The International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC) an Associate Institution of Indian Statistical Institute under the aegis of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MoE), Govt. of India is organizing a 3-Day Platinum Jubilee International Conference during September 23–25, 2025 on “Statistics and Data Science for Development Planning”.
The inaugural programme was held today i.e. 23rd Septemter (Tuesday) at 12.30 PM in the Platinum Jubilee Auditorium of the Institute with the gracious presence of Sunil Kumar Bhanawat, Deputy Director General, Enterprise Survey Division, National Statics Office (NSO) as Guest and he delivered his address to the participants. He expressed that NSS & ISEC will explore Data Science in technical development, planning of the nation. He emphasized that Machine Learning and Real-time Data Analysis will exercised in the field of Public Health, Housing Scheme, Social equity and Policymaking purpose.
On this occasion, Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI delivered her Welcome Address and she recollected the Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis contribution for establishing the ISEC in the year of 1950 to share the knowledge of statistics in front of the whole world. She also added that ISEC are continuing regularly 10 month and some special short-term courses regarding statistics for the students of foreign countries. She continued that Prof. P.C. Mahalonabis initiated the importance of data for poverty rate, sustainable development, metrological data like disaster management etc.
Dr. Md. Zafar Anis, Member-Secretary of ISEC proposed the vote of thanks in the ceremony and provided his special thanks to ITEC of MoE for the regular support to continue the courses. He also attached that a number of 32 participants 3 out of them have joined in this Platinum Jubilee International Conference.
In-keeping with the current trend and supplement the efforts of developing countries to design country specific Sustainable Development indicators, ISEC has decided to organize this Platinum Jubilee International Celebrations on the broader themes of Harnessing Data and Statistics for Effective and Sustainable Development Planning. The Organizing Committee has decided to host two events to commemorate 75 years of International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC) at Indian Statistical Institute:
(a) An International Workshop (in association with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Govt. of India) at the National Statistical Systems Training Academy, Greater Noida on “Data Needs for Planning Sustainable Development” from 15-20 September, 2025.
(b) An International Conference (in association with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Govt. of India) in ISI, Kolkata on “Statistics and Data Science for Development Planning” from 23-25 September, 2025.
Along with the conference, workshops/panel discussions will be held to provide interactive platforms for interaction between academicians and policymakers/ official Statisticians on various topics (like Poverty and Inequality, Climate Change, Population and Health). Speakers from reputed universities/Institutes, Applied Statisticians (including Official Statisticians), Policy makers from reputed Universities/Institutes of the world and Governments (India and abroad) are expected to participate.
The Keynote Addressed was delivered by Prof. Dominik Rozkrut, President – International Association for Official Statistics. There will be special invited lectures by Prof. Parthasarathy Lahiri (University of Maryland, USA), Dr. Sharleen Forbes (General Manager, Statistics New Zealand) and Prof. David Haziza (University of Ottawa). There will be invited sessions on the use of AI and ML techniques in sampling and business. There will be a few contributed sessions in this 3-day International Conference.
The eminent speakers like Sayan Roy, IISc, Bengaluru; Kannedari Siva Naga Raju, PBS College, Vijayawada; Pushpendra K Singh, BB Ambedkar University, Lucknow delivered lecture on Applications of ML Methods. Tanika Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; Debasis Barik, NCAER National Data Innovation Centre, New Delhi on Data Pathways in Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges. Vinay Dhanaji Jadhav, Assistant Manager Statistics, Department of Economic Analysis and Research, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai will explored on Financial inclusion/ literacy and security. On the other hand Anindya Neogi, GM (Data Science) and Gour Prosad Nath, Practice Head (AI) both from ITC Infotech will viewed on Data Science and Business Intelligence. Anna-Carolina Haensch, LMU München will discussed on Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Sample Surveys.
