Vishwakarma University organised competition for BSc statistics students
The event comprising of various competitions received an enthusiastic response from more than 162 participants across the country.
PUNE: Vishwakarma University's department of statistics, under the faculty of science and technology successfully organised 'Sankhyakriti', a national level competition for Bachelor of Science (statistics) students at its Kondhwa campus.
The event comprising of various competitions received an enthusiastic response from more than 162 participants across the country. Nazia Wahid, head of department of statistics, said that the event helped to create awareness about the importance of statistics among the student community. Wasudeo Gade, vice- president VU, informed that the university had become a member of National Institution for Quality and Reliability (NIQR), Chennai.
A total of 29 teams participated in the project competition for the third year, 17 teams came up with innovative ideas in the poster competition for the second year and 21 teams fought it out for the first year quiz competition.
Chief guest Alok Kumar, joint director, union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation underscored the fact that fortune is not a dependable factor and one should try and be different from others.
Guest of honour Pulak Guhathakurta, scientist, India Meteorological Department, Pune, took all on a brief and interesting tour of the history of Indian statistics, the dynamics of weather forecasting and interpreting climate data for a safe future among other topics such as rainfall prediction and draught analysis.
An expert session was conducted towards the end of the event by industry stalwart Ms. Preeti Pandhu, Founder and Director of Data Science Lab, on how data science is related to everyday life.
The event comprising of various competitions received an enthusiastic response from more than 162 participants across the country. Nazia Wahid, head of department of statistics, said that the event helped to create awareness about the importance of statistics among the student community. Wasudeo Gade, vice- president VU, informed that the university had become a member of National Institution for Quality and Reliability (NIQR), Chennai.
A total of 29 teams participated in the project competition for the third year, 17 teams came up with innovative ideas in the poster competition for the second year and 21 teams fought it out for the first year quiz competition.
Chief guest Alok Kumar, joint director, union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation underscored the fact that fortune is not a dependable factor and one should try and be different from others.
Guest of honour Pulak Guhathakurta, scientist, India Meteorological Department, Pune, took all on a brief and interesting tour of the history of Indian statistics, the dynamics of weather forecasting and interpreting climate data for a safe future among other topics such as rainfall prediction and draught analysis.
An expert session was conducted towards the end of the event by industry stalwart Ms. Preeti Pandhu, Founder and Director of Data Science Lab, on how data science is related to everyday life.
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