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'''Mahbanoo Tata''' (April 26, 1942 – August 7, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=دکتر ماهبانو تاتا درگذشت |url=https://fardayekerman.ir/news/42804 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=فردای کرمان |language=fa-IR}}</ref>) was an Indian-born [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] statistician. |
'''Mahbanoo Tata''' (April 26, 1942 – August 7, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=دکتر ماهبانو تاتا درگذشت |url=https://fardayekerman.ir/news/42804 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=فردای کرمان |language=fa-IR}}</ref>) was an Indian-born [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] statistician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Mother of Statistics of Iran laid to rest in Kerman |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/85193320/Mother-of-Statistics-of-Iran-laid-to-rest-in-Kerman |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=IRNA}}</ref> She was widely regarded as the ''founder of statistics in Iran.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-13 |title=A Research Chair Is To Be Set Up In Memory Of Late Mina Izadyar - Iran Front Page |url=https://ifpnews.com/research-chair-set-memory-late-mina-izadyar/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=ifpnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Commemoration of Dr Mahbano Tata, mother of Iranian Statistics - Amordadnews |url=https://en.amordadnews.com/?p=72432 |access-date=2023-03-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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A [[Parsis|Zoroastrian (Parsi)]] from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], she attended her local university to obtain her bachelor's and master's degrees before attending [[Purdue University]] where she studied and graduated with a Ph.D. in statistics in 1967. After completing her education, she pursued a career in academia, eventually becoming a professor of statistics at several universities in Iran.<ref name=":0" /> |
A [[Parsis|Zoroastrian (Parsi)]] from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], she attended her local university to obtain her bachelor's and master's degrees before attending [[Purdue University]] where she studied and graduated with a Ph.D. in statistics in 1967. After completing her education, she pursued a career in academia, eventually becoming a professor of statistics at several universities in Iran.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Mahbanoo Tata (April 26, 1942 – August 7, 2023[1]) was an Indian-born Iranian statistician.[2] She was widely regarded as the founder of statistics in Iran.[3][4]
Education
A Zoroastrian (Parsi) from Bombay, she attended her local university to obtain her bachelor's and master's degrees before attending Purdue University where she studied and graduated with a Ph.D. in statistics in 1967. After completing her education, she pursued a career in academia, eventually becoming a professor of statistics at several universities in Iran.[4]
Career
She came to Iran after five years of teaching at Michigan State University and spent two years as a statistics professor at Sharif University of Technology. Thereafter, over the course of the following 16 years, she established statistics as a subject at the Institute of Education, Statistics and Informatics, the Higher School of Computer Planning and Application, Iran Azad University, and Allameh Tabatabai University.[5]
In 1989, she moved to Kerman to work in the statistics department of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman She oversaw the same department for many years.[4]
Mahbanoo Tata was a member of scientific organisations including the International Institute of Statistics, the Iranian Society of Mathematicians, and the Iranian Society of Statistics. She was named to as "Mother of Statistics of Iran" for all the contributions she made to Iran's statistical expertise.[4]
References
- ^ "دکتر ماهبانو تاتا درگذشت". فردای کرمان (in Persian). 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ "Mother of Statistics of Iran laid to rest in Kerman". IRNA. 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ "A Research Chair Is To Be Set Up In Memory Of Late Mina Izadyar - Iran Front Page". ifpnews.com. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ a b c d "Commemoration of Dr Mahbano Tata, mother of Iranian Statistics - Amordadnews". 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ برومندی, گوهر (2021-02-26). "آیین نکوداشت دکتر ماهبانو تاتا؛ مادر آمار ایران برگزار میشود". امرداد (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
