Born:          10 September 1920, Huvina Hadagali

Died:           22 August 2023 (age 102 years), Buffalo, New York, United States

Citizenship: Indian(until 1995), American(1995-2023)

Education: Andhra University(1935-1940)

                    University of Calcutta(1941-1943)

                    King's College, Cambridge(1946-1948)

                    King's College, Cambridge (1965)                  

Awards:      Padma Vibhushan

                    National Medal of Science(2001)

                    S. S. Bhatnagar Prize for science and Technology

                    Guy Medal(Silver 1965, Gold 2011)

                    International Prize in Statistics(2023)

Known for: Cramer–Rao bound

                     Rao–Blackwell theorem

                     Orthogonal arrays

                     Score test

Parents: A. Lakshmikanthamma, C. Doraswamy Naidu

Scientific career

Fields:         Mathematics and Statistics

Institutions: Indian Statistical Institute

                    Cambridge University

                    Pennsylvania State University

                        University at Buffalo

Thesis:            Statistical Problems of Biological Classifications  (1948)

Doctoral advisor: Ronald Fisher