The Department of Statistics is one of the oldest departments of statistics in India. It was established in 1956 under the headship of statistician and sampling expert Prof. Deshraj. The department conducts research work including sample survey, design of experiment, and information theory. The department was started with the introduction of M.Stat course in 1956. M.Stat course includes papers of pure Statistics, Applied Statistics, Pure mathematics, and Operation research and computer science. The course includes project work that provides training in data collection, compilation, statistical analysis and report writing using advanced multivariate techniques of statistics.