Presidents of KSI – kerala statistical institute

Founder President of KSI

Dr. U.S. Nair

D r. U.S. Nair, a world-renowned Statistician, was a faculty in the Department of Mathematics, University College, during 1924-`36 and 1938-`45. He was instrumental in starting the Post-graduate in Department of Statistics in 1945 in the then Travancore University, which is the second full-fledged Post-graduate Department in Statistics in Indian universities. Unni Sivaraman Nair obtained DSc (1937) from University of London, UK specializing in statistics. He served as the Professor and Head, Statistics Division, Department of Mathematics, University of Travancore; Statistical Adviser, Government of Travancore; UN Statistical Adviser under ECAFE and Visiting Professor, University of California, USA.

Academic and Research Achievements: Nair made notable contributions to mathematics and statistics in relation to:

application of moment function in the study of distribution laws in statistics,
probability statements regarding the ratio of standard deviations and correlation coefficient in a bivariate normal population, and
application of factorial series in studying distribution laws.
Other Contributions: Nair helped in census operations in the former Travancore-Cochin State in 1951. He was also the in-charge of the Scheme for Improvement of Agricultural Statistics. As Director of Statistics of the State, Nair took active part in National Sample Survey of the Indian Statistical Institute in 1954.

Awards and Honours: Nair was a Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. He was the President, Statistics Section, Indian Science Congress (1949)

Presidents of KSI

1977 – 1982	Prof U S Nair (Founder President)	First Professor of the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala and first Director, Department of Economics and Statistics, Government of Kerala.
1982 – 1994	Prof P T Chandi	Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gorakhpur.
1994 – 2000	Shri P G Muralidharan IAS	Former Secretary to Government, Government of Kerala.
2000 – 2009	Dr. K C Zacharia	Renowned demographer worked with the World Bank and Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
2009 – 2012	Dr. R Krishna Pillai	Former Professor and Head, Department of Statistics, University of Kerala and Botswana University Chief Statistical Training Advisor for UNESCO in Botswana and Swaziland.
2012 – 2015	Dr. S Rajoo Krishnan	Former Deputy Director of Collegiate Education Joint Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, Government of Kerala.
2015 – 2018	Dr. K K Jose	Former Principal, St. Thomas College, Pala Former Head, Department of Statistics, St. Thomas College, Pala
2018 – 2021	Dr A P Kuttykrishnan	Former Director, Samagra Shiksha Kerala Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Kannur University
2021 – 2024	Shri. M Somasekharan Pillai	Former Head, Department of Statistics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram
2024 –	Dr. P S Nair	Former Professor & Head, Dept. of Population Studies. University of Botswana Former Professor & Head, Dept. of Demography, University of Kerala Former Director, Population Research Centre, University of Kerala Visiting Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Manitoba Associate Professor, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Bombay Visiting Research Fellow in Netherlands Interuniversity Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague, The Netherlands.