Balgobin Nandram
Council Member
Balgobin (Bal) Nandram is a Senior
Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a fellow of the American
Statistical Association, an elected member of the International
Statistical Institute, and an elected member of the Sigma Chi, the
Scientific Society of America. Bal does research at the interface of
survey sampling and Bayesian statistics. He specializes in
hierarchical Bayesian models, predictive inference of finite
population parameters and nonignorable nonresponse and selection
models for small areas. He has taught several courses and advised
several MS theses and PhD dissertations on these topics. Bal is well
known for his research among the US government agencies, and he has
collaborated with scientists at the National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS) and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),
USDA.
