It is well known that Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, during his tenure as a Professor in Physics in Presidency College, Kolkata,  set up a statistical laboratory in Presidency College sometime in the 1920s. On December 17, 1931, the Indian Statistical Institute was founded as a learned society and housed in the Statistical Laboratory.  Incidentally, the Presidency College, presently known as Presidency University,  a front liner University of the country,  is celebrating its bicentenary this year. As a part of the 125th birth anniversary celebration of Prof. Mahalanobis, Indian Statistical Institute and Presidency University are planning to jointly organizing a conference on Statistical Physics during February 26 – 28, 2018.  The primary aim of this conference is to expose students and young scholars to the exciting world of Statistical Physics through a set of invited lectures by eminent researchers.

We hope you will consider joining us in these celebrations and participate in this conference.