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RESOLUTION

New Delhi, the 12th November, 2001

No. M-12011/1/2000-B&F.—In pursuance of the provisions of Sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Indian

Statistical Institute Act 1959 (57 of 1959), the Government of India has decided to constitute a Review Committee for the

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata with the following persons:

Prof, C. N. R. Rao, F. R. S., Pauling Research Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for

Advanced, Scientific Research, Jakur, Bangalore-64

—Chairman

Prof. M. S. Raghunathan, F. R. S., Professor of Eminence, School of Maths, Tata Institute

of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400005.

—Member

Prof. M.R.Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

—Member

Prof. K. L. Krishna, Professor (Retd.), Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

—Member

Prof. Anil P, Gore, Department of Statistics, Pune University

—Member

Prof. V. V. S. Sarma, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian

Institute of Science, Bangalore

—Member

Prof. Anjan Mukherjee, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University,

New Delhi

—Member

Shri D. Bandopadhyaya, IAS (Retd.), 58/C, Block-D, New Alipore, Kolkata-750053

—Member

Shri N. Sivasubramanian, IAAS (Retd.), 173, Sector A, Pocket C, VasantKunj,

New Delhi-110071

—Member

10.

Dr.N, S Sastry,DG&CEO,NSSO,MinistryofStatisticsandPI, SardarPatel

Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

—Member

11.

Dr. G. Raveendran, DDG, M/o Statistics and PI, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad

Marg, New Delhi-110001

—Member-Secretary

2. The terms of reference of the Committee will be:

(i)

To review the performance of various units/departments/divisions of the Institute during the last iwo

decades with a view to advise on the reorganisation/restructuring of the work of the Institute.

(n)

To examine the need for any amendments to the Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959 and its Memorandum

of Association in the light of the experience gained so far.

(in)

To review the framework of consultancy work undertaken by the Institu te and its faculty and examine the

extent to which the consultancy work in various fields including statistical quality control and operation

research can be operated on commercial or self-financing basis.

(iv)

To review the administrative setup, management, personnel policy, financial and budgetary control of the

Institute and suggest changes which may include, amongst others, harnessing information technology,

outsourcing work on a contract basis rationalization of staff strength and categories and levying user

charges at appropriate levels.

(v)

To suggest ways and means including, amongst others, greater collaboration with industries and expan-

sion/addition of resource generating activities to maximise internal resource generation in the organisation

so that the dependence on Government budgetary support can be kept at a minimum.

(vi)

To assess the adequacy of the Institute's existing buildings, equipments and other assets for its present

requirement and future growth.

3. In accordance with theprovisions of Sub-section (2) of Section 9 of the Indian Statistical Institute Act, 1959,

the Institute has been informed about the setting up of the Committee and asked to appoint a representative who shall

have the rightto be present and be heard at the review, inspection or evaluation made by the Committee.

4. The Committee may settle its own procedure of work. It may appoint such sub-committccs as it may consider

necessary from'amongst its members and may take the advice of the consultants and experts on any point or matter arising

out of its terms of reference from within the country or outside, as it may deem necessary.

-V The Committee shall submit its report within six months from the date of issue of this Notification,

6. The headquarters of the Committee shall be at New Delhi.

B.K.MISRA,Secy.

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