S. Rao Jammalamadaka is listed alongside famous teachers such as C. R. Rao, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Veeravalli S. Varadarajan, K.R. Parthasarathy and many more as one of the few notable alumni of the Indian Statistical Institute. The Indian Statistical Institute was founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis and has a long history going back to 1931.
Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka, also known as J.S. Rao, is a statistician specializing in directional statistics, Goodness of fit tests, Spacings, and aspects of large sample efficiencies and inference. He was born in Munipalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, and currently is a naturalized US citizen. He now resides and works at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a Distinguished Professor in Statistics. He is known for his important contributions to circular statistics and to tests and estimation based on spacings. - EduRank
