Who is known as the founder of Indian Statistical Institute

1. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
2. Bidhan Chandra Roy
3. Meghnad Saha
4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

Answer: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Explanation: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a public university which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament. It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in Presidency College, Kolkata. Established in 1931, this unique institution of India is one of the oldest institutions focused on statistics, and its early reputation led it to being adopted as a model for the first US institute of statistics set up at the Research Triangle, North Carolina by Gertrude Mary Cox.