Qualification

• 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)

Experience

• Faculty Member of Under-Graduate Statistics Department with Honors course, Basanti Devi College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2018 – till date)

• Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2012 – 2018)

Research Interests

Applied Statistics, Clustering,  Multivariate Data Analysis, Non-parametric Approach

Courses taught

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

Teaching

(a) At Basanti Devi College, Calcutta University,  Kolkata

•      Four-year B.Sc. (Honors & Honors with Research) Courses of Studies in STATISTICS (Under Curriculum & Credit  Framework, 2022)

1. Statistics Honors Courses

• Descriptive Statistics I (Theory and Practical), Sem-1 (2024,23)

• Descriptive Statistics II (Theory and Practical), Sem-2 (2025)

2.  Statistics Interdisciplinary Course

    Statistics for Practitioners  (Theory and Practical), Sem-1 (2023)

3. Value-oriented Life-skill Education

• CVAC: Effective communication, Sem-2 (2025)

• B.Sc. 6-Semester Honors Course in Statistics under CBCS Semester System

1.  Descriptive Statistics (Theory and Practical), Sem-1 (2022, 21);  Unit 3, 4 (Theory and Practical), Sem-1  ( 2020, 19, 18)

2. Statistical Data Analysis using R (Skill Enhancement Course), Sem-3 (2022, 21,  20 , 19)

3. Linear Algebra - Unit 4 (Theory and Practical), Sem-3 (2022, 21) ; Units 2,4 (Theory and Practical), Sem-3 (2020, 19)

4.  Design of Experiments (Theory and Practical), Sem-6 (2023,22,21) 

5. Stochastic Processes and Queuing Theory (Theory and Practical), Sem-5 (2021) 

6. Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis (Theory and Practical),  Sem-4 (2021, 20) 

7. Mathematical Analysis - Units 2, 4 (Theory and Tutorial), Sem-2 (2021, 20) ; Units 2, 3, 4 (Theory and Tutorial), Sem-2 (2019) 

8.  Linear Models and Regression (Theory and Practical), Sem-5 (2024,23) 

9. Multivariate Analysis and Nonparametric Methods: Units 3,4 (Theory and Practical), Sem-6 (2024)

10.  Multivariate Analysis and Nonparametric Methods (Theory and Practical), Sem-6 (2025)

• B.Sc. General Course in Statistics under CBCS Semester System

1.  Introduction to Statistical Inference  (Theory and Practical), Sem-3 (2022) ;  Units 2, 3  (Theory and Practical), Sem-3 (2020)  

2. Applications of Statistics: Index Numbers, Economic Time Series Analysis and Demographic Methods, Sem-4 (2021, 20)

3.  Descriptive Statistics - Unit 1 (Theory and Practical), Sem-1 (2019) 

4.  Elementary Probability Theory (Theory and Practical), Sem-2 (2019)  

•        B.Sc. Three Year Honors Course in Statistics under I+I+I Yearly System

1.  Statistical Inference II: Analysis of Variance (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2019, 18)

2. Introduction to Design of Experiments (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2019 , 18)

3.  Design of Experiments (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2019, 18)

4. Mathematical Methods: Numerical Methods and Calculus of Several Variables (Theory and Practical), Part-2 (2018)

5. Statistical Quality Control (Theory and Practical), Part-2 (2018)

6.  Statistical Inference II: Analysis of Variance (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2018)

7.  Introduction to Design of Experiments (Theory and Practical), 3rd Year (2018)

8.  Design of Experiments (Theory and Practical), 3rd Year (2018)

9. Time Series Analysis (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2018)

•       B.Sc. General Course in  Statistics under I+I+I Yearly System

1. Design & Analysis of Experiments (Theory and Practical), Part-3 (2019, 18)

2.  Statistical Inference (Theory and Practical), Part-2 (2018)

3. Statistical Quality Control (Theory and Practical), Part-2 (2018 )

4. Design & Analysis of Experiments (Theory and Practical), 3rd Year (2018)

(b)  At School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 

• Statistics with R  (Theory and Practical), BS-MS: 6th Sem, MS: 8th Sem (2023)

(c)  At Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 

• Statistical Methods: Statistics for Managerial Decision, MBA Program, 1st sem (2022)

