Arijit Chaudhuri - A Tribute to the Legend of Professor C. R. Rao: The Centenary Volume

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In order to appropriately observe the centenary celebrations of an illustrious academic like Prof. C. R. Rao, preparations had to start in a timely manner. Since other important organizations and institutions were also expected to organize parallel celebrations, we felt it was not easy to find celebrated speakers and writers to agree to collaborate with us. But happily for us, Prof. Rao himself remained enthusiastic throughout and his advice and guidance were very critical. He gave us a short article to encourage us to go ahead with our project. He gave us an account of his bright career and emailed us a good many photographs, including his own.

We have included in this volume a copy of one of his early papers published by the Calcutta Mathematical Society which is well known among the statisticians around the world. We have annexed a copy of a permission for this insertion gathered from the present authorities of this publishing society.

The present President of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) has also kindly blessed us with an article on Prof. C. R. Rao, and our present Director also has kindly done the same. Two former Directors of ISI have also contributed their write-ups. An article by one of them is a reproduction from a publication by him in a different source. Two documents authorizing us to implement this reproduction are also cited in this volume.

We were very delighted when the Abel Prize winner and the National Medal of Science (USA) winner Prof. S. R. Varadhan kindly came to Kolkata to give a talk on this occasion in our ISI Auditorium. He further gave us a write-up based on his speech which we have gratefully incorporated in this volume. This is a precious publication by our association.

We feel profound honor in putting together this edited book volume commemorating the centenary year of a legend, Prof. C. R. Rao. We are deeply indebted to all of the distinguished academics who contributed to this volume. We are also grateful to Prof. C. R. Rao himself for blessing this project. Academics like Prof. C. R. Rao appear only once in a generation, and we are extremely honored to play a small role in this commemoration.

Sincerely,