We are happy that Professor Sastry Gouripathi Pantula, an alumnus of Indian Statistical Institute, has kindly accepted our invitation and will be sharing his thoughts with us today. Professor Pantula, an authority in time series analysis is currently Director of the Mathematical Sciences Division, National Science Foundation, the United States of America.
Professor Pantula, presided over the American Statistical Association (ASA) last year as its 105th President. Professor Pantula in his presidential address to the American Statistical Association last year, while paying glowing tribute to Professor Mahalanobis aptly captured his vision of statistics, “as a key technology to solve real world problem”.