ICAR-IASRI Organized the 17th National Statistics Day

28th June 2023, New Delhi

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi Organized National Statistics Day Lecture and Walkathon on the eve of 17th National Statistics Day on 28th June 2023. The theme of 17th National Statistics Day is “Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals”.

Shri Ashish Kumar, Former Director General, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, Chief Guest delivered the Keynote Address online on National and international experience in official statistics system and capacity building with special reference to agricultural statistics. He shared his valuable insights regarding the importance of official statistics in efficient policy formulation. Further, he emphasized the applicability of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence in the field of statistics. He appreciated the role of ICAR-IASRI for building quality human resources.

Sh. Rakesh Kumar Tyagi, Former Director General, National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India and Guest of Honour  shared his experiences as alumnus of ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi and his experiences in national Statistics System. He also highlighted the rich heritage and the significant contributions made by the Institute in National Agricultural Research and Education System and National Agricultural Statistics System.

Earlier in his welcome address, Dr Rajender Parsad, Director, ICAR-IASRI gave the genesis and growth of the Institute. He also enumerated the significant contributions if the Institute during last 93 years since its beginning as a small statistical section of then Imerial Council of Agricultural Research. He also emphasized on the importance of National Statistics Day highlighting the contribution of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis.

Students of ICAR-IASRI made a presentation on the inspiring journey of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis and other eminent national and international statisticians. Alumni of ICAR-IASRI currently working in various sectors viz., Indian Statistical Service, Agricultural Research Service, Agricultural Universities and Multinational companies interacted online with the students. A two-hour offline interaction session with alumni working in the corporate sector was also organized to make the students prepared for corporate sector and entrepreneurs. Logo designing and poster making competitions were organized for students.

This event brought together the staff, students, and alumni of ICAR-IASRI, creating awareness about the importance of Statistics.

To promote the subject of Statistics and to inspire researchers/students belonging to other disciplines a Walkathon was organized starting from ICAR-IASRI to KAB-II, Director Office, ICAR-IARI and IARI Library and back to the Institute.

Dr. R.C. Agrawal, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education), Dr. Seema Jaggi, Assistant Director General (HRD), Dr. Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Joint Director (Research), ICAR-IARI and other officials from KAB-II and ICAR-IARI joined the Walkathon.

A total of around 200+ participants including staff, students and alumni took part in the celebrations.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi)