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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE :
The Indian Statistical
Institute, founded in the year 1931 by Late Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis, FRS, is an
Institute of National Importance as declared by an Act of the Parliament.
It is an Institute of academic excellence offering educational courses at
Graduate, Post-graduate and Research level and contributing significantly in
fundamental as well as applied research in statistics, economics, computer
science and mathematics.
The Statistical Quality
Control & Operations Research Division of the Institute is engaged in
Research, Teaching, Training and Consultancy to industries through 10 units
located in different parts of the country. This division is pioneer in
promoting use of statistical methods in Indian industries and till date has
trained over 1.5 lakh managers, engineers and operators from industry in
Statistical Quality Control, Quality Management and Systems, Reliability and
Operations Research. More than three thousand industries have received
consultancy services from the division. The division organizes a
full time M.Tech program in QC & OR.