STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu and SKUAST-Kashmir, Professor J P Sharma on Tuesday inaugurated two days’ virtual workshop organised by Division of Statistics and Computer Science to commemorate 128th Birth Anniversary of Late Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis on National Statistics Day-2021. Dr. J. P. Sharma was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Dr. P.S Pandey, Assistant Director General (EP&HS) ICAR, New Delhi was the Guest of Honour. In his address Prof Sharma said “Statistics is like salt in food. Nobody realizes its importance when it is present. But everyone feels its importance when it is absent.” He was of the view that the fusion of statistical sciences in agricultural sciences is very important. “The role of experimental designs, statistical modeling, multivariate methods, economics techniques, and data analytics is increasing day by day for more precision to assess the impact and to challenge the demand of the future in terms of policy and planning at regional and National Level,” he said. He also congratulated the Division of Statistics & Computer Science and the team of NSD-2021 for organizing the National Statistics Day 3rd time in a row. In his remarks, Dr. P. S. Pandey, ADG (EP&HS) highlighted the importance of National Statistics Day and also feels proud on the current year theme which is Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)- 2 (End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture). Dr. Pandey consider statistics as a salt in glass of water indicating importance and strength of statistician. Dr. Jag Paul Sharma, Director Research and Registrar, SKUAST-Jammu also spoke n the occasion. At the outset, Dr. Manish Sharma, Prof. & Head, Division of Statistics and Computer Science & Course Director of the workshop spoke about National Statistics Day and also informed the dignitaries and participants about the achievements of Late Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. Dr. S. E. H. Rizvi, Dean, F.B.Sc. welcomed all the dignitaries, delegates and participants in the two days’ workshop. Dr. M. Iqbal Jeelani Bhat, Assistant Professor & Organizing Secretary presented a vote of thanks. Dr. Sachin Gupta and Dr. Vivak M Arya conducted the proceedings of the inaugural programme. Dr. Rajan Salalia, Dr. Devinder Sharma, Dr. Anil Bhat, Dr Amrish vaid, Dr Punit Choudhary and all the convener (s), co-Convener (s), members of the different committees helped in smooth conduct of the workshop.
