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POSITIONS HELD

  • Indian Statistical Institute, in various capacities 1941-1979
  • Visiting Professor at University of Illinois 1951-1952
  • National Professor of India 1987-1992
  • University Professor, University of Pittsburgh 1979-1988
  • Eberly Professor of Statistics
  • The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), PA, USA 1988-2001
  • Eberly Professor Emeritus (PSU) 2001
  • Director, Centre for Multivariate Analysis, PSU 2001-2010
  • Indian Statistical Institute, in various capacities 1941-1979
  • Visiting Professor at University of Illinois 1951-1952
  • National Professor of India 1987-1992
  • University Professor, University of Pittsburgh 1979-1988
  • Eberly Professor of Statistics,
  • The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), PA, USA 1988-2001
  • Eberly Professor Emeritus (PSU) 2001
  • Director, Centre for Multivariate Analysis, PSU 2001-2010

Research Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY 2010 - Retired from active service at the age of 80 from The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA and continues to hold honorary Professorship at The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA and at the University at Buff


Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, affectionately known to the world of statistics as “Dr. Rao,” or simply “CR,” passed away on August 22, 2023, in Buffalo, New York, at the age of 102. His passing ended a notable voyage into statistics, mathematics, and numerous applied sciences as a steward of the visionary ideal of marrying theory, models, data, and methods. Rao was a prominent explorer over a very wide range of statistics.

Among his greatest theoretical discoveries and inventions of methodologies and applications to raw data are the Cramér– Rao inequality, the Rao–Blackwell theorem, the score test, orthogonal arrays, growth curve analyses, the ecological metric, higher-order efficiency, applying generalized inverses in singular linear models, characterization problems, the Rao–Zyskind model of consumer demand, indices of genetic variation and diversity, and analysis of the Bengal anthropometric survey data. Of note, 75 years after their publication, the Cramér–Rao inequality, the Rao–Blackwell theorem, and Rao’s score test are still taught to every first-year graduate student in s

C. R. Rao

Indian-American mathematician (1920–2023)

Not to be confused with C. N. R. Rao.

C. R. Rao

FRS

Rao in 2012

Born

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao


(1920-09-10)10 September 1920

Hoovina Hadagali, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Vijayanagara, Karnataka, India)[1][2]

Died22 August 2023(2023-08-22) (aged 102)

Buffalo, New York, U.S.

CitizenshipIndian (until 1995)
American (1995–2023)[3]
EducationAndhra University (MA)
University of Calcutta (MA)
King's College, Cambridge (PhD, DSc)
Known forCramér–Rao bound
Rao–Blackwell theorem
Orthogonal arrays
Score test
AwardsPadma Vibhushan
National Medal of Science (2001)
S. S. Bhatnagar Prize
Guy Medal(Silver 1965, Gold 2011)
International Prize in Statistics (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics and Statistics
Institutions
Thesis Statistical Problems of Biological Classifications  (1948)
Doctoral advisorRonald Fisher
Doctoral students

Prof. Calyampudi Radhakrishna RaoFRS (10 September 1920 – 2

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