Soumita Modak
Soumita Modak
Designation: Assistant Professor of Statistics
Affiliation: Presidency University
Add (Off): 86/1 College Street, Kolkata- 700073, India
Specialization: Statistics
Research interest: Applied Statistics, Cluster Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Non-parametric Statistics, Astrostatistics
Orcid id: 0000-0002-4919-143X
Scopus ID: 57194521331
Web of Science ID: LPQ-6325-2024
Other links: Google Scholar, Researchgate
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)
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Presidency University, Kolkata (2026 - till date)
Faculty Member 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 Statistics, Clustering, Multivariate Data Analysis, Non-parametric Approach, Astrostatistics
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