Program Mission:

The mission of the proposed graduate program in Biostatistics is

•  to provide advanced training in the theory and application of statistical methods in public health, clinical medicine, and biological sciences,

•  to produce high caliber and practically competent graduates in the area of Biostatistics (Applied Statistics). i.e. to develop the technical, practical and leadership expertise of students in this important area of Biostatistics, thereby enabling students to contribute significantly throughout the world,

•  to conduct demand driven and problem-solving researches, including methodological researches, focusing on national and regional issues. On top of it, the program will organize professional workshops and tailor made training programs in the area of Applied Statistics in general and Biostatistics in particular,

•  to contribute to the betterment of various research undertakings in the University, by assisting investigators from the very beginning of their design phase to the analysis of their research.