The Government of India sponsors the Mahalanobis International Award, which, managed by the International Statistical Institute, is presented every other year at the International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress. The Mahalanobis Award recognises an individual for lifetime achievements in statistics in a developing country or region. This year's winner is Professor Arup Bose. The Mahalanobis International Award is sponsored by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Government of India. It is expected that the award will have the potential to attract, inspire and motivate statisticians across the developing world to increase the quantity and improve the quality of their contributions to the cause of promotion and development of statistics and its applications. The 2023 ISI Selection Committee, was chaired by Professor Kerrie Mengersen, and it had to choose from among a significant number of nominees, including many worthy of obtaining the award. The Committee selected Professor Arup Bose, recognising the outstanding nature of his research, his original contributions to both theory and methods which have found applications in diverse fields, his national and international recognition through other awards, his impressive professional service to journals and societies, his supervision of many successful students, and his leadership and inspiration in his home country of India.

Presenter - Professor Kerrie Mengersen

Winner - Professor Arup Bose