Statistics Department at Sister Nivedita University

ANIRUDDHA CHOUDHURI

Assistant Professor and Head of Department - Statistics

Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Calcutta (Registered in 2019) , M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Calcutta, 2013

Email: aniruddha.c@snuniv.ac.in

M.Sc. in Statistics (Specialization in Industrial Statistics), University of Calcutta, 2013

Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Calcutta (Re-registered in 2023)

Aniruddha Choudhuri holds a M.Sc. degree in Statistics from University of Calcutta (2011 - 2013). He has also qualified JOINT CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (NET) held in June 2016 (AIR 99). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Calcutta under the guidance of Prof. Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay (Supervisor) and Prof. Gaurangadeb Chattopadhyay (Associate Supervisor) having area of research as Demography.

Educational Qualifications:

• Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Calcutta (Re-registered in 2023)
• M.Sc. in Statistics (Specialization in Industrial Statistics) from University of Calcutta (2011 – 2013)
• B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics from Asutosh College under the University of Calcutta (2008 – 2011)

Areas of Interest:

• Demography
• Industrial Statistics
• ANOVA and Design of Experiments
• Regression Analysis
• Time Series Analysis
• Cluster Analysis
• C & R Programming
• Reliability Theory
• Large Sample Theory

Work Experience:

• Working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from November 1, 2022 onwards providing lectures at Bachelors and Masters level in Statistics including Probability Theory, Linear Models, Design of Experiments, Economic Statistics, Time Series Analysis, Statistical Quality Control, Applied Multivariate Analysis, Reliability Theory, Probability and Statistics etc. and handling other administrative departmental activities including Academic Coordinator (7^th November 2022 – 21^st April, 2024), Examination Coordinator (22^nd April, 2024 – Till Date) and mentorship of students.
• Working as a part-time Research Scholar in the department of Statistics, University of Calcutta from December 15, 2021 onwards
• Worked as an Adjunct Faculty in the department of Mathematics, School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SOBAS), Adamas University, Kolkata from December 15, 2021 to October 31, 2022
• Worked as a full time UGC Junior Research Fellow in the department of Statistics, University of Calcutta from May 8, 2017 to December 14, 2021
• Worked as a Part Time Teacher (PTT) in the department of Statistics, Asutosh College, Kolkata from October 1, 2015 to May 15, 2017
• Worked as a Guest Lecturer in the departments of Statistics and Economics, Charuchandra College, Kolkata from August 18, 2014 to May 19, 2017
• Worked as an Assistant Manager in the department of Quality Systems & Reliability (QS&R), Tata Motors Limited, Pune from September 10, 2013 to August 9, 2014

Projects:

• Worked on a Project titled “Basic Statistics in R” under the guidance of Professor Bhaswati Ganguli, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta
• Worked on a project titled “Oesophageal Cancer : An Epidemiological Study” under the guidance of Professor Aditya Chattopadhyay, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta
• Worked on a project titled “A Study On Undocumented Migration (From Bangladesh To West Bengal)” under the guidance of Professor Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay and other professors of the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta

Paper Presentation:

• Presented a paper entitled “A Statistical Investigation On The Pattern Of Type I First-Birth Rates For Afro-Asian Women” in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science (RAMSDS 2024) held at Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal during 27^th - 28^th November 2024
• Presented a paper entitled “Ranking System Of IPL Players” in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science (RAMSDS 2024) held at Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal during 27^th - 28^th November 2024

Project Supervision:

• (Six) Postgraduate students to complete their M.Sc. Master Project / Dissertation for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Statistics
• 07 (Seven) Undergraduate students to complete their B.Sc. Final Semester Project for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Statistics

International / National Conferences / Seminars / Symposia / Workshop:

• Organized 07 (Seven)international and national conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops
• participating in 10 (Ten) different international and national conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops, Mr. Choudhuri also successfully completed the online “17^th Guru Dakshta: Faculty Induction Programme” for University/College teachers conducted by the UGC – Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (Formerly Human Resource Development Centre), University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India sponsored by the University Grants Commission

Achievements:

• Was awarded the Gold Medal (on October 3, 2024 in the Ceremony for Conferring Ph.D. Degrees and Awarding of Medals) for standing first in the M.Sc. 2 years course in Statistics (2011-2013) by University of Calcutta
• Was awarded the “R. C. Bose Book Prize” for standing first in the first two semesters of the M.Sc. 2 years course in Statistics by Calcutta Statistical Association (CSA) during the 8^th International Triennial Calcutta Symposium
• Was regularly present throughout the 12 years of my school life in St. Lawrence High School and was awarded book prizes every year from my school.

Dr. Anindita Ghosal

Assistant Professor - Statistics

M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Burdwan, Ph.D in Mathematical Demography, University of Burdwan

Email: anindita.g@snuniv.ac.in

Dr. Anindita Ghosal is a committed academician and researcher, bringing over 17 years of teaching experience and more than 10 years of research expertise in the field of Statistics. Known for her academic consistency, she has maintained an outstanding educational record throughout her career. Notably, she stood first at the secondary level in her school, setting the foundation for a lifelong dedication to excellence.

