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Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar named as chairperson of the National Statistical Commission

Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar named as chairperson of the National Statistical Commission

Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar named as chairperson of the National Statistical Commission: Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, Professor Emeritus at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), has been appointed as the part-time head of India’s National Statistical Commission (NSC) for a three-year term. He will take up this role as an additional responsibility while continuing as Professor Emeritus at CMI. He joined CMI as a visiting professor in 2010, and officiated as the Director of CMI from January 2011 to April 2021.

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National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India:

The National Security Council (NSC) is an autonomous organisation established in June 2005 on the proposal of the Dr. C Rangarajan commission. The objective of its constitution was to reduce the problems faced by statistical agencies in the country with respect to the collection of data, and strengthen public trust in the numbers released by the Government of India. The Commission’s chairperson is a Minister of State in the Government of India.

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