Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

Key facts

Born

10 September 1920, Hoovina Hadagali

Died

22 August 2023, Amherst

State of birth

Hoovina Hadagali, Karnataka

Sector

Science & space

Profession

Indian-American mathematician (1920–2023)

Gender

Male

Biography

Prof. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. The American Statistical Association has described him as "a living legend" whose work has influenced not just statistics, but has had far reaching implications for fields as varied as economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, national planning, demography, biometry, and medicine." The Times of India listed Rao as one of the top 10 Indian scientists of all time.

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Timeline

1. 1920Born in Hoovina Hadagali
2. 1957Awarded the Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
3. 1963Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
4. 1965Awarded the Guy Medal in Silver
5. 1967Awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society
6. 1968Awarded the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
7. 1969Awarded the Meghnad Saha Medal
8. 1971Becomes chairperson
9. 1972Becomes director
10. 1972Awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society
11. 1972Awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association
12. 1974Becomes chairperson
13. 1977Becomes chairperson
14. 1977Becomes chairperson
15. 1989Awarded the Wilks Memorial Award
16. 2001Awarded the National Medal of Science
17. 2001Awarded the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
18. 2003Awarded the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal
19. 2010Awarded the India Science Award
20. 2011Awarded the Guy Medal in Gold
21. 2023Awarded the International Prize in Statistics
22. 2023Dies in Amherst