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Prof. C. R. Rao was one of the greatest statisticians of the 20th century. His results on estimation are taught in every statistics course in the world. He received the International Prize in Statistics in 2023, at the age of 102.
Key contributions
- Cramér–Rao lower bound and Rao–Blackwell theorem
- Foundations of information geometry
- Padma Vibhushan (2001) and International Prize in Statistics (2023)