(d) Special Courses

• Add-on course on `Introduction to Cluster Analysis' offered for Sem-5 Honors students, at Basanti Devi College, Calcutta University,  Kolkata (2023)

Publications   (in reverse chronological order)                                                    

1. (2025): Soumita Modak*, Confirmation of binary clustering in gamma-ray bursts through an integrated p-value from multiple nonparametric tests of hypotheses, Astronomy and Computing, 51, Article id: 100931

2. (2024): Soumita Modak*, A New Clustering Accuracy Measure Based on Relative Distances and its Cross-Validation Using Dirichlet Distribution, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Volume 18, article number 43 

3. Book Review : (2024): Soumita Modak*, Finding Groups in Data: An Introduction to Cluster Analysis, Journal of Applied Statistics, 51, 1618-1620

4. (2024): Soumita Modak*, Evaluation of the number of clusters in a data set using p-values from multiple tests of hypotheses, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 53, 8878-8889.

5. (2024): Soumita Modak*, Determination of the number of clusters through logistic regression analysis, Journal of Applied Statistics, 51, 2344-2363

6. (2024): Soumita Modak*, A new interpoint distance-based clustering algorithm using kernel density estimation, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 53, 5323-5341  (arXiv)

7. (2023): Soumita Modak*,  Pointwise norm-based clustering of data in arbitrary dimensional space , Communications in Statistics - Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications, 9, 121–134 

8. Book Review : (2023): Soumita Modak*, Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 65, 394–395 

9. (2023): Soumita Modak*, Validity index for clustered data in non-negative space, Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin,  75, 60–71 

10. (2023): Soumita Modak*, A new measure for assessment of clustering based on kernel density estimation, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods , 52, 5942-5951  (arXiv)

11. (2023): P. Banerjee, A. K. Chattopadhyay and Soumita Modak,  A New Approach to Astronomical Data Analysis Based on Multiple Variables, Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2023, Article ID: 8682054, 11 pages 

12. (2022): Soumita Modak*, A new nonparametric interpoint distance-based measure for assessment of clustering, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 92 , 1062-1077 (arXiv)

13. (2022): Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Clustering of eclipsing binary light curves through functional principal component analysis, Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 367, Article id 19 (arXiv) 

14. (2021): Soumita Modak*, Distinction of groups of gamma-ray bursts in the BATSE catalog through fuzzy clustering , Astronomy and Computing, Volume 34, Article id 100441 (arXiv)

15. Application Note :  (2020): Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Unsupervised classification of eclipsing binary light curves through k-medoids clustering , Journal of Applied Statistics, 47, 376-392 (arXiv) 

16. Doctoral Thesis : (2019): Soumita Modak*, Uncovering astrophysical phenomena related to galaxies and other objects through statistical analysis, PhD Thesis, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2019. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10603/314773                                                                                                                                                                                               

17. (2019): Soumita Modak  and Uttam Bandyopadhyay, A new nonparametric test for two sample multivariate location problem with application to astronomy, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, 18, 136-146 (arXiv)

18. (2018): Soumita Modak*,  A. K. Chattopadhyay and T. Chattopadhyay, Clustering of gamma-ray bursts through kernel principal component analysis, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 47, 1088-1102 (arXiv) 

19.  (2018):  Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Soumita Modak*, Bivariate density estimation using normal-gamma kernel with application to astronomy , Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 13, 23-39 (arXiv) 

20. (2017) : Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Two phase formation of massive elliptical galaxies: study through cross-correlation including spatial effect , Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 362, Article id 206 (arXiv) 

21. (2016): K. S. Ganguly, Soumita Modak*, K. S. Ganguly and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Study on Temporal Effects of Urban Malaria Incidences, International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 5, 120-132 

22. (2016): K. S. Ganguly, Soumita Modak, A. K. Chattopadhyay, K. S. Ganguly, T. K. Mukherjee, A. Dutta, and D. Biswas, Forecasting Based On a SARIMA Model of Urban Malaria for Kolkata, American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, 4, 22-33

Publishers (worked with)

• Springer

•  Taylor & Francis

•  Elsevier

• Wiley

•  Atlantis Press

•  SAGE 

• Hindawi

Citations

• Citations: 254, h-index: 11, i10-index: 12 (Source: Google Scholar)

