Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata: Courses, Contact Details, Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Updated on - Aug 14, 2024

Founded by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis on 17th December 1931, the ISI, Kolkata was a unique institution committed to the research, teaching, and application of Statistics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences. The institute obtained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959. The institute was established as a learned society in the Statistical Laboratory in 1931. In 1932, the institute was registered as nonprofit making learned society for the advancement of Statistics. A few years later the Institute’s achievements in research that included innovative projects on sample surveys of agricultural crops and socio-economic after-effects of the Bengal famine (1943-44) as well as path-breaking research publications of Professor R.C.Bose on experimental designs in the Annals of Eugenics (1939) bought recognition in India and abroad. The Institute is now considered as one of the foremost centers in the world for training and research in statistics and the related sciences. 

The Headquarters of ISI is located in the metropolis of Kolkata. There are four centers of this institute that are located in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Tezpur. The primary pursuit of the institute is Research in Statistics and the Teaching affairs are managed mainly in Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore. The other institutes in India in several cities are occupied primarily in projects and consultancy in Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research.

During the 1920s, nearly all the statistical work was done in India single-handedly by Mahalanobis. The early statistical studies used to work on analyses of data on the stature of Anglo-Indians, metrological data, rainfall data, data on soil conditions, etc. The findings from these analyses were of great impact in the control of floods, development of agriculture and led to the recognition of Statistics as a key discipline. The Govt. of India allocated responsibility to the institute to prepare the draft second five-year plan with P.C. Mahalanobis as the chief architect. 

The impact of Mahalanobis was so penetrating that the physics students started to find Statistics interesting. Theoretical research in Statistics began to flourish in the Institute. Research on large-scale sample surveys won Mahalanobis a Fellowship of the Royal Society.

The major aim of ISI, Kolkata was to encourage the study and circulation of knowledge of Statistics, to evolve statistical theory and methods, and use their research and practical application to the problems of planning of National Development and Social Welfare and to deal with research in various fields of natural and social sciences, with the help of the Statistics. ISI, Kolkata Admission offers several Degrees, Diplomas and Certification programs mostly in Statistics and Maths. For the admission purpose, the institute conducts several written tests, interviews or on the basis of the merit lists, etc.

ISI, Kolkata Quicklinks:

• Highlights
• Departments
• Courses
• Rankings
• Associations
• Infrastructure
• Placements
• Events
• FAQs
• Eligibility Criteria
• Admission
• Hostel Details

ISI, Kolkata Highlights:

ISI, Kolkata Departments:

Following are the departments of ISI, Kolkata:

• Statistics
• Mathematics
• Technology
• Science

ISI, Kolkata Courses:

ISI, Kolkata Rankings:

ISI Kolkata is ranked #75 overall in India by NIRF Ranking 2024. Here are some of the achievements obtained by the institute:

• The institute has been obtained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959.
• The institute has been registered as a non-profit distributing learned society under the Societies Registration Act and now under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act.
• Mahalanobis won a fellowship of the Royal Society for research on large scale sample surveys.

ISI, Kolkata Associations:

Indian Statistical Institute has two Associate Institutions:

• International Statistic Education Centre.
• Center for Soft Computing Research.

ISI, Kolkata Infrastructure Facilities:

The ISI Kolkata campus is located in a 30-acre estate on a Barrackpore Trunk Road in the Baranagore suburb of greater Kolkata. The ISI Kolkata infrastructure facilities on the campus include:

• The campus has two equal parts, one is the office complex and the other is the residential complex, both are separated by a public road.
• The chief buildings in the office complex are the Main Building, the Library Building, the Geology Building, the Administration Building, and the Amrapali.
• The main building consists of the Research and Training Scool (known as RTS Building) with its laboratories, but now the RTS Building is referred to as Main Building.
• In the main building, the International Statistical Education Centre(ISEC), the Planning Division, the Electronic Computer Laboratory were situated.
• The session the International Statistical Conference was held in the Main Building.
• The Main Building has 6 floors, each with several units located in it.
• In the Baranagore area, the Library Building is the tallest building which was constructed in three phases.
• In the first, second, and third floor the Library was located, apart from the library, the building has many classrooms in the fifth and seventh floor.
• In the Library Building, there are various academic and service units are located, the library, the computer center, and other offices.
• The Library Building has 9 floors in it, each floor consist of several offices and units like 
• Students can access home and off-campus the library's electronic journals, e-books, databases, etc from any computer.
• The students can get home and off-campus access to the electronic resources the Central Library subscribes to.
• In the Library Building, Computer & Statistical Service Center is situated where the wifi connections are available.
• The Library Building provides IP Telephone, Lab features, Network Architecture, Software Facilities, Video Conference.
• The other floors have Sankhya Office, Dean's Office, ISEC, Placement Office, Social Sciences Division Office, Economic Research Unit, External Examinations Office, Applied Statistics Division Office, Applied Statistics Unit, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit, Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit.
• The Geology Building has four floors, the building houses a 195-seat auditorium(the Geology Auditorium) and a museum(Geology museum).
• The Geology Museum has several artifacts of geological as well as the archaeological significance, including dinosaur fossils.
• The floors in the Geological building include Allahabad Bank, Chemistry Unit, Geology Museum, Geological Study Unit, Geology Auditorium, Linguistic Research Unit, Biometry Unit, SOC Training & Promotional Unit, Psychology Research Unit.
• The residential area of the campus includes Guest House, the Medical Welfare Unit, the Boys Hostel, the Research Scholars and ISEC Hostel, the Ladies Hostel, and parts of several service units and the staff quarters.
• The Central Library of ISI is situated at Kolkata with a network extending to other centers and is the richest libraries of the country.
• The library has over 2,00,000 books and journals besides many reports, maps, microfilms, microfiches.
• The library has instilled all the databases on CD-ROM.
• The library also has a collection of books and journals in Mathematics and Statistics known as Eastern Regional Centre of NBHM collection.

