Soumita Modak
Soumita Modak
Designation: Faculty of Statistics
Affiliation: Presidency University
Add (Off): 86/1 College Street, Kolkata- 700073, India
Specialization: Statistics
Research interest: Applied Multivariate Analysis, Unsupervised Classification, Non-parametric Statistics
Orcid id: 0000-0002-4919-143X
Scopus ID: 57194521331
Web of Science ID: LPQ-6325-2024
Other links: Google Scholar, Researchgate, Vidwan id: 716736
Email id: (1) soumitamodak2013@gmail.com
(2) soumita.stats@presiuniv.ac.in
Website: https://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/staff.php?staffid=593
Awards: Bose-Nandi National Award (twice), Uttaran Samman, Nation Builder Award
Associations: International Astrostatistics Association; Indian Association of Productivity, Quality & Reliability; Calcutta Statistical Association
Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2019)
M.Sc. in Statistics University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2010-2012)
B.Sc. with Honors in Statistics, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (Autonomous), affiliated under University of Calcutta (2007-2010)
12-th Class (Pure Science with Statistics), Sakhawat Memorial Govt. Girls' High School, Kolkata (2007)
10-th Class, Sakhawat Memorial Govt. Girls' High School, Kolkata (2005)
Faculty of Statistics, Presidency University, Kolkata (2026 - till date)
Faculty of Statistics (UG Honors course), Basanti Devi College under University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2018 – 2026)
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2012 – 2018)
Guest Faculty of Statistics, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (Even Sem, 2023; Odd Sem, 2025)
Guest Faculty of Statistics, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (Odd Sem, 2022)
Visiting Research Scholar, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (2013)
Applied Multivariate Analysis, Unsupervised Classification, Non-parametric Statistics
Descriptive Statistics, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes and Queuing Theory, Linear Programming, Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis, Demographic Methods, Statistical Quality Control, Design of Experiments, Statistical Inference, Statistical Data Analysis using R, Testing of Hypotheses, Regression Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Cluster Analysis