Statistics

Association
“StatXplore”, the association of the PG Statistics Department was started with the view of inculcating knowledge about the benefits of statistics to daily lives as well as to provide an insight on the professional aspects of the subject. Several trainings, workshops, seminars, guest lectures, and department level events and competitions are being conducted as a part of the activities of the association.

Activities

Training
The department provides regular training on the following:

• ‘R’, ‘Python’ and ‘SQL’ programming languages
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• ‘LaTeX’, a document processing software

Seminars/Conferences

• National Conference on “Statistical Insights and Data Science Trends” on April 6, 2024.
• State Level Webinar on “Quantitative Analysis of Qualitative Variables and Measurement Scales” on February 27, 2021.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Statistical Inference and Data Analysis” on October 30 and 31, 2015.

Guest Lectures

• Simultaneous Equations Model (Resource person: Dr. Satyanarayana, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Statistics & Data Science, MAHE, Manipal).
• Exploring Pathways: Navigating Careers in Statistics (Resource person: Mr. Dayananda Ubrangala, Data and Applied Scientist, Microsoft, Bangalore).
• Applications of Statistical Theory in Real Life (Resource person: Dr. T. P. M. Pakkala, Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics, Mangalore University, Mangalore).
• Must have skills for a Modern Statistician (Resource person: Prof. Nagaraj K. Neerchal, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting, UMBC, Baltimore, USA).
• Hadoop Distributed File System Basics (Resource person: Mr. Prithviraj Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SDM IT, Ujire).
• Project Formulation and Report Writing (Resource person: Dr. Ramachandra Bhat, Emeritus Scientist, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, College of Fisheries, Mangalore).
• Graphical Representation of Statistical Data and Interpretation, and Kernel and Non-parametric Density Estimation (Resource person: Dr. Susham Bendre, Professor, Applied Statistics Unit, ISI, Chennai Centre, Chennai).
• Statistical Techniques applied in Public Health and Medicine (Resource person: Dr. Haikady N. Nagaraja, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA).
• IAS Examination Pattern and Importance of Statistics in various Competitive exams (Resource person: Mr. Khanij Kumar, Software Engineer, Cisco, Bangalore).
• Cantelli – Glivenko – Weierstrass – Bernstein – Borel – a connection (Resource person: Dr. S. Ravi, Professor, Department of Studies in Statistics, University of Mysore).
• Likelihood Inference (Resource person: Dr. K. ArunaRao, Professor of Statistics (Rtd.), Mangalore University).
• Concepts of Testing of Hypothesis: ‘Randomized and Non-randomized test, Most Powerful Test (MPT), Uniformly Most Powerful Test (UMPT), Uniformly Most Powerful Unbiased Test (UMPUT) and Problems on Pitman Family’ (Resource person: Dr. R. N. Rattihalli, Professor of Statistics (Visiting), University of Hyderabad).