Invited Peer Reviewer

• Journal

  1. Computers, Materials & Continua  

  2. Knowledge and Information Systems

  3. Scientific Reports

  4. ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data

  5.  Cluster Computing

  6.  Expert Systems With Applications

  7. Neurocomputing

  8. Accreditation and Quality Assurance

  9.  Statistical Methods & Applications

  10.  Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics 

  11. Journal of Modern Physics 

  12. Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal

• Conference

  1. 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Data Mining (FSDM 2019) held in Kitakyushu City, Japan, 2019

Projects

• B.Sc. Project: Sampling distribution through simulation

• M.Sc. Project: A Study of the Economic  Growth in U.S.A.

Project Supervision

• B.Sc. Statistics Honors: Astrostatistics: Statistical data analysis on astronomical data (Sem 6, 2025)

Students' name: Project title

1. Anupriya Das: A Statistical Analysis to Identify Habitable Exoplanets

2. Reeddhi Roy: A statistical analysis to predict pulsar star

3. Tanusree Das: A Statistical Study on Stellar Properties 

4. Krittika Ghosh: A Statistical Study on Stellar Characteristics 

• B.Sc. Statistics Honors: Time Series and Stochastic Processes (Sem 6, 2021-24)

Title of students' projects from Sem 6, 2024 (with student's name)

1. Analyzing the Dynamics of Crime in India-A Time Series Approach (Sristi Banerjee)

2.  Analysis of Microsoft Stock over 2015-2021 (Anusrita Mitra)

3. Nifty 50 Time Series Forecasting (Aarushi Kumar)

Title of students' projects from Sem 6, 2023

1.  Time Series Analysis on Unemployment in India from 1991-2019

2. Time Series Analysis on Rainfall in Haryana from 2000-2015

3. A Statistical Study on Air Quality Index of Kolkata from 2014-2017 using Time Series Analysis

 Academic activities

1. Visiting positions:

• Special instructor of Statistics, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2023)

• Guest Faculty of Statistics, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2022)

• Visiting Research Scholar, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (2013)

2. Coordinator of Basanti Devi College for the Nationwide Quiz Contest on Official Statistics: Anvesha 2.0, organized by National Statistics Office, Kolkata: under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Govt of India, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the National Sample Survey (NSS), held at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata , on 18-July of 2025 

3. Internship program duty for students, Basanti Devi College, 2025

4. Departmental Profile Presenter of Statistics Department, Basanti Devi College, during 4-th cycle NAAC peer team visit, 27-28 Nov, 2024 (Accredited with Grade A+, with CGPA = 3.34, increased from Grade B+ of year 2018)

5. Workshop on 'Curriculum and Credit Framework, 2022', Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 2nd Aug, 2023

6. Member of organizing committee, Seminar on ‘Exploratory Data Analysis’, Department of Statistics, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 31st Mar, 2023

7. Member of NAAC 4-th cycle committee, Research Consultancy Extension Work, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata (Mar, 2022-till date) 

8. Duties assigned by University of Calcutta for undergraduate Statistics exams: Paper Setter, Examiner, Scrutineer, Head Examiner (2019-till date)

9. Examiner assigned by University of Calcutta for MBA course (Odd Sem, 2022)

10. External Duties:

• Examiner, Statistics Honors Practical Exam,  Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata (2023, Even Sem-2022)

• Examiner, Statistics Honors Practical Exam,  Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, Kolkata (Even Sem, 2022)

11. Member of organizing committee, Seminar on ‘Lectures on Linear Algebra and Probability Theory’, Department of Statistics, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 2019

12. Assistant course coordinator for online refresher course under ‘Swayam’ platform on ‘Computational Mathematics and Statistics with Data Integration and Analysis’, University of Calcutta (National Resource Center), 2018–2019

13. Coordinator of Technical Session, International Conference on New Paradigms in Statistics for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR–CGCRI, Kolkata, 2018

14. Member of Sub-Committee, 9-th International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2015

15. Training programs:

• Awareness program on 'Consumer Affairs: Risks and Responsibilities, organized by the Consumer Affairs Club, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 12-Dec, 2024

