Indian Statistical Institute ( ISI ) Competitive Entrance Examination

The Indian Statistical Institute ( ISI ) had its beginning in a small statistical laboratory set up by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the Presidency College at Kolkata, where he was then a professor of Physics. The Institute is now registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961, amended in 1964. One of the objectives of ISI is to promote the study and dissemination of knowledge of Statistics, to develop statistical theory and methods, and their use in research and practical applications generally, with special reference to problems of planning for national development and social welfare. ISI conducts Admission Test for the candidates who are willing to pursue various UG, PG, and Doctoral programmes in disciplines of Mathematics and Statistics offered by the Institute for the year 2015. Admission to the academic programmes of the Indian Statistical Institute is based strictly on the merit of the candidates. The complete ISI Admission Test 2015 brief description is as follows.

ISI 2021 Application Procedure

Indian Statistical Institute ( ISI ) Competitive Entrance Examination Application Procedure - 2015

Application to the programmes being offered by Indian Statistical Institute in the academic year 2015-16 must be done online through the Institute Admission Portal http://www.isical.ac.in/~admission.

The only exception is the PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics (see below).

For this purpose, an applicant must have access to the Internet, digital copy of his / her photograph, scanned copy of signature, an email account, Acrobat reader, and a printer for printing the admit card.

Digital images of the photograph and the signature of the applicant must be in any of the formats bmp/gif/png/jpg/jpeg, with sizes as specified below:

1. Applicant's Photo: 600 pixels ( width ) × 600 pixels ( height ), maximum permissible image size being 50KB,

2. Applicant's Signature: 800 pixels ( width ) × 300 pixels ( height ), maximum permissible image size being 30KB.

The applicant must initially register at ISI website and create a login account for this purpose, followed by the filling up of the form and upload of the photograph and signature. A challan will be generated with the student's particulars, the fee amount and other relevant information filled in automatically.

Once the admit card is generated, applicants will be notified in their portal or by e-mail about the generation of the admit card. They will be required to take a printout of the admit card to bring to the test centres.

Application Fee

Rs.600.00 for all applicants in the general category and for all JRF programmes ( irrespective of reservation category )

Rs.300.00 for applicants belonging to SC / ST / OBC / Physically Challenged categories, for all programmes ( excluding the JRF programmes )

Each applicant will have to pay in addition an amount of Rs.60 towards bank charges.

Mode of Payment

For online application, the challan generated by the system must be taken to any branch of State Bank of India with the applicant’s signature at least 2 working days after the generation of the challan.

The bank will accept the application fee in cash and bank charges printed therein, fill in the branch name and code, and put in the journal number and the seal and the signature of the bank and return the applicant's copy. This copy must be retained by him / her.

Note:

Bank will accept only Cash from the applicants.

For PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics

Only for the PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics programme, the application Form and Prospectus can be purchased from the ISI North-East Centre either in person or by post by

1. Paying the fee in Cash at the

Office of Indian Statistical Institute,

North-East Centre,

Tezpur University Campus,

Tezpur,

Assam, 784028 ( between 10 am to 5 pm on all working days from Monday to Friday ); or,

sending a DD by post in favour of “ISI NORTH EAST CENTRE” payable at Tezpur, Assam from any nationalized bank. The DD must include an additional postal charge of Rs.50.

The completed form only for this PG Diploma programme must then be sent to The Head, Admissions 2015, Indian Statistical Institute, North-East Centre, Tezpur University Campus, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, so as to reach not later than 31 March 2015.

Applicants from outside India are requested to contact the Dean’s office at the following e-mail address: dean@isical.ac.in with subject: Admission 2015-2016.

For more details, refer the following website:

http://www.isical.ac.in/~admission/IsiAdmission2015/Prospectus2015.pdf