13th National Statistics Day Celebrated In Guwahati

GUWAHATI: The 13th National Statistics Day was celebrated on Saturday by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Field Operations Division (FOD), Guwahati under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt of India in Guwahati. The theme of this year’s Statistics Day is “Sustainable Development Goals”.

According to a press release, IFS (Retd), Head of the Centre for Sustainable Development Goals, Assam Administrative Staff College Prof RM Dubey, was the Chief Guest of Honor in this occasion. In his address, he said, “This Day is celebrated nationwide every year in order to create awareness among the people, especially the younger generation, for drawing inspiration from Prof. P. C Mahalanobis about the role of Statistics in Socio Economic Planning & policy formulation. He is the father of modern Statistics in India.” Prof. Dubey also talked about the sustainable developments goals in details and stated that these goals are a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace across the world.

AK Biswas, the Additional Director General, NSO, Shri Jagat Hazarika, Director NSO and senior level officers and staffs from NSO, Zonal & Regional offices, faculties of various colleges, research scholars & students of various fields attended the programme. Paper presenters from various renowned institutions like Centre for Sustainable Development Goals, Gauhati University, Cotton University also participated in the programme.

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