The deadline for nominations for the International Statistical Institute‘s prestigious Mahalanobis International Award has been extended to 15 February 2021.

The Mahalanobis International Award is sponsored by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Government of India. The award recognizes an individual for lifetime achievements in statistics in developing country or region. It is expected that the award will have the potential to attract, inspire and motivate statisticians across the developing world to increase the quantity and improve the quality of their contributions to the cause of promotion and development of statistics and its applications. The award is presented biennially during the ISI World Statistics Congress.

Nomination forms can be found here.

The Mahalanobis International Award 2021 will be presented at the 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress – Virtual, 11-16 July 2021.