The Making of Indian Statistics | Alter Magazine
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How Mahalanobis Counted India's Aspirations
Mahalanobis understood this to a certain extent, as can be seen in a letter he wrote to C. D. Deshmukh, then president of the ISI: India needed an institute that was “outside Government but which would take up, by agreement with Government, such scientific work or research for promotion of science, or the coordination of scientific activities as can be done conveniently and efficiently by a non-official agency.”33 Such a structure, unless codified, would not work without the presence of a strong individual, one who powered through with sheer force of personality, political relationships, and…
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