Vidyadhar P. Godambe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1926 Pune, India |
| Died | 9 June 2016 (aged 90) |
| Known for | survey sampling estimating equations |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc., Fergusson College M.Sc., Statistics, 1950, Bombay University PhD., 1958, University of London |
| Thesis | Robust and non-parametric inference and other general criteria for statistical decisions (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Alfred Barnard |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Dominion Bureau of Statistics Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Bombay University Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan University of Waterloo |
Vidyadhar Prabhakar Godambe FRSC (1 June 1926 – 9 June 2016) was an Indian statistician. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo. Godambe was known for formulating and developing a theory of estimating equations.