Introduction
The Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I.), founded by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis grow our of the Statistical Laboratory set up by him in ther Presidency College in Calcutta. In 1932, the Institute was registered as a non-profit making learned society for the advancement of statistics in India. A few years the Institute’s achievements in research that included innovative projects on sample surveys of agricultural crops and socio-economic after-effects of the Bengal famine (1943-44) as well as path breaking research publications of Professor R.C.Bose on experimental designs in the Annals of Eugenics (1939) bough recognition in India and abroad. The Institute is now considered as one of the foremost centres in the world for training and research in statistics and the related sciences.Under the leadership of Professor P C Mahalanobis, the Institute also initiated and promoted the interaction of statistics with natural and and social sciences to unfold the role of statistics
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as a kep technology which the explicated the twin aspects of statistics – its general applicability and its dependence on other disciplines for its own development. In keep with this long tradition, the Institute has been engaged in developing statistics theory and methods and their practical applications in various branches of science and technology.
The major objectives of the Institute, as given in the Memorandum are
To promote the study and dissemination of knowledge of statistics, to develop statistical theory and methods, and their use in research and practical application generally, with special reference to problems of planning of national development and social welfare;
To undertake research in various fields of natural and social sciences with a view to the mutual development of statistics and these sciences.
To provide for, and undertake, the collection of information, investigation projects and operational research for purposes of planning and the improvement of efficiency of management and production.
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Links to other ISI Centres in India
http://www.isical.ac.in/
Indian Statistical Institute, Head Quarters, Kolkata, INDIA.
http://www.isibang.ac.in/
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.
http://www.isichennai.com/
Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai.
http://www.isid.ac.in/
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
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Six Sigma Resources online
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Guidebook for Six Sigma Implementation with Real Time Applications
Seven Key Principles to Successful Six Sigma Implementation
Six Sigma Implementation - Some Issues
Study on Improvement of Productivity at Wire Rod Mill
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