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Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics(with specialisations in Industrial / Bio-Statistics)

The PG Diploma in Applied Statistics Programme (PGDAST) is offered by the Statistics

discipline of the School of Sciences, by a challenging distance teaching-learning process. Thisprogramme would cater to the needs not only of the working professionals in Industries, National

laboratories, R & D Organizations, Pharmacy, Academic Institutions but also be useful for all the

Graduates aspiring to get employment in all these places. There is too combat competition at the

national and international levels, therefore, the working professionals in Industries i.e. Software

Industry, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, etc. and need to be academically

revitalized in using statistical tools for total quality management for good data handling; for

testing of drugs and for other analytical techniques.

The PGDAST programme widens the scope of the learners to continue his/ her education and to

develop the professional careers in different sectors of employment by providing the knowledge

and hands on training in the selected areas of Statistics. This programme acquaints the learners

with the use of statistical tools in analysis of the industrial and pharmaceutical data.

The programme comprises a total of 8 courses worth 32 credits in all, one eighth being the

practical component. This programme consists of 5 core, 2 electives and 1 practical courses.

However, this programme offers specialisations in the areas of Industrial Statistics and Bio-

Statistics, a candidate can opt either of these specialisations and each specialisation has 2 courses

each of 4 credits.

This programme will acquaint the learners with the basic knowledge of Descriptive Statistics,

Probability & Probability distributions, Statistical Inference, Sampling, Experimental Designs

and Generation of Random Numbers along with the Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics.

This programme also make familiar to the learners with Quality control, Reliability,

Optimisation Techniques, Regression and Time Series Modeling with their applications under

the Industrial Statistics specialisation whereas Bio-assay, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials,

Categorical Data Analysis, Regression and Multiple Regression Modeling and Survival Analysis

with their applications under the Bio-Statistics specialisation.

Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline with minimum of 50% marks from a recognised

University.

Programme Fee: Rs. 6000/-Duration of the Programme: 1 year - 3 years.

Medium of Instruction: English

Proposed Launch Date: January 2013 cycle