Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

January 8, 2024
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Full Name Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Occupation Mathematician
Date Of Birth Jun 29, 1893(1893-06-29)
Age 131
Date Of Death 1972-06-28
Country India
Horoscope Gemini

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Biography

Name Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Birthday Jun 29
Birth Year 1893
Birth Country India
Birth Sign Gemini
Spouse Nirmal Kumari Mahalanobis

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is one of the most popular and richest Mathematician who was born on June 29, 1893 in India. He was a scientist who established the Indian Statistical Institute. He is also remembered for Mahalanobis Distance, a statistical measure.

He was the secretary to RabindranathTagore, the Nobel Prize-winning author.

Gurucharan, his grandfather, opened a chemist shop back in 1860.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Mathematician
House Living in own house.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is one of the richest Mathematician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied physiology at Edinburgh University.

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his contribution to the sciences, which is one of India’s most prestigious civilian awards.

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Who is Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Dating?

According to our records, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis married to Nirmal Kumari Mahalanobis. As of December 1, 2023, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis’s is not dating anyone.

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Prasanta Ranked on the list of most popular Mathematician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis celebrates birthday on June 29 of every year.

What is the invention of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis?

P.C. Mahalanobis, in full Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, (born June 29, 1893, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died June 28, 1972, Calcutta), Indian statistician who devised the Mahalanobis distance and was instrumental in formulating India’s strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).

Who is the father of Indian statistics and why?

“Statistics must have a clearly defined purpose, one aspect of which is scientific advancement and the other human welfare and national development.” Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is also known as the father of Indian Statistics.

Who is the father of Indian budget and Indian statistics?

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Fields| Mathematics, statistics
Institutions| University of Cambridge Indian Statistical Institute
Doctoral advisor| William Herrick Macaulay
Doctoral students| Samarendra Roy

Why computer Mahalanobis is called Father of Indian budget?

Mahalanobis was instrumental in formulating India’s second five-year plan (1956-1961), which laid the blueprint for industrialisation and development in India. One of his most remarkable achievements was when Mahalanobis devised a measure of comparison between two data sets, now popularly called “Mahalanobis distance”.

Who is best mathematician in India?

Srinivasa Ramanujan : India’s greatest mathematician.

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