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| C. R. Rao | |
| Born | September 10, 1920 Hadagali, State of Mysore, India |
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| Residence | India  , UK  , U.S.  |
| Nationality | Indian- American |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Indian Statistical Institute Cambridge University Penn State University |
| Alma mater | Andhra University Calcutta University Cambridge University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Fisher |
| Doctoral students | Debabrata Basu S. R. S. Varadhan Ranajit Chakraborty K. R. Parthasarathy Ravindra Khattree, Dayanand N. Naik |
| Known for | Cramér-Rao bound Rao-Blackwell theorem |
| Notable awards | Padma Vibhushan National Medal of Science S. S. Bhatnagar Prize Guy Medal |
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (Kannada: ಕಲ್ಯಾಂಪುದಿ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾಯ) FRS (born September 10, 1920) is a world-renowned Indian statistician and currently professor emeritus at Penn State University. He was born in Hadagali, in the state of Karnataka, India.
He received an M.S. degree in mathematics from Andhra University and an M.S. degree in Statistics from Calcutta University in 1943.
Rao worked at the Indian Statistical Institute and the Anthropological Museum in Cambridge before acquiring a Ph.D. degree at King's College in Cambridge University under R.A. Fisher in 1948, to which he added a Sc.D. degree, also from Cambridge, in 1965.
Among his best-known discoveries are the Cramér-Rao bound and the Rao-Blackwell theorem both related to the quality of estimators. Other areas he worked in include multivariate analysis, estimation and differential geometry.
Rao is a Wilks and Mahalanobis medalist; a member of eight National Academies in India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy; he has received dozens of medals, citations, awards, and other honors for his contributions to statistics and science. Rao was awarded the United States National Medal of Science, that nation's highest award for lifetime achievement in fields of scientific research, in June 2002.
Areas of research contributions of Professor Rao include
- Estimation theory
- Statistical inference and linear models
- Multivariate analysis
- Combinatorial design
- Biometry
- Mathematical genetics
- Generalized matrix inverses
- Functional equations
Awards & Medals:
- Government of India awarded him Padma Vibhushan.
- President George W. Bush, on June 12, 2002, decorated him with the National Medal of Science
- Wilks Memorial Award of the American Statistical Association
- Guy Medal in Silver of the Royal Statistical Society
- Meghnad Saha Medal of the Indian National Science Academy
- S. S. Bhatnagar Award
- JC Bose Gold Medal of Bose Institute, and
- Mahalanobis Centenary Gold Medal of the Indian Science Congress.
In his honor:
- The Pennsylvania State University has established C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize in statistics,
- The C.R. Rao Advanced Institute for Mathematical and Computer Sciences (AIMCS) is located in the University of Hyderabad campus.
See also
References
External links
- C. R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, India
- Prof. Rao's page at Penn State
- ET Interviews: Professor C. R. Rao on the Econometric Theory page.
- Royal Society citation 1967
- Rao was awarded the Samuel S. Wilks Award in 1989
For Rao’s PhD students see
For the Cramér-Rao inequality and the Rao-Blackwell theorem see the relevant entries on
Photograph of Rao with Harald Cramér in 1978
- C. R. Rao from the PORTRAITS OF STATISTICIANS
- George Bush awarding Rao the National Medal of Science
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| NAME | Rao, C. R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rao, Calyampudi Radhakrishna |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Indian- American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hadagali, Karnataka, India |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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