YS Jagan condoles passing away of renowned mathematician Dr CR Rao

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has expressed grief over the passing away of Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (CR Rao), a renowned Mathematician and Statistician who excelled in his chosen field.

The genius of Padma Vibhushan DR CR Rao, who completed his Masters degree from Andhra University, went on to win the International Prize in Statistics (2023), the equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Conveying his condolences to the bereaved family members of the centenarian, the Chief Minister recalled Dr Rao's services in the field of Statistics, which include the Cramer- Rao bound and Rao-Blackwell theorem among others.

Dr C R Rao was instrumental in the setting up of the Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (2007), at the University of Hyderabad (UoH). In his honour, the University has named a road in his name.

He, along with Dr P C Mahalonobis, laid the foundations for planning surveys, using modeling at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, till 1979. He then migrated to the US and continued to excel in the field of mathematics and statistics.

Dr. Rao was the eighth of ten children born to a Telugu family in Hadagali, Bellary, Madras Presidency (now in Karnataka). His schooling was completed in Gudur, Nuzvid, Nandigama, and Visakhapatnam, all in the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh.

He received an MSc in mathematics from Andhra University and an MA in statistics from Calcutta University in 1943. He obtained a Ph.D. degree at King's College in Cambridge University under the guidance of R. A. Fisher in 1948, to which he added a DSc degree, also from Cambridge, in 1965.