• Orientation program for Teachers on 'Students' Summer Internship',  organized by the Internship Committee in collaboration with IQAC, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 11-Dec, 2024

• Faculty training program on 'Use of interactive panel', organized by Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 29-Aug, 2024

• Faculty training program on 'Learning management system and Teacher's online diary', organized by Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 29-Aug, 2024

16. Exam conducting duties:

• Undergraduate Statistics Honours/Major practical exams of University of Calcutta (2022-till date)

• JENPAS UG Exam for admission into UG Nursing, Paramedical and Allied Sciences, held on October 18, 2025 under the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board

• The Kolkata Police DEO recruitment exam, held on October 12, 2025 

• 2nd State Level Selection Test for Recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Government Aided/Sponsored (Classes IX-X) Secondary Schools,  held on September 7, 2025  under the West Bengal School Service Commission 

• 2nd State Level Selection Test for Recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Government Aided/Sponsored  (Classes XI-XII) Higher Secondary Schools , held on September 14, 2025  under the West Bengal School Service Commission 

Extracurricular activities

• Certificate writing and prize on the Annual Sports Day, Basanti Devi College (2025)

• Announcer on the Annual Sports Day, Basanti Devi College (2024)

• Invited member of the panel of judges (for being trained in classical dance)  in the dance competition of Hullor, Basanti Devi College (2023)

• Member of committee, Career & Placement Cell, Basanti Devi College, 2023-24

• Member of committee, Wall Magazine, Basanti Devi College, 2023-24

• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India during 12-14 March, 2010.

My team won 3rd prize under my leadership

• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India during 19-21 February, 2010 

Oral presentation in seminar/conference/webinar

1. International

•  Invited talk: Determination of the Number of Clusters in Gamma-Ray Bursts through an Integrated p-value from Multiple Nonparametric Tests of Hypotheses , Eleventh International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability & Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2024

• A new nonparametric interpoint distance-based measure for assessment of clustering, IAPQR’s Golden Jubilee Conference entitled Quality, Reliability and Productivity: New Vistas in collaboration with Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, 2023

• Study on Temporal Effects of Urban Malaria Incidences, International Seminar on Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth: Methods to Methodology, Lady Brabourne College affiliated with University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2020

• Clustering of eclipsing binary light curves through functional principal component analysis, International Conference on Strategic Management, Decision Theory and Data Science, CSIR–CGCRI, Kolkata, 2020

• Unsupervised classification of eclipsing binary light curves through k-medoids clustering, Tenth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability & Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2018

• Clustering of gamma-ray bursts through kernel principal component analysis, International Conference on New Paradigms in Statistics for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR– CGCRI, Kolkata, 2018

• Two phase formation of massive elliptical galaxies- study through spatio parametric cross-correlation, Platinum Jubilee International Conference on Application of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2016

• Clustering of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Ninth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability & Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2015

2. National

• Unsupervised classification of eclipsing binary light curves through k-medoids clustering, National Seminar on Applications of Statistics in Natural Sciences, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, 2019

3. State-level

•  Two phase formation of massive elliptical galaxies- study through cross-correlation including spatial effect, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2019

•  Bivariate density estimation using normal-gamma kernel with application to astronomy, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2018

• Two sample multivariate location problem to test compatibility of astronomical observations, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2017

•  Study on temporal effects of urban malaria incidences, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2016

• Clustering of Gamma-Ray Bursts, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2015

•  Classification of Variable Stars, STAT QUEST, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2014

4. Webinar 

4a: International

• A new interpoint distance-based clustering algorithm using kernel density estimation, International E-conference on Mathematical and Statistical Sciences: A Selcuk Meeting  (ICOMSS’22), organized by the Faculty of Science (Departments of Mathematics, Statistical Sciences, and Actuarial Sciences), Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey, 2022 (Platform: Zoom)

• Clustering of eclipsing binary light curves through functional principal component analysis, National Webinar on 'Recent Advances in Mathematics and Its Applications' (RAMA - 2022), Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2022 (Platform: Google Meet)

• Distinction of groups of gamma-ray bursts in the BATSE catalog through fuzzy clustering, Webinar on Recent Advances in Applied Mathematics: Theory and Computation, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2021 (Platform: Google Meet)

