As Director of Research and Training at the Indian Statistical Institute for over 35 years, I had the opportunity to develop and institute a wide variety of educational and training programs in statistics at various levels: - Pre-college, undergraduate and graduate courses leading to bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees. - Applied courses for research scientists working in basic disciplines like biology, psychology, sociology and economics. - Refresher and advanced courses for statisticians employed in government offices, business, industry and research organizations. - Short courses for factory workers to help in the implementation of quality control programs. - Workshops for field workers who gather information by interviewing people or by direct observation. I shall describe the efforts we have made in formulating these varied types of educational and training programs and in implementing them. I hope my experience will be of some use to others engaged in these endeavours.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education