Department Of Statistics

Dr. Sandesh Kurade - Elected as BOS member in Statistics under Faculty of Science and Technology in SPPU during 2023- 2028. LIFE MEMBERSHIP : INDIAN SOCIETY FOR PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (ISPS):

1.  S. S. Kurade
2.  A. R. Pali
3.  K. S. Shende

Photo	Name	Qualification	Experiance	CV
	Dr. S. S. Kurade (Head of the Department)	M.Sc. , Ph.D., M. Phil, NET	10 years	View
	Ms Rutuja Joshi	MSc, SET	0 year,2 month	View
	Ms. Apoorva Pali	MSc, SET	0 year,2 month	View
	Dr. Jaya Limbore	MSc, PhD	0 year,2 month	View
	Mr. Shende Kundalik S	MSc, SET	0 year,3 month	View

Staff Details

 

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

• • GOLD MEDAL AWARD: 

    Mr. Shubham Ashok Lahoti has been awarded Late Prof. A. R. Kamat Gold Medal for getting highest marks and securing first position in the B.Sc. Statistics Examination of SPPU held in May, 2018 (2019-20)
• Late. Shri. Sunil Rajaram Darekar Memorial Award Prize of Rs. 1000/- is awarded to the student securing highest marks in Statistics at T.Y. B.Sc. Exam in the college. The following is the list of awardees:

Name	Passing Year
Ms. Nidhi Baral	March 2015
Mr. Sudeep Kondal	March 2016
Mr. Rutwik Gaidhani	April 2017
Mr. Shubham Lahoti	April 2018
Ms. Ritu A. Hire	April 2019

• Late Padmashree Dr. Abasaheb Garware Memorial Award for securing first position at the T. Y. B.Sc. Examination. The following is the list of awardees:

Name	Passing Year
Mr. Rutwik Gaidhani	April 2017
Mr. Shubham Lahoti	April 2018

• Late N. S. Jamdagni Memorial Award for securing first position at the T. Y. B.Sc. Examination. The following is the list of awardees:

Name	Passing Year
Mr. Rutwik Gaidhani	April 2017
Mr. Shubham Lahoti	April 2018

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2015-16

• Raveenisha Chincholkar and Sudeep Kondal participated in the workshop: “Campus to corporate: Career in Statistics and analytics” held on 20-21 November 2015 at Sunandan Divatia School of Science, SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be) University Mumbai.
• Sudeep Kondal, Raveenisha Chincholkar, Shreenivas Gaddam, Pragati Ubale and Priya Chandak participated at state level workshop on “Reliability and Survival analysis” on 9th Jan. 2016 at Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune.
• Sudeep Kondal, Raveenisha Chincholkar, Vaibhav Gadekar and Shreenivas Gaddam won first prize at Intercollegiate T.Y.B.Sc. project competition organized in collaboration with Board of Students ‘welfare and SPPUSA conducted on 8th March 2016 held at Fergusson college, Pune.
• Nitin Jadhav, Pooja Raskar and Kamina Phuge were shortlisted for Cytel Fly high sponsorship program.
• Nimisha Shah cleared Staff Selection Board (SSB) interview and got selected for Indian airforce

2016-17

• Mansi Kulkarni, Miss Sayali Thorat, Mr. Varad Apte and Mr. Abhishek Das won first prize at Intercollegiate T.Y.B.Sc. Project competition organized in collaboration with Board of student’s welfare and SPPUSA conducted on 4th March 2017 held at New Arts, Commerce and Science College, Ahmednagar 414001.
• Rajashree Gugale won the team silver medal in “Team Championship Waterpolo-Womens’ at the 70th Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship-2016” held at Ranchi on 12-28 September 2016.
• Rutwik Gaidhani and Shraddhha More has completed the summer internship on “Field surveys” during 01.06.2016 to 30.06.2016 at regional office of National Sample Survey Office (FOD).
• Aishwarya Ubale and Shivani Renavikar participated and won Second Prize in PPT presentation in Mathematics and Statistics Competition organized by Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Science & Commerce, Pune on 6th January 2017 guided by Dr. N.N.Rajput.

2017-18

• Neha Londhe and Mr. Ajit Sonawane (T.Y. B.Sc. Statistics) participated and presented a poster based on historical data namely Titanic in the State level workshop on “Business Analytics and Statistics” organized by Department of Statistics, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005 under Savitribai Phule Pune University’s Quality Improvement Programme and won Third prize for poster competition.
• Saurabh Gawade participated and represented the Pune City Zone in the Inter Zonal Wrestling (Greco) competition held at D. P. College, Karjat during October 2017 under Savitribai Phule Pune University.

