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Professor Pranab K. Sen, formerly Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, passed away at his home in Chapel Hill on 31 December, 2023. Professor Sen was one of the leading statisticians of the world, and has made seminal contributions in many areas including nonparametric statistics and biostatistics. He has received many important awards during his lifetime, and has been the author or coauthor of more than 600 research publications, as well as several books. He has also advised over 80 PhD students. He had very close academic ties with the Indian Statistical Institute, and was the Editor-in-Chief of Sankhya during 2008-2011.