The Fifth Statistics Day was Celebrated at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

29 June: Statistics Day

The Fifth Statistics Day was celebrated at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 29 June 2011. India celebrated Statistics Day in recognition of the notable contributions made by Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of economic planning and statistical development in India. Statistics Day is observed in India to commemorate Professor Mahalanobis’ birth anniversary. The main function was inaugurated by Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India.

The Fifth Statistics Day was celebrated all over India on 29th June 2011 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, State Governments, Offices of National Sample Survey Organizations spreaded throughout the country. The various university Departments celebrated the day by organizing Seminars, Conferences, Debates, Quiz Programmes, Lecture Series, Essay Competitions, etc.

The objective of Statistics Day celebration was to create public awareness, among the people specially the younger generation for drawing inspirations from Prof. Mahalanobis about the role of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation in the country. The highlight of Statistics Day 2011 was taking up the theme, ‘Gender Statistics’ and making concerted efforts throughout the year to bring improvements in the quality of data in the field of Gender Statistics for objective planning and policy making.