Saibal Chattopadhyay

Chattopadhyay is a Professor in the Operations Management group at IIM Calcutta, and is a former Dean of the business school.[2] In the past, he has been associated with Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, University of Connecticut and University of Nebraska–Lincoln

*Academic Background: *

• Ph.D.(Statistics) University of Connecticut, Storrs, U.S.A.;
• MS (Statistics)University of Connecticut, Storrs, U.S.A.;
• M.Sc.(Statistics) University of Calcutta, INDIA;
• B.Sc.(Statistics)Presidency College, Calcutta, INDIA

Experience

*Consulting Interests: *

• (i) Use of Multi-wall Paper Sacks: To identify the user industries of paper packaging through a market survey and to estimate the market potential of multi-wall paper packaging in India.
• (ii) Organizational Audit, Restructuring and Streamlining of the Dissemination of Trade Statistics and Intelligence (for Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India)
• (iii) Mid-term Appraisal of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme: Supplementation /Complementation of States' efforts through Work Plan (Macro Management) of Agriculture (for Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operation, Government of India)
• (iv) Conduct of Evaluation of the Projects Assisted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries During Ninth Plan Period (1997-98 to 2001-02) in Respect of the Eastern Region Consisting of West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India)
• (v) External Evaluation of State Resource Centre, Agartala, Tripura. (for the Directorate of Adult Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)
• (vi) External Evaluation of Post Literacy Programm in Khurda, Orissa, (for the National Literacy Mission, Govt. of India)
• (vii) Study of the Domestic Consumption of Tea in India using NSSO Survey Data (for Tea Board, India)
• (viii) Final Evaluation of the Total Literacy Campaign in Silchar, Assam (for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)
• (ix) Study on Effectiveness of Block Resource Centres and Cluster Resource Centres in Providing Academic Support and Supervision to Elementary schools for the States of Assam & Mizoram (for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)
• (x) Evaluation of the Central Sector Schemes for Strengthening /Promoting Agricultural Information System (for the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Govt. of India)
• (xi) Evaluation of the Central Sector Scheme for Development and Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities for Production and Distribution of Quality Seeds (for the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation, Min of Agriculture, Govt. of India)
• (xii) Study of the gap between irrigation potential created and utilized in India, (Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India)

*Work Experience: *

[2001-present}: Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India;

[2000-2001]: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.A.;

[1997-2000]: Associate Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India;

[1994-1997]: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Presidency College, Calcutta, India;

[1993-1994]: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut at Stamford, U.S.A.;

[1992-1993]: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut at Stamford, U.S.A.;

[1989-1992]: Lecturer / Graduate Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, U.S.A.;

[1983-1989]: Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Presidency College, Calcutta, India

Journal Publications:

• 1. Chattopadhyay, S. and Sengupta, R.N. (2006): Three-stage and Accelerated Sequential Point Estimation of the Normal Mean using LINEX Loss Function, Statistics, Vol. 40, No. 1, 39 – 49.
• 2. Chattopadhyay, S., Datta, S. and Sengupta, R. N.(2005): Asymmetric Penalized Prediction using Adaptive Sampling Procedures. Sequential Analysis, 24, 23-43.
• 3. Datta, S. and Chattopadhyay, S.(2004): Sequential Estimation of the Slope in a Measurement-error Model. Applications of Sequential Methodologies, (Eds. N. Mukhopadhyay, S. Datta and S. Chattopadhyay), Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York.
• 4. Chaturvedi, A. and Chattopadhyay, S. (2001): Sequential Point Estimation Procedures for the Generalized Life Distributions. American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, 21, No. 3 & 4, 243-261.
• 5. Chattopadhyay, S., Chaturvedi, A. and Sengupta, R. N. (2000): Sequential Estimation of a Linear Function of Normal Means under Asymmetric Loss Function. Metrika, 52, 225-235.
• 6. Chattopadhyay, S. (2000): Sequential Estimation of Exponential Location Parameter using an Asymmetric Loss Function. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 29(4), 783-795.
• 7. Chattopadhyay, S., Chaturvedi, A. and Sengupta, R. N. (2000): LINEX Loss Function and its Statistical Applications – a Review. Decision, 26, 51-66, 2000.
• 8. Chattopadhyay, S. (1998): Sequential Estimation of the Normal Mean under Asymmetric Loss Function with a Shrinkage Stopping Rule. Metrika, 48, 53-59.
• 9. Chattopadhyay, S. (1998): Estimation of a Linear Function of Multinormal Mean Vectors by Combining Available Independent Sequential Studies. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 48, 93-100.
• 10. Mukhopadhyay, N. and Chattopadhyay, S. (1994): Comparing Means by Combining Individual Sequential Estimators Available from Independent Studies. Sankhya, Ser. A, 56, 128-143.
• 11. Mukhopadhyay, N. and Chattopadhyay, S. (1994): Comparing Exponential Clinical Trials by Combining Individual Sequential Experiments Available from Independent Studies. Metron, 52, 17-40.
• 12. Mukhopadhyay, N. and Chattopadhyay, S. (1993): Simultaneous Estimation of Proportions in a Finite Population. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 43, 65-73.
• 13. Nukhopadhyay, N., Bendel, R. B., Nikolaidis, N. P. and Chattopadhyay, S (1992): Efficient Sequential Sampling Strategies for Long-term Environmental Monitoring. Water Resources Research, 28, 2245-2256.
• 14. Mukhopadhyay, N. and Chattopadhyay, S. (1991): Sequential Methodologies for Comparing Exponential Mean Survival Times. Sequential Analysis, 10, 139-148.
• 15. Mukhopadhay, N., Chattopadhyay, S. and Sahu, S. K. (1991): Further Developments in Estimation of the Largest Mean of k Normal Populations. Metrika, 40, 173-183.
• 16. Sengupta, S. and Chattopadhyay, S. (1987): A Note on Circular Systematic Sampling. Sankhya, Ser.B, 49, 186-187.