B. R. Bhat
Beliyar Ramdas Bhat was a professor and head of the department of statistics at Karnataka University for more than two decades. He was elected member of International Statistical Institute, and Fellow of Royal Statistical Society.
Beliyar Ramdas Bhat | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Karnatak University |
| Thesis | Bayes Sequential Tests in Markov Chains (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Blackwell |
Bhat obtained a M.A. degree in mathematics from Madras University in 1954, and a M.A. degree in statistics from Karnataka University, prior to working on a Ph.D. from Berkeley in 1961. His advisor was David Blackwell. Bhat was elected member of Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and South African Statistical Association. He was the Secretary, Editor and President of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. He was also the past President of the Section of Statistics of the Indian Science Congress Association.