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Dr. Santosha C D

Dr. Santosha C D

Associate Professor

About

Dr. Santosha C D brings a rich multidisciplinary background in academics, research, and data analytics, with a specialization in Statistics. His research interests include parametric and non-parametric statistics, statistical inference based on ranked set sampling, and its various extensions. A prolific contributor to the field, he has published numerous articles in national and international journals and has presented extensively at conferences worldwide.

Dr. Santosha holds both Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Mysore. With over 16 years of experience in teaching (at Ph.D., postgraduate, and undergraduate levels), research, and data analytics, he has a proven track record of academic excellence. His professional journey began at the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies as a Research Assistant. He then served as an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, for eight years. Subsequently, he worked as Program Chairperson and Assistant Professor at NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, where he contributed to the B.Sc. (Applied Statistics and Analytics) and B.Sc. (Data Science) programs at the School of Mathematics, Applied Statistics, and Analytics (SOMASA). He has also been a faculty member at the School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bengaluru.

Dr. Santosha has played a pivotal role in organizing conferences and training programs, particularly during his tenure at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru. He has been a sought-after resource person for workshops and training sessions on the application of Statistics across diverse fields, including social sciences, education, health sciences, management, food science, nutrition, and anthropology, leveraging statistical software like SPSS.

A seasoned data analyst, Dr. Santosha has delivered statistical analyses for over 200 Ph.D. theses and more than 2,000 postgraduate dissertations across disciplines such as food science and nutrition, human development, social sciences, pharmacy, management, and engineering. His expertise spans descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric tests, regression modelling, ANOVA, MANOVA, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis.

"Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realize the great life. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam "

Paper Published:
Biradar, B. S. and Santosha, C. D. (2014). Estimation of the mean of the exponential distribution using maximum ranked set sampling with unequal samples. Open Journal of Statistics, 4, 641-649.
Biradar, B. S. and Santosha, C. D. (2015 a). Estimation of the population mean based on extremes ranked set sampling. American Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 5(1), 32-36.
Biradar, B. S. and Santosha, C. D. (2015 b). Estimation of the population mean using paired ranked set sampling. Open Journal of Statistics, 5, 97-103.
Navnit Kumar, Santosha, C.D. and Priya Joseph. (2013) Quality of life of parents of individual with autism, cerebral palsy and menta retardation in India. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 4(4), 765-771.
Biradar, B. S. and Santosha, C. D. (2017). Estimation of the mean of the exponential distribution using extreme ranked set sampling with unequal samples. Int J. Agricult. Stat. Sci., Vol. 13, No 2, 393-401.
Akriti Kumar, Jitendar Kumar Sani, Supreetha,L and Santosha C D (2022). Can voice therapy techniques treat stuttering?. Indian Journal of Communication Sciences 04-07.
Paper presented:
Estimation of Mean of Exponential Distribution Using Modi_ed Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sam-pling"" in ""NationalWorkshop/Seminar on Probability and Statistics on the Occasion of International Year of Statistics 2013"" held at Department of Studies in Statistics, University of Mysuru, Mysuru, 5-6 November 2013.
Estimation of Mean of Exponential Distribution using Maximum Ranked Set Sampling with Un-equal Samples (MRSSU)"" in UGC Sponsored Two Days National Seminar on Statistical Inference and Stochastic Modelling held at Department of Statistics, Karnataka University, Dharwad, 27-28,February 2015.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Location and Scale Parameters of Distributions using Ranked Set Sampling with Unequal Samples (RSSU), in the contributory sessions held at Department of Studies in Statistics,Manasagangotri, Mysuru, 08-10, February, 2018.
"Estimation of the Scale Parameter of the Exponential Distribution using Modi_ed Ranked Set Sampling with Unequal Samples", in the contributory sessions held at "two day Seminar on Recent Developments in Statistical Sciences in the Department of studies in Statistics", March 6-7 ,2020.
"Non-parametric Estimation of Mean of Family of Distributions using Maximum Ranked Set Sam- pling with Unequal Samples (MRSSU)" in an International Conference on 'Innovations in Applied Science and Engineering (ICIASE-2022) organized by Department of Physics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Department of Humanities and Management, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab during May 18-19, 2022.

Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics; Estimation of Location and Scale family of Distributions based on varied ranked set sampling.

Statistical Inference based on varied ranked set sampling

Research Interests:

Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics

Business Analytics

Data Science (AI and ML)

Secured 3rd place in ISPS (INDIAN SOCIETY FOR PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS) at 27th International conference-M. Sc Project competition, held at Nagpur Jan. (10-12), 2008.

Awarded for Research fellowship from UGC (RFSMS) during the period of March-2009 to March-2011.

Received Best Faculty Award for the Academic year 2021-22 in NMIMS, Bengaluru campus.

Dr. Santosha C D

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (Statistics), M.Sc. (Statistics)

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