The Rajendra Bhansali Prize
Brief Biographical Information
The Rajendra Bhansali prize was established in 2015 through a donation made by Rajendra Bhansali and his family for promoting the study of Statistics, interpreted widely, as a subject area at the Imperial College, London.
Rajendra Bhansali obtained B.Sc(Econ) with Statistics as a Specialist Subject in 1967 and a PhD in Statistics in 1971 from the London School of Economics. During 1969-71, however, his PhD supervision was shared with the Imperial College and in that sense he is also an Imperial College alumnus.
Earlier in 1964 he obtained a B.Com. degree with Actuarial Science as an optional subject from the Sydenham College, University of Bombay, India.
Rajendra Bhansali joined the University of Liverpool, initially as a Lecturer in Statistics, in 1971 and successively held posts of Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor. Upon his retirement in 2008 from Liverpool University, Rajendra Bhansali joined the Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China as a Professor for three more academic years, 2008-11.
Professor Bhansali was appointed a Visiting Professor in Statistics at the Imperial College in 2010, a post he currently holds. In addition, Professor Bhansali is also an Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool.
Professor Bhansali's research is in Statistical Analysis of Time Series with special focus on Prediction Theory, Model Selection, Spectral Analysis, Long Memory Time Series, Stable Laws and Multiple Time Series. In addition his research also extends to statistical analysis of data collected over space and in higher dimension. He has published extensively in these areas.
Professor Bhansali is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute.
Professor Bhansali currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Italian Journal of Statistics and Journal of Forecasting and he has in the past served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Professor Bhansali has held visiting appointments at several different universities in USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, Spain, Austria and Germany, including Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain, Texas A & M University in USA and University of Western Ontario, Canada
In addition to the Imperial College prize, similar prizes are also awarded at the London School of Economics for MSc in Risk and Stochastics, at the University of Liverpool for B.Sc in Mathematics with Finance and at the Xian Jiatong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China for B.Sc. in Mathematics with Finance..
Prize Winners
2015-16
Sun Cheng (Ms) for top overall examination performance by a BSc Mathematics with Finance student at Liverpool University, July 2016.
Stan Graumans (Mr) for Best overall performance by an MSc Risk and Stochastic student at the London School of Economics, July 2016.
2014-15
Kestenare, Johan and Cao, Luyang for top overall examination performance in M.Sc. Statistics at Imperial College, London,January 2015.
Hua Li (Ms) for Best overall performance by an MSc Risk and Stochastic student at the London School of Economics, July 2015.
Life Xye (Mr) for top overall examination performance by a BSc Mathematics with Finance student at Liverpool University, July 2015.
Award ceremony photographs and announcements
London School of Economics - July 2016
Rajendra Bhansali Prize awarded to Stan Graumans
The Rajendra Bhansali Prize for Best Overall Performance by an MSc Risk and Stochastics Student has been awarded to Stan Graumans, a graduate from our MSc in Risk and Stochastics in the 2015-16 academic session.
The Rajendra Bhansali Prize is donated by Rajendra Bhansali, graduate (BSc(Econ), 1967 and PhD, 1971) and former member of staff (1967-68) of the LSE and now Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Professor Bhansali is pictured here with Stan at our graduation reception.
Posted on 15 July 2016
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The University of Liverpool: Board of Studies in Mathematical Sciences - June 2016
Following our recent Scholarship and Prize Meeting, Sun Chenge has been awarded The Rajendra Bhansali Prize. Sun Chenge has been awarded a Class I BSC in Mathematics with Finance degree.
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Imperial College Mathematics Department Quarterly Report New Year 2016:
MSc Statistics prizes:
The Rajendra Bhansali prize shared between Kestenare, Johan (00996207) and Cao, Luyang (00964404).
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London School of Economics - July 2015
Inaugural Rajendra Bhansali Prize awarded to Hua Li
The inaugural Rajendra Bhansali Prize for Best Overall Performance by an MSc Risk and Stochastics Student has been awarded to Hua Li, a graduate from our MSc in Risk and Stochastics and the staff-student liaison representative for the programme in the 2014-15 academic session.
The Rajendra Bhansali Prize is donated by Rajendra Bhansali (Rajendra Bhansali, graduate (BSc(Econ), 1967 and PhD, 1971) and former member of staff (1967-68) of the LSE and now Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool, who is pictured here with Hua Li at our graduation ceremony.
Posted on 20 July 2015
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University of Liverpool July 2015
Congratulations to our 2015 Mathematics graduates
Published on 2015-07-30
Congratulations to all of the 2015 Mathematics graduates.
Prior to the formal degree ceremony in the Philharmonic Hall, graduates, their friends and relatives attended a prize giving reception in the Central Teaching Hub.
Life Xue - Rajendra Bhansali Prize
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE PHOTOS
Guest Lectures
A Dual Parameter Long Memory Model, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2019
Time Series with Logarithmically Decaying Correlations, The Renyi Institute, Budapest, Hungary, 2018
Rational Spectral Density Models for Lattice Data, Chalmers Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2018