{"id":354259,"date":"2026-01-17T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354259"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:20:47","slug":"sukhatme-national-award-in-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sukhatme-national-award-in-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sukhatme National Award in Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News: <\/strong>The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has called for nominations for the Sukhatme National Award in Statistics 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Sukhatme National Award in Statistics<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354264\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-354264 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-PIB-5.jpg?resize=242%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sukhatme National Award in Statistics\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-PIB-5.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-PIB-5.jpg?w=687&amp;ssl=1 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Instituted by:<\/strong> Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It is a <strong>prestigious national honour instituted to recognise<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>exceptional and outstanding contributions<\/strong> to the field of <strong>official statistics<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>carries a citation, a shawl and a memento.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Instituted in:<\/strong> The award was <strong>instituted in the year 2000<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Objective of the Award:<\/strong> To acknowledge <strong>eminent Indian statisticians<\/strong> whose <strong>high-quality research and professional work<\/strong> have:\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthened the <strong>official statistical system<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n<li>Contributed significantly to the <strong>development and improvement of official statistics.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> It is <strong>conferred on Indian statisticians aged 45 years<\/strong> and above for their lifetime contributions and achievements in the field of statistics.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The award is <strong>conferred in alternate years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nominations: <\/strong><strong>Self-nomination<\/strong> by eligible candidates is permitted and <strong>Institutions<\/strong> are also allowed to <strong>propose nominations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Award Presentation: <\/strong>The award is presented on <strong>Statistics Day (June 29). <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has called for nominations for the Sukhatme National Award in Statistics 2026. About Sukhatme National Award in Statistics Instituted by: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) It is a prestigious national honour instituted to recognise\u00a0exceptional and outstanding contributions to the field of official statistics in India.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sukhatme-national-award-in-statistics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sukhatme National Award in Statistics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039,7965],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-354259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}