The Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS), established in 1983 at Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh is a Society, registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It is a scientific body consisting of biostatisticians, medical teachers, researchers, demographers, public health professionals and scientists from other related disciplines. This society of scientists working in the medical field is the only society of its kind in the South East Asia region. Society provides a common platform for medical researchers, statisticians and computer specialists to interact and benefit mutually towards sharing the developments and applications of statistical techniques. ISMS is also making efforts at the level of various Councils to augment the training of bio-statistical methods in both medical and para-medical education to improve the quality of education and research in Modern medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Homeopathy, Indian medicine (Ayurveda) and Nursing. Since its inception, the society has been organizing a conference every year in conjunction with its annual meeting at different universities and academic institutes in the country.
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam established on 2nd October 1983 is one of the major Universities in Kerala, that strives to fulfill the higher educational needs of the people of Central Kerala. The University was accredited “A” by NAAC with a score of 3.24 points in 2017, and was ranked 30th in National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF 2022) and has 3rd rank nationally in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA-2022), conducted by the Ministry of HRD. The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)ranked the University 13th in India in terms of intellectual productivity and National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies(NISTADS) rated 19th in terms of h-index of the science faculty. Department of Science and Technology (DST) also ranked the University 8th under the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) programme. Recently, Times Higher Education ranked MGU 141 among the world’s emerging universities and11th in India Today–MDRA Ranking 2018. It is included in the Time Higher Education World Universities Ranking at 400-500 band. The University has won the Chancellors Award for the Best University in Kerala for 3 times in 2020-21, 2017-18 and 2015-16. For more details visit www.mgu.ac.in
School of Mathematics & Statistics and School of Data Analytics were established in 2020. In this new era of increasing thrust on Mathematical Modeling and Statistical Data Analytics and Data Science, there is wide scope and potential for offering postgraduate and research level interdisciplinary programs in these disciplines. Mathematics and Statistics are fundamental disciplines of knowledge and constitutes most important tools for all programs of study and research as well as science & technology, medical and social sciences, health and welfare, industry, business and management. At present the schools are led by Prof. Dr. K. K. Jose as Hon. Director and a team of dedicated faculty members. During 2021-22 we have started three programmes of study namely(i) M.Sc. Mathematics (ii) M.Sc. Statistics (iii) M.Sc. Data Science and Analytics. One full semester Project Work and Internship are part of each program. The curriculum and syllabus for these programs are developed by eminent scholars and industry experts with a view to provide teaching, research and training in emerging areas for meeting the demand from academia and industry. In addition to the program of study, various workshops, seminars, conferences, lecture series etc by experts will be offered to encourage research and skill development to meet the emerging challenges. For more details : www.sms.mgu.ac.in, www.sda.mgu.ac.in
St. Thomas College Palai established in 1950 is a leading college affiliated to M. G. University Kottayam and offers UG, PG and Ph. D. Programs. It is a UGC recognized College with Potential for Excellence and is accredited by NAAC with A++ grade in 2021. Furthermore, UGC has recognised St. Thomas College as one among the six colleges in Kerala accorded with the status of ‘College with Potential for Excellence'(CPE). It offers M. Sc. Statistics since 1959 and M. Sc. Biostatistics since 2005. Both departments are famous for the contributions in teaching, research and development in Statistics and Biostatistics and related areas. The alumni are working in reputed institutions in India and abroad in academics and industry as leading researchers, teachers, biostatisticians, administrative officers etc. For details see www.stcp.ac.in
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