Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)

• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian statistician who is best known for his distance theory.
• He developed fractal graphical analysis, now a widely-used technique, and used by Mahalanobis to compare the socioeconomic conditions of different groups of people.
• The University of Oxford awarded him the Weldon Memorial Prize in 1944 in honour of this work.
• He founded the Indian Statistical Institute, contributing to the design of large-scale sample surveys.
• For his work, the Padma Vibhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honours, was bestowed upon him by the Indian government in 1968.

Text: Britannica (Accessed 10 June 2021)

Image: Bhāvanā (Accessed 10 June 2021)

Author: Yamange Deshan Premasiri (2021) LJMU Student

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