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J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2010–15, 2015-20)

Mahalanobis International Award (2017)

P.V. Sukhatme National Award in Statistics (2018)

National Science Chair (2021-24)

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'''Rahul Mukerjee''' is an Indian academic and statistician. He is a National Science Chair of the Government of India, hosted by the [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]]<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Main Page" />, after his superannuation from the same institute in 2021 as a professor in the higher academic grade.

==Biography==
Mukerjee completed his [[Bachelor of Science|BSc (Hons)]] and MSc degrees in Statistics at the [[University of Calcutta]], with rank first in the first class in each case.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Academics Page">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/facpage.asp?ID=rahulm&tab=2 |title=IIM-C Faculty Information: Rahul Mukerjee – Academics|access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=iimcal.ac.in |date=}}</ref> He received his PhD in Statistics in 1982 from the University of Calcutta.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Academics Page" />

==Career==
After completing his education, Mukerjee taught briefly at University of Calcutta and then at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], where he was awarded an out-of-turn promotion to full professorship at the age of thirty three. He joined [[IIM Calcutta]] as a full professor in 1989.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Experience Page">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/facpage.asp?ID=rahulm&tab=3 |title=IIM-C Faculty Information: Rahul Mukerjee – Experience |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=iimcal.ac.in |date=}}</ref> He has also held short- or long-term visiting positions in many institutions around the world, including Harvard University, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, Rutgers University, University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, University of Florida, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Simon Fraser University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Hiroshima University, University of Hong Kong, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Nankai University, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore, University of Malaya, Kuwait University and University of São Paulo.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Experience Page" />

Mukerjee is or has been on the editorial boards of such major international journals as ''[[The Annals of Statistics]]'', ''[[Biometrika]]'', ''[[Journal of the Royal Statistical Society]]'' Series B, and ''[[Statistica Sinica]]''.

==Achievements==
* Recipient, [[Indian Science Congress Association]] Young Scientists' Award, 1985.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Academics Page" />
* Honored Fellow, [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]], USA, 1999.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Academics Page" /><ref name="IMS Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://imstat.org/awards/honored_fellows.htm#M |title=Institute of Mathematical Statistics: Honored IMS Fellows |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=imstat.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019175343/http://imstat.org/awards/honored_fellows.htm#M |archive-date=19 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Recipient, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]], in mathematical sciences, 2000; highest award in science from Government of [[India]].<ref name="Indian Express Bhatnagar Award Article">{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20000927/ina27012.html |title=The Indian Express: 10 scientists nominated for Bhatnagar Awards |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=expressindia.com |date=}}</ref>
* Recipient, National Award in Statistics in honour of C.R. Rao, 2001, Government of [[India]].
* Fellow, [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], 2001.<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Mukerjee&intials=Rahul&year=09-02-1956 |title=Indian Academy of Sciences: Fellow Profile |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=ias.ac.in |date=}}</ref>
* Fellow, [[Indian National Science Academy]], 2003.<ref name="INSA Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P04-1363 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726181353/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P04-1363 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2011 |title=Indian National Science Academy: Indian Fellow |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=insaindia.org }}</ref>
* Fellow, [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], 2003.<ref name="NASI Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |title=National Academy of Sciences, India: Fellows |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=ias.ac.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227133632/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |archive-date=27 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Recipient, J.C. Bose National Fellowship, 2010–15 and 2015–20,<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Academics Page" /> Government of [[India]].
* Platinum Jubilee Speaker, 2012, Indian Science Congress Association.
* Member, [[National Statistical Commission]], 2013–16, Government of [[India]].
* Independent Director (2017–20), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), a Maharatna (highest level) company of Government of India.
* Recipient, Mahalanobis International Award, 2017 [[International Statistical Institute]].
* Recipient, P.V. Sukhatme National Award in Statistics, 2018, Government of [[India]].
* National Science Chair, 2021–24, Government of India.

==Selected bibliography==
Rahul Mukerjee has authored or co-authored 5 books and over 240 papers.<ref name="IIM-C Faculty Information Research Page">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/facpage.asp?ID=rahulm&tab=4 |title=IIM-C Faculty Information: Rahul Mukerjee – Research |access-date=20 February 2010 |publisher=iimcal.ac.in |date=}}</ref>

* "Randomized Response: Theory and Techniques" (1988, with A. Chaudhuri), ''[[Marcel Dekker]]''.
* "A Calculus for Factorial Arrangements" (1989, with S. Gupta), ''[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]]''.
* "Fractional Factorial Plans" (1999, with A. Dey), ''[[John Wiley & Sons]]''.
* "Probability Matching Priors: Higher Order Asymptotics" (2004, with G.S. Datta), ''[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]]''.
* "A Modern Theory of Factorial Design" (2006, with [[C.F. Jeff Wu]]), ''[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/facpage.asp?ID=rahulm Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – Faculty Information]
*[http://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/faculty.asp?FacultyGroupID=11 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – Operations Management Group Faculty]
*[http://www.iimcal.ac.in Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]

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