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��DEPARTMENT PROFILE �2019-20�

Department of Statistics

Poornaprajna College, Udupi

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CLASS	YEAR	STRENGTH
BSc	I	22
	II	28
	III	30
	TOTAL	80
BCOM	I	267
BBA	II	58

STUDENT STRENGTH

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GUEST LECTURES ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT

“Applications of Statistics & R Software” by Nithin Nayak, Abhishek and Gautam Hegde, students of M.Sc. (Statistics), Manipal University on 5/7/2019

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“Statistics in Pharmaceutical Industries”

by Mr. Shashidhar Joshi, Associate Biostatistics Director, IQVIA, Bengaluru on 16/08/2019

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“Stock Market Basics” by Sri G. S. Ramachandra Dongre, Retired Professor of History, Milagres College, Kallianpura on 17.02.2020

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‘What after B.Sc. Statistics’ by Dr. Ismail B., Retired Professor of Statistics, Mangalore University was conducted on 05/03/2020.

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STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECT

Ms. Swathi of Second B. Sc., Ms. Priyanka and Ms. Sushma of final year B.Sc. worked on a project entitled “Academic Performance Prediction by Association Rule Mining- A Case Study in an Undergraduate College”. This project won First prize in the project competition held at Mangalore University.

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS�

Swathi - II B.Sc. and Aishwarya - III B.Sc. won First place in Multitasking competition at State level Stat-Fest “ANVESHA-2019“ organised by Dept. of Statistics, Manipal university
Swathi and Shishira of II B.Sc. won Second place in Data Analysis competition at State level Stat-Fest “ANVESHA-2019“ organised by Dept. of Statistics, Manipal university.

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Our students participated in the stat fest “AVISHKAR-2020” organized by Department of Statistics, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Konaje and won the following prizes.
(i) Nikitha II B Sc and Fathima II B.Sc. won first place in Collage competition

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SYLLABUS WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT

Mangalore University Choice Based Credit Semester System Syllabus related work shop was conducted on 03.09.2020.

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Department Activities

A Survey of Molahalli village was under taken by department of Statistics in association with Poornaprajna Research Centre and department of Sociology.

“Data Mirror” a weekly wall magazine has been published by our students.

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A certificate course on ‘Data Visualization with R’ was conducted. Seven students have successfully completed the course.

A chart exhibition on achievements of ISRO was undertaken on the occasion of Celebration of Annular Solar Eclipse in the college on 26.12.2019.

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Staff Achievements

Gopal M. Gokhale

Mr.Gopal M. Gokhale successfully completed the following online courses from NPTEL.
(i) Python for Data Science
(ii) Body Language
(iii) Introduction to Learning Analytics

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Mr.Gopal M. Gokhale was invited for delivering guest lecture on the topic “Swayam NPTEL Online Courses” by SMS College Brahmavar, Besant Women’s College Mangaluru, and Poornaprajna Institute of Management, Udupi.

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Mr.Gopal M. Gokhale was invited as a Resource Person for One day State Level Programme on Swayam NPTEL Online Courses Organised by St. Agnes College Autonomous Mangaluru on 14.08.2019.

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Mr.Gopal M. Gokhale presented a paper titled ‘Academic Performance prediction by Association Rule Mining – A case study in an under graduate College’ in the International conference on ‘Emerging issues and Trends in Intellectual Capital and Innovative Management Practices in the Global Economy’ held at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal on 13th and 14^th of January 2020. Same paper was published in the Multidisciplinary journal ‘Our Heritage’ with ISSN 0474-9030

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Published a paper titled Student Perceptions of Effective Teacher Characteristics in the conference proceedings held at St. Agnes College Mangalore

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Mr. Gopal M. Gokhale is a member of Board of Studies in Statistics of Mangalore University, St. Agnes College Mangalore and SDM College Ujire
Mr. Gopal M. Gokhale has participated in the NPTEL workshop conducted on 26^th July by IIT MADRAS.

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Mrs. Dhanya K.

Mrs. Dhanya K attended Two days national level Workshop on “Statistical Data Analysis Using R Programming Language” organised by ISAR Chennai
Mrs Dhanya is a member of Board of Studies in Statistics of SDM College Ujire
Mrs. Dhanya K. has successfully completed the following NPTEL online courses.
(i) Introduction to R software offered by IIT Kanpur.
(ii) Introduction to Bio Statistics offered by IIT Bombay

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Ms. Madhu Bhat K.

Ms. Madhu Bhat K. was invited for a Guest Lecture on the topic “Introduction to R Software” organised by Department of Statistics, Alvas’ College, Moodabidre.

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Ms.Madhu Bhat K. has attended a three day workshop on ‘Data Mining and Predictive Modelling’ organised by IBM team in association with Mangalore University
Ms. Madhu Bhat K. has successfully completed a one year diploma course on ‘SavayavaKrishi’
Ms. Madhu Bhat K. has successfully completed three postal Sanskrit courses, ‘Pravesha’, ‘Parichaya’ and ‘Shiksha’
Ms.Madhu Bhat K. has successfully completed the following NPTEL online courses.
(i) Descriptive statistics using R offered by IIT Kharagpur.
(ii) Introduction to Bio Statistics offered by IIT Bombay

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Action Plan

National Level workshop on ‘Statistical analysis of Experimental Data”
To provide more online certificate courses.
To conduct programmes which improve reasoning skills and quantitative aptitude of students.
To conduct workshop in R Software for Pre-University students.
To start webinar series on ‘Practical aspects of Statistics Teaching’ in association with Department of Data Science, Manipal University.