KORAPUT: The Department of Statistics, CUO organised a Special Lecture on ‘Statistics of 21st Century: New Challenges and Opportunities’ on May 12 at Sunabeda.
Prof Anurup Majumdar, Professor, Bidhan Chandra Krishi University, West Bengal, and Dr Mahesh Kumar Panda, Associate Professor, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, attended as the chief speaker and guest speaker respectively for the special lecture.
Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof Chakradhar Tripathi conveyed his best wishes and hoped the students will learn many features of new challenges and opportunities in statistics of the 21st Century.
Prof Sudhendu Mandal, advisor (Academic & Administration), CUO graced the occasion as the guest of honour and shared his valuable thoughts about the history of statistics in India. Biswajit Bhoi, Assistant Professor of Economics and Head (I/c) of the department, delivered the welcome address.
Prof Majumdar spoke on the ‘Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Approach for Ranking of Different Alternatives using the TOPSIS Method’. He highlighted the various methods and approaches in using applications in statistics.
Dr Panda delivered a fundamental and informative talk on ‘An Introduction to Machine Learning’. He enlightened how machine learning plays a very vital role in various sectors like medical science, business, industries, etc. in today’s globalized world.
