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Kali Shankar Banerjee, American statistician, educator. Recipient Excellence Teaching award, University Delaware, 1972, Distinguished Scientist award, 1975; Fulbright grant, 1962-1963, National Science Foundation grant, 1964-1966, 68, 1969, 1971-1974.

Background

Banerjee, Kali Shankar was born on September 1, 1914 in Dacca, Bangladesh. Arrived in United States, 1962, naturalized, 1974. Son of Heramba and Rajabala (Chakraborty) Banerjee.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics with honors, Calcutta University, 1935. Master of Arts, Calcutta University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, Calcutta University, 1950.

Career

Senior research assistant Pusa Bihar, 1942—1944, statistician, 1946—1951. Statistical officer India, 1944—1946. Deputy director State Statistical Bureau, West Bengal, India, 1951—1962, 1966—1968.

Visiting associate professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1962—1963. Visiting professor Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1964—1966, 1968—1969. Professor University Delaware, Newark, 1969—1979, H. Rodney Sharp professor stats, 1975—1979.

Visiting professor mathematics University Maryland, Catonsville, since 1980. Mathematics statistician Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1979—1980, consultant.

Achievements

  • Kali Shankar Banerjee has been listed as a noteworthy statistician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Assn, Royal Statistical Society (London). Member: Calcutta Statistical Association (vice president), International Statistical Institute, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Niti Banerjee, September 7, 1938. Children: Deb, Swapna.