Jyoti Prasad Medhi

Jyoti Prasad Medhi was a Professor and Emeritus Professor of statistics at Gauhati University and Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology.[1][2][3] He did his early study in Cotton University (erstwhile Cotton College) in 1946 and was a Gold medallist in BSc. Medhi did his MSc from Calcutta University, and got the Debendra Nath Gangopadhaya Gold medal and the Post graduate First class first Gold medal in 1948.

Jyoti Prasad Medhi
Born1924
Nalbari, Assam, India
Died3 February 2017
Guwahati, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forQueueing theory, Stochastic process, Statistics
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsGauhati University, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology
ThesisProblems d'estination statisque relatifs a certains processus stationnares de second ordre (1956)
Doctoral advisorRobert Fortet
Other academic advisorsM S Bartlett
Doctoral studentsTata Subba Rao
InfluencedGautam Biswas

Work and education

Medhi worked as a Lecturer of Statistics at Cotton University. In 1949 he worked as a Lecturer in Gauhati University. Medhi did his Master of Statistics (MStat) from the University of Manchester in 1954. He worked with M S Bartlett in the University of Manchester in 1955.[4] Thereon Medhi moved to France to study for his DSc in the University of Paris in 1956 under the supervision of Robert Fortet.[5] Medhi returned to Gauhati University and became a Professor and Head of the department of Statistics till he died in 2017.

Publications

Medhi published many articles in peer reviewed international and national journals.[6] He also published two acclaimed books.[7][8]

Awards and honours

The J Medhi memorial lecture is annually held in the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati at the Department of Mathematics.[9] In 2016, Medhi was conferred an Honorary doctorate DSc by Tezpur University.

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References
  1. Deka, Priyankush (February 17, 2018). "Dr. Jyoti Prasad Medhi: An Eminent Assamese Mathematician and my Thoughts".
  2. Desk, Sentinel Digital. "Dr Jyoti Prasad Medhi breathes his last - Sentinelassam". The Sentinel Assam.
  3. "World famous statistician Prof JP Medhi passes away". The Assam Tribune Online.
  4. Bartlett, M. S.; Medhi, J. (1955). [www.jstor.org/stable/2333431 "On the Efficiency of Procedures for Smoothing Periodograms from Time Series with Continuous Spectra"] Check |url= value (help). Biometrika. 42 (1/2): 143–150. doi:10.2307/2333431 – via JSTOR.
  5. "CV". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  6. "Jyotiprasad Medhi, D.Sc. (Hon.), Dr-es-Sc(Paris) - Google Scholar". scholar.google.co.in.
  7. Medhi, Jyotiprasad (July 10, 1994). "Stochastic Processes". New Age International – via Google Books.
  8. "STOCHASTIC MODELS IN QUEUEING THEORY" (PDF). scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  9. "J. Medhi Memorial Lecture". www.iitg.ac.in.
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