Anil Kumar Gain | |
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| Born | 1 February 1919 |
| Died | 7 February 1978 (aged 59) Kolkata, India |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient Vidyasagar University |
| Awards | FRSS FCPS |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics and Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Calcutta Presidency College, Calcutta/Rajabazar Science College Indian Statistical Institute Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Ellis Daniels |
Anil Kumar Gain FRSS FCPS (1 February 1919 – 7 February 1978) (also spelt Anil Kumar Gayen) was an Indian mathematician and statistician who is best known for his works on the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient in the field of applied statistics, with his colleague Ronald Fisher. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Henry Ellis Daniels, who was the then President of the Royal Statistical Society. He was honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[2]
Gain was the president of the statistics section of the Indian Science Congress Association, as well as the head of the Department of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He later went on to found Vidyasagar University, naming it after the famous social reformer of the Bengali Renaissance, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.[3]
- ^ Guha, Abhijit. "Forgotten Founder of a University". Frontier Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Founder of the University". Vidyasagar University.
- ^ "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.