4b: National

• A new measure for assessment of clustering based on kernel density estimation, National Seminar on Recent Advances in Statistics: Theory and Applications, organized by Department of Statistics, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, 2025 (Platform: Google Meet)                 

Presentations

• A new nonparametric interpoint distance-based measure for assessment of clustering (2023)

• A new interpoint distance-based clustering algorithm using kernel density estimation  (2022)

Workshop participation

• Workshop on Computational Sanskrit, organized by Department of Sanskrit and IQAC of Basanti Devi College in collaboration with Bhairav Ganguly College, 2023

• Workshop on Machine Learning for Post Graduate Statistics Students and Young Researchers, organized by Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2018

• Introductory Workshop on Astrophysics and Cosmology, organized by Aliah University, Kolkata and IUCAA Resource Centre, Kolkata, 2016

• Introductory Workshop on Virtual Observatory, organized by University of Calcutta and IUCAA Resource Centre, Kolkata, 2012

Seminar/conference/webinar participation

• Seminar on 'UGC-INFLIBNET's Contribution to Enhancing Research Collaboration in HEIs' organized by Vidyasagar College for Women, Feb 21, 2025 

• Seminar on 'Demystifying AI: Concepts,tools and application for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship' organized by Department of Computer Science and Department of Communicative English in association with IIC and IQAC of Basanti Devi College, Feb 19, 2025

•  Lecture Series on 'Artificial Intelligence and its Social Benefits' organized by Indian Association for Productivity, Quality & Reliability in collaboration with the Department of Statistics, Presidency University, April 6, 2024

• C. R. Rao and P. K. Sen Memorial lectures, organized by Department of Statistics, Calcutta University, February 17, 2024

• Seminar on Masters in Hospital Administration: Importance, Benefits for future generation and Career Counselling, organized by Placement Cell and Health Unit in collaboration with the IQAC of Basanti Devi College, December 21, 2023

• National Seminar on Application of Statistics & Statistical Computing, organized by Xaverian Statistical Association under Department of Statistics, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, 2013

• Eighth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability & Statistics, organized by Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association, 2012

• Interaction Session on Clinical Trials conducted by Cytel Statistical Software and Service Pvt. Ltd. during the Eighth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics, organized by Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association, 2012

Webinars 

• Lecture by Prof. Asis K. Chattopadhyay, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta on 'Data Types and Related Analysis', organized by Calcutta Statistical Association under CSA Outreach Programme, Kolkata, May 18, 2024

• Lectures by Prof. Bimal Kumar Sinha, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA  and Prof. Bikas Kumar Sinha, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, to celebrate "National Statistics Day" on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis - the father of Indian Statistics and to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of Asutosh College - Sir Asutosh Mukherjee,  organized by the Department of Statistics in collaboration with IQAC, Asutosh College, Kolkata, June 29, 2022 

• Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Prof. Aditya Chattopadhyay Memorial Lectures, organized jointly by Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association, Kolkata, April 23, 2022 

• Lecture by Prof. Subrata Kundu, George Washington University, USA on `Some Remarks on Generalizations of the Likelihood function and the Likelihood Principle', organized by Calcutta Statistical Association, Kolkata, March 30, 2022

• Lecture Series for Propagation of Statistics Education and Research: Lecture by Prof. Bikas K. Sinha, Retired Professor of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, on 'Social Network Analysis for Understanding of Animal Behavior', organized by Calcutta Statistical Association (outreach program), Kolkata, July 9, 2021

• Lecture Series for Propagation of Statistics Education and Research: Inaugural talk by Prof. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Former Centenary Professor of Statistics, University of Calcutta, on the topic ‘Some Problems in Using Stratified Sampling’, organized by Calcutta Statistical Association (outreach program), Kolkata, July 2, 2021

• Webinar on COVID–19 modeling: Predictions, Role of Interventions and the Crisis of Virus in India – A Data Science Call to Arms, hosted by Calcutta Statistical Association, Kolkata, February 20, 2021

• National Webinar on Data Driven Research in Mathematics & Statistics, hosted by the Department of Mathematics, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be University), Udaipur, 2020