ISI, Kolkata Placements:

ISI, Kolkata Placements for the students controlled by the placement committee. The placement process and rules are:

• The batches for placement are M.Stat, M.S.QE, M.Tech.CS, M.Tech.QROR, PGDCA.
• The companies lined up for placements send the placement committee the filled up Campus Recruitment Form.
• The job details, description, roles, salaries must be mentioned.
• Based on the interested students the placement committee allocates the slots.
• On each of the placements day, a few companies are given slots.
• On each day the selected students will appear for the interview processes.
• The interviewers at the end of the interview should declare the students which they have selected for the job.
• The interviewers should also confirm the exact salary they will pay and that should not be less than they committed earlier.
•  If any students have been selected in another company on the same day, he or she may choose any one of the companies, but they will not be allowed to appear for further interviews.

ISI, Kolkata Events:

Following are the events held on Campus:

• National Seminar on Recent Advances in Museum Management. The program is constricted to the professionals who represent museums and archives of various organizations in the country.
• The program will be limited to a maximum number of 70 on the basis of first-come-first-served. The Seminar has professionals who are interested in museum management.
• The program is attempted to increase the skill and competency of the professionals manage the museums and archives in their own organizational setup.
• The program provides a platform for the participants who want to share their knowledge, experience across their institutional culture.
• School on programming with python, the aim of the school is to provide a course on python and its application to modern aspects Cosmology and Nonlinear Dynamics.

ISI, Kolkata FAQs:

1. What is important to know to pursue a PG Diploma in Business Analytics?

This program has been designed for those who have an excellent mindset of analytics and are interested in handling challenging business problems and is excellent in Mathematics.

    2. How to apply?

Eligible candidates can apply online and can pay the fees online.

    3. What is the selection process for admission?
The institute will conduct a written test to select the candidates for the personal interview. Based on the written test, interview the candidates will be selected.

   4. Does the institute provide an internship?

Yes, it is. First-year students after the completion of the 2nd semester are available for their summer internships till the beginning of the third semester.

   5. Are bank loans or financial support available?

There is financial support available for the deserving candidates. The students may get an education loan from any bank or other financial institutions.

ISI, Kolkata other Centers:

There are some of the ISI Centers located across the country:

• ISI, Delhi
• ISI, Bangalore
• ISI, Chennai
• ISI, Tezpur

The outlying offices of the Institute are located in:

• Chennai
• Coimbatore
• Giridih
• Hyderabad
• Mumbai
• Pune
• Vadodara

Other Trending Institutions:

• Chennai Mathematical Institute

ISI, Kolkata Eligibility Criteria:

ISI, Kolkata Admission Procedure:

The ISI, Kolkata admission procedures are given below:

• The application must be filled and submitted by the candidates.
• The application is available online, candidates can apply online.
• The number of candidates will be selected within the allotted number of seats.
• An additional number of seats will be open to the sponsored candidates (not more than 10% of seats).
• Some seats are reserved for the domiciled candidates of the North-East States of India.
• 3% of seats are reserved for each SC, ST, OBC-NCL, GEN, Person with disabilities category of candidates.
• The candidates then will be selected on the basis of eligibility criteria for further process.
• The selection test will be held in different cities, candidates need to appear in the admission test at one of the centers.
• The application fee for the reserved candidates is half of the general category candidates.
• The written test will be conducted for the selected candidates.
• There will be an interview round for the candidates.
• The candidates will then be selected within the allotted seats.
• Sponsorship candidates by government, semi-government, public sector undertakings in M.S. in Quality Management Science, M.Tech in Computer Science, M.Tech in Cryptology and Security, M.Tech in Quality Reliability and Operations Research.
• The sponsored candidates are not eligible to apply if they are both national and international self-sponsored candidates.
• Sponsored candidates are not eligible for any scholarships from the institute.
• The sponsored candidates must in service in a sponsoring organization for at least 2 years.

ISI, Kolkata Hostel Details:

The hostel details of ISI are given below:

• ISI has two separate hostels, one for boys and another for girls.
• Both the hostels are located in the residential campus of the institute.