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Which Indian statistician is considered the father of statistical science in India and made significant contributions to the design of large-scale sample surveys?
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
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- Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Jagadish Chandra Bose
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
- Vikram Sarabhai
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P.C. Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931 and is renowned for developing the Mahalanobis distance and pioneering large-scale sample surveys like the National Sample Survey.
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