DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
BRIEF HISTORY
B. Borooah college was established in 1943. But the subject Statistics was first introduced in higher secondary in 1984 in Arts and science streams. Later, Statistics was offered as a general subject in degree course from 1995 in both Arts and science streams. Major (honours) in Statistics was started in the academic session 2009-10 with five students, but one of them left the department in 2010 to join NDA. From then onwards, the department has produced many graduates who are now engaged in different fields of work such as bank, army, company, school etc.
FACULTY MEMBERS:
1. Dr. Mompi Sharma, Ph. D., UGC-NET, SLET, Head & Assistant Professor
2. Mrs. Dipanjali Pathak, M.Phil, Guest Lecturer
3. Mr. Manish Choudhury, Guest Lecturer
COURSES OFFERED
1. FYUGP (Major and Minor)
2. Higher Secondary
LIBRARY
The Department has a small library of its own which has approximately 187 books in various fields of statistics. It includes books on basic statistics, mathematical statistics, applied statistics, statistical inference, operation research, software such as C/C++, R and SPSS.
MISSION AND VISION
Mission
The mission of the department is to:
1. Train the students to achieve sound knowledge in scientific data collection, tabulation and methods of data analysis.
2. Make the students confident, skilled and unique in all respect so that they can build a good carrier in future.
Vision
The vision of the department is to provide quality-oriented teaching of theoretical and practical statistics that may bring out the best statisticians in the country.