Workshops

• Powering up your Data: Two Days A Hands-on Power BI and Tableau Workshop (Resource person: Mr. Shailendra N. R., Assistant Manager, Data Decision Support, OSB Group, Bengaluru).
• Theory of Consumer Behavior and Models for Data Analysis (Resource person: Mr. Prasanna Surathkal, Research Associate, Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore).
• Structured Query Language (SQL) (Resource persons: Ms. Ashakiran and Mr. Satheeshchandra P. D., Assistant Professors, Department of Computer Science, SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire).
• Microsoft Power BI: Dashboard in a Day (Resource person: Mr. Irshad Nediyedath, Business Analyst, MPC – Modern Pharmaceutical LLC, Dubai, UAE).
• Machine Learning Model Development for Classification Problems (Resource persons: Mr. Dayananda Ubrangala, Senior Data Scientist, VMware, Bangalore, and Mr. Subrat Swain, Project Manager, HSBC Global Banking and Markets, Bangalore).
• Certificate Course on “Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp with Python” (Resource persons: Mr. Chandan Sinha, Lead Software Engineer, SoftwareAG, Bangalore; Dr. Thyagaraju G. S., Professor and Head; Dr. Guru Prasad M. S., Assistant Professor; Mr. Chandrappa S., Assistant Professor; and Mr. Prithviraj Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, SDM IT, Ujire).
• ‘R’ Software (Resource person: Mr. Shravan, Analyst, Sattva Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore).
• Classification using Logistic Regression and Random Forest in R (Resource person: Mr. Arthur D’Silva, Manager, Tata Consultancy Services [TCS], Bangalore).
• Python Software (Resource person: Mr. Cherala Sriharsha, Associate Analyst, Goldman Sachs, Bangalore).
• SAS – University Edition (Resource persons: Dr. Kalyan Joshi, SAS Inc., Pune; Mr. S. V. Rajguru, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur; Mr. Manjunath, GE Digital, Bangalore; Mr. Chethan P., Assistant Manager, TCS, Bangalore; and Mr. Pradeep K., Department of PG Statistics, SDMC, Ujire).
• Preparation of Questionnaire (Resource person: Dr. Ramachandra Bhat, Emeritus Scientist (Economics), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, College of Fisheries, Mangalore).
• SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) (Resource person: Mr. Manoj Gokhale, Cenduit Private Limited, Bangalore).
• Use of LaTeX Software for Document Processing (Resource persons: Dr. Shambhu Sharma and Ms. Supriya S. P., Department of PG Statistics, S.D.M. College PG Centre).

Other

• University Level Inter-collegiate Fest “Sankhya Sangama” for the undergraduate statistics students of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.
• World Statistics Day celebration
• Industrial Visit to Dakshina Kannada District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies’ Union Limited, Kulshekar, Mangalore.
• Educational visit to Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Vittal.
• Study tour to Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, and College of Agriculture, Padannakkad, Kasaragod.
• Industrial tour to Spectrum Softtech, and Soften Technologies, Cochin.
• Internship opportunities through online/offline platforms are provided to the students of the department.
• Alumni interactions.
• Extension activities.

1. Organised awareness and interaction programmes, in the sphere of extension activity and social responsibility, for the high school students of the following schools:
   • Morarji Desai Residential School, Machina
   • SDM Kannada Medium School, Ujire
   • DKZP Govt. Higher Primary School, Kanyadi – II
   • SDM English Medium School, Dharmasthala
2. Students of the department are encouraged to take up research projects on community-oriented issues.

• A research project entitled “Women Empowerment: A Comparative Study of Working Mothers and Homemakers of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka” has been sanctioned to the department by the Seed Money Grant for Research 2023-24, SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire, during June 2025. The Principal Investigator was Ms. Supriya S. P. The amount sanctioned for the project was Rs. 29,000.
• A research project entitled “An Exploratory Study on Impact of Online Business on Retailers with Special Reference to Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka”, has been sanctioned to the department by the Seed Money Grant for Research 2023-24, SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire, during June 2025. The Principal Investigator was Ms. Shwetha Kumari. The amount sanctioned for the project was Rs. 22,000.
• UGC approved Minor Research Project entitled “Investment for Conservation of Western Ghats: Perception of People’s Representatives” has been sanctioned to the department in the year 2016 and was completed and submitted in the year 2019. The Principal Investigator was Dr. K. M. Shambhu Sharma and Co-investigator was Prof. Shanthiprakash. The total grant sanctioned was Rs. 1,40,000.

