The author has seven years of experience with R software and has also co-authored the book A Course in Statistics with R published by Narosa Publishing House. The author has built two packages in R titled “gpk” and “ACSWR”. He has obtained a PhD (Statistics) from Bangalore University under the broad area of “Survival Analysis” and published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. During the PhD program, the author received young Statistician honors in “IBS(IR)- GK Shukla Young Biometrician Award - 2005” and “Dr. U.S. Nair Award for Young Statistician - 2007”.