Dr. Ghosal has a solid grounding in various branches of Statistics, having taught a wide spectrum of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her doctoral research focused on occupational mobility, where she developed three innovative measures to analyse job transition patterns, contributing valuable insights into labour market dynamics.

Before her current academic position, she served as a Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics at the University of Burdwan, gaining hands-on experience in simulation, statistical modelling, and programming. Her research interests extend to contemporary and interdisciplinary areas such as Biostatistics, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

Dr. Ghosal has published more than five research papers in reputed international scientific journals and continues to contribute actively to the field. She has played a key role in organizing and conducting numerous academic events, including conferences, seminars, workshops, and webinars. Her expertise has earned her invitations as a resource person at several national and international forums.

She is proficient in statistical tools and programming languages, particularly R and SPSS, which she leverages for both research and instruction. Dr. Ghosal is also a Life Member of the Calcutta Statistical Association, Kolkata, and remains actively involved in the academic community.

Educational Qualification

• Ph.D. in Mathematical Demography, The University of Burdwan.
• MSc in Statistics, The University of Burdwan.
• BSc in Statistics, The University of Burdwan.
• Higher West Bengal Board of HS Education.
• Secondary fromWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education (School Topper)

Research and Development: 

1. Arindam Gupta and Anindita Ghosal. Reward structure model for faculty members of Indian University. International Journal of Research in Business Management, 7(2):1-12, 2019.
2.  Arindam Gupta and Anindita Ghosal. Prediction of employees through semi-Markov process and measure of occupational mobility based on first passage time. Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 6(1):75-90, 2016.
3. Arindam Gupta and Anindita Ghosal. Occupational mobility among residents of Burdwan town and Durgapur town. Journal of Statistics Applications and Probability, 5(1):141-146, 2016.
4. Arindam Gupta and Anindita Ghosal. A manpower planning model based on length of service under varying class sizes. OPSEARCH, 51(4):615-623, 2014.
5. Anindita Ghosal, Argha Nath Bhattacharyya and Arindam Gupta. Prediction of Employees through continuous-time semi-Markov process and Measure of Occupational Mobility by using Winsorised Mean, submitted to OPSEARCH and under review with editor.
6. Keynote speakers in the Seven-Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “StatTech Fusion: 7-Day Online FDP on cutting-Edge Statistical Analysis, Research and AI techniques” organised by Department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from 9th – 15th September 2024. Title of the talk “Introduction to JAMOVI ”.   
7. Successfully completed the online “17th Guru Dakshta: Faculty Induction Programme” for University/College teachers conducted by the UGC – Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (Formerly Human Resource Development Centre), University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India sponsored by the University Grants Commission from 1st – 28th August 2024.
8. Organised and participated in the workshop on “Democratizing Data Science: Exploring Open Source Statistical Software” organised by Department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata on 21st March 2024.   
9. Organised and participated in the workshop on “Study Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials” organised by Kolkata Gynecological Oncology Trials and Translational Research Group (KolGOTrg) in collaboration with Department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata during 21st – 23rd December 2023.  

Research Interests:

• Stochastic Process
• Demography
• Operations Research
• Inventory Problem

Work Experience:

• Working as Assistant Professor (Grade-II) and HOD at Department ofStatistics, Sister Nivedita University.

• Worked as Assistant Professor ( Grade-I)and HOD at Department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University
• Work as Government approvedPart-time teacher(Government Approved) of StatisticsatDepartment of Statistics, Midnapore College (Autonomous)
• Paper setter of MBA1stSemester of VidyasagarUniversity
• Paper setterof Bachelor levelgeneral course of Statisticsunder Vidyasagar University.

Project Supervisor:

• 05 (Five) Postgraduate students finished their master's project under the guidance of Dr Ghosal to complete their M.Sc. course.
• 15 (Fifteen) Undergraduate students finished their projects under the guidance of Dr Ghosal to complete their B.Sc. course requirements.
• 04 (Four) Postgraduate students finished their projects under the guidance of Dr Ghosal to complete their semester requirements.
• 05 (Five) groups of P.hD students did their statistical analysis under the direction of Dr Ghosal to complete their paper requirements.

Teaching Area:

• Descriptive Statistics
• Probability
• Economic Statistics
• Numerical Analysis
• Stochastic processes
• Measure Theory
• R programming
• Design of Experiment
• Linear Model

ARGHA NATH BHATTACHARYYA

Assistant Professor - Statistics

Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics, The University of Burdwan, Double MSc (Mathematics and Statistics)

Email: argha.nb@snuniv.ac.in

MSc in Mathematics, The University of Burdwan, 2019.

MSc in Statistics, The University of Burdwan, 2021.

Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics, The University of Burdwan (Registered in 2023)

• Email: argha.nb@snuniv.ac.in
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TLoxBjUAAAAJ&hl=en
• Vidwan Portal: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/461839
• ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8278-8425

Argha Nath Bhattacharyya holds PG degree from the University of Burdwan in Mathematics (2017-19) and Statistics (2019-21). He has also qualified JOINT CSIR-UGC Test for Assistant Professor (AIR 30) in June 2021 and GATE 2022 in Mathematics. His research interests include Stochastic Process and Operations Research. He is currently Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics from The University of Burdwan under the supervision of Prof (Dr.) Arindam Gupta having area of research as Demography. He is a life Member of Calcutta Statistical Association, Kolkata. He also published a research paper in Advance in Industrial Engineering, Summer 2020.

Educational Qualifications:

• Pursuing Ph.D. from The University of Burdwan from August 2023 to Till Date.
• Ph.D. course work examination in Statistics from The University of Burdwan with 8.00 Course Work Grade Point Average.
• M.Sc. in Statistics (Specialization in Biostatistics) from the University of Burdwan, 2021.
• M.Sc. in Mathematics (Specialization in Turbulent Flows and Advanced Optimization) from the University of Burdwan, 2019.
• B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics form Burdwan Raj college under the University of Burdwan, 2017.

Research Interests:

• Stochastic Process
• Demography
• Operations Research
• Inventory Problem

Work Experience:

• Working as an Assistant Professor (Grade 1) in the department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from August 1, 2024 onwards
• Worked as a Lecturer in the department of Statistics, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from October 17, 2022 to July 31,2024

External Academic Appointment:

• Act as an External Examiner of Practical Examinations.

Publications:

1. Analysis of a two-storage system for advance payment policies with the partial backlogged shortage, Ali Akbar Shaikh, Rajan Mondal, Argha Nath Bhattacharyya, Nirmal Kumar, and Goutam Mandal, Advances in Industrial Engineering, 54(3):221–242, 2020.
2. Anindita Ghosal, Argha Nath Bhattacharyya, Arindam Gupta. Prediction of Employees through continuous-time semi-Markov process and Measure of Occupational Mobility by using Winsorised Mean. (Status: Submitted to OPSEARCH)

Projects:

1.  Worked on a project titled “Inspecting graphically time dependent variable in HRS data.” Under the guidance of Dr. Jayabrata Biswas.
2. Worked on a project titled “From Mood to Food” submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the 182nd Faculty Induction Programme for University/ College Teachers conducted from 19-07-2024 to 18-08-2024 Submitted to UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram.

Paper Presentation:

Presented a paper entitled “Soulful Bites: The Mood-Food Connection” in the International Conference on MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (ICMA-2024) Organized by PG & Research Department of Mathematics, Periyar Arts College, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India on 13th December, 2024.

Project Supervisor:

• 03 (Three) Postgraduate students finished their master's project under the guidance of Mr. Bhattacharyya to complete their M.Sc. course.
• 08 (Eight) Undergraduate students finished their projects under the guidance of Mr. Bhattacharyya to complete their B.Sc. course requirements.
• 03 (Three) Undergraduate students finished their projects under the guidance of Mr. Bhattacharyya to complete their semester requirements.
• 07 (Seven) groups of Undergraduate students finished their projects under the direction of Mr. Bhattacharyya to complete their semester requirements.

National/International Conferences/Seminars/ Symposia/Workshop:

• Mr. Bhattacharyya Organized 06 (Six) national and international conferences, seminars, symposiums, and workshops; of these, Mr. Bhattacharyya served as the convener for 02 (Two).
• Mr. Bhattacharyya also completed the “182nd Faculty Induction Programme” for University/College teachers, which was organized by the UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Mr. Bhattacharyya also completed the “NEP Orientation and Sensitization – 2” by the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (formerly UGC-HRDC), The University of Burdwan.
• Mr. Bhattacharyya also engaging in and concluding 21 (Twenty-One) different national and international conferences, seminars, symposiums, and workshops.

Certification Courses:

• Certificate of completion “SAS Programming BASE Certification Course for SAS Beginners” by Instructor SHARON CHENG in Udemy.
• Certificate of completion “Data Analytics Essentials” issued by Coursera Authorized by IBM.
• Certificate of participation on “Seven Day Short-Term Training Program (Virtual) on MATLAB” and “One Week National Workshop (Virtual) on SCILAB” organized by Department of Mathematics, CSSR & SRRM Degree & PG College.

Teaching Area:

• Descriptive Statistics
• Probability
• Economic Statistics
• Numerical Analysis
• Stochastic processes
• Measure Theory
• R programming

Dr. Debolina Ghatak

Assistant Professor - Statistics

PhD in Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata

Email: debolina.g@snuniv.ac.in

I, Dr. Debolina Ghatak, have completed my PhD in Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata
under the supervision of Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy and have successfully defended my thesis in January
2019. My research interest lies in the field of data obfuscation, privacy preserving statistical
inference. I primarily deal with microdata type sets.

Prior to my PhD I had successfully completed my MSc in Statistics (2012) and BSc (Hons in Statistics,
2010) from the University of Calcutta. I have also worked in esteemed organizations such as Indian
Institute of Technology, Jammu, TCG Crest Kolkata and Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa
Campus.

My teaching interest lies in the field of theoretical and applied statistics. I have already conducted
several courses in Introductory Probability, Introductory Statistics, Statistical Inference. I am also
interested in working with statistical packages like R, Python.