• Priya Kumari SV, Masuda, Supriya SP. Empowering women, strengthening communities: financial literacy among rural Muslim women in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. Int J Adv Res Commer Manag Soc Sci (IJARCMSS). 2024;7(3II):92-100.
• Priya Kumari SV, Supriya SP, Shwetha K. A study on effectiveness of RUDSETI towards sustainable development of women in southern region of Karnataka. Humanit Soc Sci Stud. 2024;13(1):8-13.
• Priya Kumari SV, Shwetha K, Supriya SP. A study on effectiveness of financial literacy programmes towards women empowerment. Harvest: Int Multidiscip Multiling Res J. 2023;3(8):6-16.
• Priya Kumari SV, Supriya SP, Shwetha K. An exploratory study on impact of self-help group (SHG) on economic empowerment of rural women. J Adv Res Commer Manag Soc Sci (IJARCMSS). 2023;6(3):24-32.
• Priya Kumari SV, Supriya SP. Role of RUDSETI in self-employment creation among rural women: a comparative research with special reference to Dakshina Kannada and Chikmagalur districts. J Shodhasamhita. 2022;9(8VI):82-102.
• Priya Kumari SV, Shwetha K. Role of skill enhancement training programmes for rural women empowerment: a study with reference to SKDRDP in Belthangady Taluk. Dogo Rangsang Res J. 2022;13(8):36-43.
• Priya Kumari SV, Supriya SP. Impact of online education during COVID-19 pandemic: a study with multidimensional perception. J Educ Rabindra Bharati Univ. 2022;24(1XX):17-23.
• Rattihalli RN, Raghunath M. Some count-based nonparametric tests for circular symmetry of a bivariate distribution. Commun Stat Simul Comput. 2018;48(3):922-943.
• Rao KSM, Raghunath M. A simple nonparametric test for testing treatment versus control. J Stat Adv Theory Appl. 2016;16(1):133-162.

