library building, in the main campus of ISI. Click here for campus map and directions.

Contact

Address	Telephone	Email
Applied Statistics Unit Indian Statistical Institute 203, B.T. Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA	2575-2800	asu@isical.ac.in