Arak Mathai

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Internet Google’s Scholar Citations: All citations = 25330, h-index =35, i-10 index = 104; Research Gate score =37.84. World ranking of citations: Statistical Distributions (rank 1), Geometrical Probabilities (rank 1), Multivariate Analysis (rank 2), Special Functions (rank 2), Applied Analysis (rank 2) Current positions: Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Canada; Chairman, Kerala State Statistical Commission (2014-2019); President, Indian Mathematical Society (the oldest professional society in India, 2015-2016); Honorary Director, Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (1985-); President-Elect, Society for Special Functions and their Applications. Honours and awards: Gold medal, University of Kerala (1959); Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship (1961-1964); Founder, Canadian Journal of Statistics; Founder, Statistical Science Association of Canada (now Statistical Society of Canada); Founder’s Award; Award from United Nations (Japan 2008, for South East Asia); Award from United Nations (Korea 2009 for the contributions to UN Workshops for the past 20 years); Award from United Nations (Ecuador, 2012 for overall contributions to research, teaching and administration); Life Time Achievement Award from the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, 2016; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (USA); Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India; Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (Netherland); Fellow of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics.