Athar Ali Khan

Biography

Born on July 1, 1962 in a village in Gorakhpur and got schooling from there. In 1978 joined Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh as B. Sc (Statistics) student. Subsequently, did M. Sc (Statistics) in 1983 and M Phil Statistics in 1986. On November 18, 1986 joined Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences, Shalimar, Srinagar (J & K). In 1997 completed Ph D (Statistics) from C C H Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar (Haryana). On July 27, 1998 promoted as Assosiate Professor and on July 27, 2006 as Professor Statistics. On June 25, 2009 joined Aligarh Muslim University as Professor Statistics. I had been recipient of UGC JRF during M Phil and CSIR�??s Senior Research Fellow during Ph D at Hisar. Besides this, I was Principal Investigator in project worth Rs. 14.23 lacs funded by the ICAR in Competitive Grant II during 2001-2003. Developed a software for data analysis in 2004. Published around 48 research papers in national and international journals. My current area of research is Bayesian Statistics and I am member of advisory committee of Indian Bayesian Society. Receiving invitations from several Universities to deliver lectures in workshops and conferences on Applications of R software package for the last many years.

Research Interest

Bayesian Statistics, R Sofware Applications