The history of statistics in India is in some ways a history of the Indian nation-building project itself. Although collection of economic statistics in the country is recorded as far back as Kautilyas Arthashastra itself, modern statistics began life in the country only during the British Raj.
...But the man chosen to head the mission was statistical genius P.C. Mahalanobis. A physicist by training, Mahalanobis had already won global repute, and garnered attention from the statistical community, thanks to the pioneering large-scale surveys being conducted at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), which he had set up at Kolkatas Presidency college. All three of them joined hands to produce a voluminous report on Indias national income. All along, the authors were careful to point out data gaps and limitations of their estimates, as well as the error margins associated with each sectoral estimate.
https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/aMKJ70TknavlOziQEg0SKL/Why-India-needs-another-statistical-revolution.html
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The history of statistics in India is in some ways a history of the Indian nation-building project itself. Although collection of economic statistics in the country is recorded as far back as Kautilyas Arthashastra itself, modern statistics began life in the country only during the British Raj. ...But the man chosen to head the mission was statistical genius P.C. Mahalanobis. A physicist by training, Mahalanobis had already won global repute, and garnered attention from the statistical community, thanks to the pioneering large-scale surveys being conducted at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), which he had set up at Kolkatas Presidency college. All three of them joined hands to produce a voluminous report on Indias national income. All along, the authors were careful to point out data gaps and limitations of their estimates, as well as the error margins associated with each sectoral estimate. https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/aMKJ70TknavlOziQEg0SKL/Why-India-needs-another-statistical-revolution.html