Statistics

About the department :

Year Of Establishment :

Statistics                                  -          2008

Actuarial Science                    -           2013

No. of  UG Courses with Statistics Combination – 01

History of the Department:

                The department of Statistics was established in the year 2008-2009  in P.R.Government  College ( Autonomous ) , Kakinada by Maha Raja of Pithapuram affiliated to Andhra University , Waltair. At that time there were one group combination with Statistics. It has galaxy of professors in Statistics who produced stalwarts . We are proud enough to say that the fame of the department has reached to horizons .

                  A novel restructured course with Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science was introduced in the year 2008-2009 and an interdisciplinary course with Mathematics. Statistics and Actuarial Science was introduced in the academic year  2013-2014. As part of NEP 2020, the department has shifted to a single major system from the academic year 2023-24, offering Statistics single major program.           

Vision:

To create ethical and professionally trained statisticians by using modern technological methods  so as to enable objective decision making in areas of Science, Technology and Commerce.

Mission:

 Statistics plays a crucial role in the education of every student. The mission of Statistics is to:

• To prepare statisticians with ethics and to enhance their abilities to apply statistics in diversified areas.
• To provide training in scientific data collection, data management methods and procedures of data analysis.
• To explore application of statistics and engage in collaborative research in multidisciplinary environment.

• To inspire knowledge across different areas in Statistics and Actuarial Science.

• To impart knowledge on Statistical concepts like Data Collection, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Probability and Distributions, Statistical Methods, Inference, Sampling methods, Experimental Designs, Economical and Vital  Statistics,  SQC, reliability and Operations Research.

• To impart knowledge on Actuarial Science concepts like basics of Economics, Financial Accounting and Mathematics, Surviving models, life contingences, Business communication, Actuarial Statistics , Mortality and Insurance,

• To equip our students with good quality to appear for competitive examinations.

• To make the students to understand the needs of Statistics and Actuarial Science in Science, Technology and various industries like manufacturing, construction, insurance, IT, Pharmacy, etc.

• To inculcate research atmosphere among students by assigning projects.

• To provide learning environment by organizing industrial/field visits.

• To conduct remedial classes to slow learners and assign research work to advance learners in collaboration with industries.

• To organize guest lectures by inviting the resource persons from in and outside of universities for improving quality in education

• To celebrate significant days like, National Statistics Day, Population Day, Science Day, etc

Facilities available in the department:

• Books in the Departmental Library

•            Data Analytics Books                                                   : 25

•            Complementary copies and personal books                : 10

• Computers in the labs

•             Desktop PC’s            :   01

•             Lap Tops                   :  01