1. As declared by the United Nations, 20th October 2010 (20-10-2010) is being celebrated worldwide as
first World Statistics Day (WSD) to celebrate the many achievements of Statistics. In the words of Paul
Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistics Division:
"The year rounding in '0' has always been an important year in official statistics. In many countries, this is the year
when the population and housing census is conducted. … …. In 2010, some 3 billion people will be counted in some
60 countries. This is why we choose 20-10-2010 to emphasize the importance of this year in official statistics
calendar."
The following link provides details about the WSD: http://www.isi-web.org/news/world-statistics-day
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, will celebrate the first
World Statistics Day on October 20, 2010 (and Oct 21st) at its two day event Covergence’2010. The
event will begin with an Inaugural Talk by Professor Dinesh Singh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of
Delhi, followed by a series of popular talks and Presentations by statisticians and Professionals in
Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Sc, on applications of Statistics in contemporary real life. In
addition there shall be Panel discussions on one of the following themes: Role of Statistics in Service of
the Society, Role of Statistics in Good Governance, and Role of statistics in Nation Building. The audience
shall be the undergraduate students of Mathematics and Statistics plus the Faculty of the college and
some participating Guests. Eminent persons from ISI Delhi, CSO, IASRI, IIT Delhi, IIPA, DU and JNU have
already consented to participate.
On this occasion there will be several students’ Prize Winning Competitions like Essay Competition,
Poster Competition, Mathematical Rangoli Competition, Brain Storm Quizzes, Paper presentations,
Pictionary, and Debate competition etc. on some theme on Statistics and Applications. Well known
books on Statistics and Applications shall be given as Gifts to the Prize Winners. The caps with World
Statistics Day Logo shall also be distributed among all participants.
The college event is already listed in the calendar of events of International Statistical Institute on the
web page: http://isi.cbs.nl/calendar.htm
The college has a tech tie-up with Slideshare Inc who will upload all talks and other deliberations of the
event on their front page. The Schedule and a Poster have already been uploaded by them and one may
view it at the following links. Soon they will share it with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn:
http://www.slideshare.net/dmsrc/convergence-2010-at-world-statistics-day
http://www.slideshare.net/dmsrc/convergence-2010-poster
For further Information contact any one of the following:
1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Principal, Ramjas College, University of Delhi;
Website: www.Ramjascollege.edu
2) Dr. Man Mohan, In-Charge, Dept. of Maths & Stat, Ramjas College, Delhi University
E-Mail: manmohan@indianshm.com ; Mob.: 9811842820
3) Dr. (Mrs.) Ruchika Verma, Convenor WSD @ Convergence’2010
E-mail: ruchika_masi@yahoo.co.in ; mob: 09212903280