Teaching and  Research 

Academic appointments and Visiting Faculty

University of Allahabad, India

Professor, Department of Statistics (Dec 2003 – June 2019) Superannuated

Reader, Department of Statistics (July 1994 – Dec 2003)

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (July 1986 – June 1994)

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (July 1981 – June 1986)

Visiting Professorships & Fellowships

Visiting Professor, Pantheon Assas University of Paris II, France (June 2019)

Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Wollongong, Australia (May-June 2009; June 2003)

Visiting Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong (June 2000; May-July 1999; May-Aug 1998; Oct 1997)

Visiting Lecturer & Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, Australia (Feb-June 1995; Sept-Nov 1989)

Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Visiting Fellow during March 23-29, 2017.

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, Australia, during the period February 27-June 30, 1995.

Taught courses at Department of Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, MBA University of Allahabad and Indian Institute of Technology Allahabad as visiting faculty.

Teaching Areas

Post Graduate Courses: Time Series Analysis, Econometrics, Regression Analysis, Matrix theory, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Statistical Decision Theory, Statistical Design of Experiments, Statistical Inference, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Regression Analysis, Data Mining.

Under Graduate Courses: Probability Theory, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Applied Statistics.

Research Focus & Funded Projects

Core Research Areas: Regression Analysis, Econometrics (Stein rule/Ridge estimation), Panel Data Models, Spatial Autoregressive Models, Bayesian Inference, Statistical Quality Control, and Bioinformatics Data Mining.

Funded Grants

Principal Investigator: Big Data project jointly funded by DBT, Univ. of Allahabad, and Heidelberg University, Germany.

Principal Investigator: Control Charts for Autocorrelated Observations on Grid (CSIR, Feb 2007 – Mar 2010).

Principal Investigator: Sustainable Development: A Mathematical Model (DST, Sept 2005 – Aug 2008).

Principal Investigator: Testing for unit roots: A Bayesian approach (CSIR, Nov 2001 – Oct 2004).

Principal Investigator: Bayesian Robustness of Some Econometric Models; (CSIR, April 1997 - Sep 2000).

Principal Investigator: Stein Rule Estimation in Dynamic Models; approved and ( CSIR, March 1992 - March 1995).

Principal Investigator: Improved Estimation in Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equation Models with Auto-regressive Errors, DST, March 1988 - March 1990).

Professional Affiliations & Editorial Service

Fellowships: Indian Society of Probability and Statistics; Royal Statistical Society.

Memberships: World Econometric Society, Indian Econometric Society, Calcutta Statistical Association, International Academy of Physical Sciences.

Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for the Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications and the Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics. Edited a special volume of Journal of Combinatorics, Information and System Sciences, appeared in year 2005.

Frequent reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and prestigious journals including Spatial Statistics, Biometrical Journal, Communications in Statistics (Theory and Methods), Communications in Statistics (Simulation and Computation), Econometric Reviews, Empirical Economics, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Physica-A, Statistics and Computing, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Sankhya.

Research Collaboration

Have done collaborative work with the faculty members of City University of HK, Hong Kong; University of California, Riverside, USA; Hokkaido University, Japan; Wollongong University, Australia; Bond University, Australia; Griffiths University, Australia; Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China; Syracuse University, USA; Université Paris, France; Université Laval, Canada.

Citation of Research Work in Books

C. Radhakrishna Rao, Helge Toutenburg, Shalabh and Christian Heumann. Linear Models and Generalizations, Least Squares and Alternatives, 3rd edition, Springer

M. Ishaq Bhatti, Hatem Al-Shanfari, and M. Zakir Hossain, Econometric Analysis of Model Selection and Model Testing, Ashgate, Chapter 2.

Ullah, Aman, 2004, Finite Sample Econometrics, Oxford University Press, Chapter 5.

Srivastava, V.K. and D.E.A. Giles, 1987, Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations Models: Estimation and Inference, Marcel Decker, Chapters 6 and 11.

Judge, G.G., W.E. Griffith, R.C. Hill, H. Lütkepohl and T.C. Lee, 1985, The Theory and Practice of Econometrics, John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 19.