‘Statistics play key role in planning'
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The event was organized by regional and zonal office of the National Statistical Office in collaboration with the department of statistics, University of Lucknow, to mark the birth anniversary of Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
Head of statistics department at LU Prof Masood H Siddiqui welcomed the participants. The event was inaugurated with the address by deputy director general, zonal office, Manoj Kumar, and director general, economic and statistical division, Selva Kumari.
Chief guest pro-vice chancellor, Prof Manuka Khanna highlighted the deeper aspects of statistics. A poster competition and a quiz competition were also organized.
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