Paper Presentations

• Ms. Supriya S. P., Assistant Professor, presented a research paper titled “Women Empowerment: A Comparative Study of Working Mothers and Homemakers of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka” and secured first prize for the best paper presentation in the International Conference on ‘Global Studies and Multidisciplinary Academic Research and Technological Innovations’ organised by Mehta College and Institute of Technology and Inspira Research Association – IRA, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 27th and 28th June 2025.
• Ms. Shwetha Kumari, Assistant Professor, presented a research paper titled “An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Online Business on Retailers with Special Reference to Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka” in the International Conference on ‘Global Studies and Multidisciplinary Academic Research and Technological Innovations’ organised by Mehta College and Institute of Technology and Inspira Research Association – IRA, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 27th and 28th June 2025.
• Mr Pradeep K, Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies & Research in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Discovering the Influence of Social Media Addiction on Sleep Quality and Psychosocial Wellness among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study” in the Two Day International Seminar on ‘Breaking Barriers: Advancing Psychological Well-being Across Borders’ organised by the Department of PG Studies and Research in Psychology, SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire, sponsored by ICSSR, on December 13 and 14, 2024.
• Mr Pradeep K, Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies & Research in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Effect of Social Media on Adolescent Academic Accomplishment and Everyday Activities” in the Two Day International Seminar on ‘Breaking Barriers: Advancing Psychological Well-being Across Borders’ organised by the Department of PG Studies and Research in Psychology, SDM College (Autonomous), Ujire, sponsored by ICSSR, on December 13 and 14, 2024.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Head, Ms Masuda, Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies & Research in Commerce, Ms Supriya S. P., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies & Research in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Empowering Women, Strengthening Communities: Financial Literacy among Rural Muslim Women in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka” in the International Conference on ‘India’s Internal Security Artificial Intelligence & Future Perspectives’ organised by Rajasthan Police Academy, Government of Rajasthan, BORDERMAN, Institute of Border Security Studies, New Delhi, and Nirwan University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on July 26 and 27, 2024.
• Ms Shwetha Kumari, Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies & Research in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Testing the Equality of Coefficients of Variation of Bivariate Lognormal Distribution” in the One Day National Seminar on ‘Recent Developments in Statistical Sciences’ organised by the Department of Statistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, in collaboration with First Convention of Karnataka State Statistics Association (KSSA), on January 20, 2024.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Associate Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Commerce, Ms Supriya S. P., and Ms Shwetha Kumari, Assistant Professors, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, jointly presented a research paper titled “A Study on Effectiveness of RUDSETI towards Sustainable Development of Women in Southern Region of Karnataka” in the Two Day National Seminar on ‘Sustainable Innovative Ideas for Global Business’ organised by the Department of Studies in Commerce, Davangere University, in association with Indian Council for Business Education (ICBE), Bengaluru, on August 18 and 19, 2023.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Associate Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Commerce, Ms Shwetha Kumari, and Ms Supriya S. P., Assistant Professors, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, jointly presented a research paper titled “A Study on Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Programmes towards Women Empowerment” in the International Virtual Conference on ‘Social Sciences, Law and Humanities’ organised by Mindanao State University – Sulu, Philippines, in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India, on July 30 and 31, 2023.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Associate Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Commerce, Ms Supriya S. P., and Ms Shwetha Kumari, Assistant Professors, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, jointly presented a research paper titled “An Exploratory Study on Impact of Self Help Group (SHG) on Economic Empowerment of Rural Women” in the International Conference on ‘Advent Trends and Practices in Multidisciplinary Research & Innovations (ICATP 2023)’ organised by Sabarmati University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on July 28 and 29, 2023.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Commerce, and Ms Shwetha Kumari, Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, jointly presented a research paper titled “Role of Skill Enhancement Training Programmes for Rural Women Empowerment: A Study with Reference to SKDRDP in Belthangady Taluk” in the 6th International Conference on ‘Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends’ (Online) organised by SDMIMD, Mysore, on November 25 and 26, 2021.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Commerce, and Ms Supriya S. P., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, jointly presented a research paper titled “Role of RUDSETI in Self-Employment Creation among Rural Women: A Comparative Research with Special Reference to Dakshina Kannada and Chikmagalur Districts” in the 6th International Conference on ‘Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends’ (Online) organised by SDMIMD, Mysore, on November 25 and 26, 2021.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Commerce, and Ms Supriya S. P., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Women Economic Empowerment through Capacity-Building Training Programmes: A Study with Special Reference to RUDSETI, Ujire” in a Three-Day International Virtual Conference on ‘Gender Studies’ organised by the Department of English, in association with IQAC & UBA Cell, Bishop Kurialacherry College for Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, Kerala, in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust & Cape Comorin Publisher, India, from August 26 to 28, 2021.
• Dr Priya Kumari S. V., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Commerce, and Ms Supriya S. P., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Impact of Online Education during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study with Multidimensional Perception” and won consolation prize in the 134th Dr. John Matthai Memorial Lecture and National Webinar on ‘Impact of Covid-19 on the Transforming Indian Economy’ organised by the Department of Economics, University of Calicut, Dr. John Matthai Centre, Thrissur, on January 12 and 13, 2021.
• Raghunath M., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, presented a research paper titled “Power Skew-Symmetric Distributions” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Statistical Modelling and Applications’ organised by the Department of Statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, on 23rd and 24th February 2018.
• R. N. Rattihalli, Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, delivered an invited talk on “Multivariate Skew-Symmetric Models” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Statistical Modelling and Applications’ organised by the Department of Statistics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, on 23rd and 24th February 2018.
• Raghunath M., Assistant Professor, Department of PG Studies in Statistics, delivered an invited talk on “A Class of Skew-symmetric Distributions: Tests for Symmetry” from 7th to 9th February 2018 at the Department of Statistics, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandershinder, Ajmer.
• R. N. Rattihalli delivered an invited talk on “Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Non-regular Family of Distributions” from 7 to 9 February 2018 at the Department of Statistics, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandershinder, Ajmer.
• Raghunath M. delivered an invited talk on “Testing for Bivariate Symmetry about a Known Point” at the International Conference on ‘Mathematics – 2017’ organised by Providence College for Women, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on 4 and 5 August 2017.
• R. N. Rattihalli delivered an invited talk on “Generation of Statistical Models” in the National Conference on ‘Recent Advancements in Statistics and their Applications to Society’ organised by the Department of Statistics, Savithribai Phule Pune University, Pune, from 23 to 25 March 2017.
• Raghunath M., R. N. Rattihalli delivered an invited talk on “Estimation of Parameters in a Hazard Regression Change-point Model” in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on ‘Applied Statistics and Informatics’ organised by the Department of Statistics, Savithribai Phule Pune University, Pune, on 10 and 11 March 2017.

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