Calcutta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree. In 2007, a festschrift was dedicated to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday. References 1937 births Living people American statisticians Indian statisticians Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta University of California, Berkeley faculty University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service Fellows of the American Statistical Association 20th-century Indian mathematicians Scientists from Kolkata