2018-19

• A three-day camp for leadership and personality development for careers in Statistics is scheduled from 13th to 15th December 2018 at Hiware Bazar (Model Village) Tal. Parner Dist. Ahmednagar. In this camp ten students from our college were selected and they were actively participated in above all the activities. In cultural activity, students from various colleges perform drama, in which Mr. Pavan Pandurang Kaulapure of our college presented a drama. In public speech activity Miss. Lachi Nahar of our college got first rank. She spoke on the topic of life of Dr. P.C. Mahalnobis a great Statistician in India.
• of Statistics, P. E. Society’s Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune had organized one day “Hands on training program on R-software and C programming” on 2nd February 2019 for T.Y. B. Sc. Statistics students. The program was funded by Board of Students development, SPPU. Six (06) students from T.Y. B. Sc. Statistics of our college were selected for the said program and they were actively participated in this program.
• Pavan Kaulapure of T.Y.B.Sc Statistics Ld. Cadet of Unit 3 (MAH) NAVAL UNIT NCC attended CATC 709 held at Pune from 16.08.2018 to 25.08.2018.
• Akshay Thopate, Akhilesh Chaudhari, Devayani Shete, Sangita Rathod, and Tejasvi Raje won second prize at Intercollegiate T.Y.B.Sc. Statistics Project presentation competition organized in collaboration with Board of student’s development, SPPU, Pune and PUSA conducted on 08th March 2019 held at Modern College, of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune-05.

2019-20

• Five students from T.Y.B.Sc participated in “Hands on training program on PYTHON” at Modern College, Ganeshkhind, Pune on 3rd Feb.2020. The program was funded by Board of Student’s Development, SPPU.
• Rujuta Kulkarni, Madhura Pote, Janaki Inamdar, Aparna Patil, and Jyoti Wagh won second prize at Intercollegiate T.Y.B.Sc. Statistics Project presentation competition organized in collaboration with Board of student’s development, SPPU, Pune and PUSA conducted on 11th March 2020 held at Tuljaram Chaturchand College, of Arts, Science and Commerce, Baramati (Autonomous).

2021-22

• Dr. Sandesh Kurade awarded Prof. T.S.K. Moothathu Young Statistician Award during the inaugural function of 8th Int. Conf. on Statistics for 21st Century-2022 (ICSTC-2022) organized by                         International Statistics Fraternity (ISF), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum during 16th to 19/12/22.
• Dr. Sandesh Kurade received Dr. A. M. Mathai Cash Prize award in the webinar on “Awareness of Statistical Software’s” in conjunction with the annual academic competitions of ISPS from 13-14^th          March 2021 for presenting a research paper titled, “Fuzzy NSGA for Multi-Objective Transportation Model at Different Pareto Fronts” in best research papers presentation.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Minor research project:

1. S. S. Kurade and Dr. R. V. Latpate completed a minor research project funded by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, SPPU, Pune from 2016 to 2018.

Details of the project:

Name of the Principal Investigator	Dr. R. V. Latpate
Name of the co-Investigator	Prof. S. S. Kurade
Name of project	“A Study on Multi-Objective Supply Chain Models using Genetic Algorithm”
Funding agency	Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007
Subject (Faculty)	Statistics (Science)
Duration of the project	2016 to 2018
Proposal No.	15SCI000354
Sanctioned Amount	Rs. 3 Lakhs
Research place	Department of Statistics & Center for Advanced Studies in Statistics, Savitribai Phule Pune University,  Ganeshkhind,  Pune-411007
Research Output	1. Latpate, R. V. and Kurade, S. S., 2020. Multi-objective multi-index transportation model for crude oil using fuzzy NSGA-II. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3024693 (SCI, Scopus.) (IF: 9.508) 2. Kurade, S. S., and Latpate, R. V. 2020. Demand and deterioration of items per unit time inventory models with shortages using genetic algorithm. Journal of Management Analytics. DOI: 10.1080/23270012.2020.1829113

2. Mr. V. R. Pawgi and Mrs. S. A. Ranade completed a minor research project sanctioned by U.G.C. in February 2014. Details of the project:

Name of the Principal Investigator:	Prof. V. R. Pawgi
Name of project	“Statistical software: common statistical tests"
Funding agency:	U.G.C., Delhi
Sanctioned Amount:	Rs. 1.90 lakhs
Co-investigator	Prof S. A. Ranade

Research Articles : Sandesh Kurade

• Latpate, R.V. and Kurade, S.S., 2017. Fuzzy MOGA for supply chain models with Pareto decision space at different α-cuts. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 91(9-12), pp.3861-3876.  (IF: 3.484)
• Latpate, R.V. and Kurade, S.S., 2020. Multi-objective multi-index transportation model for crude oil using fuzzy NSGA-II. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3024693 (IF: 9.508)
• Latpate, R.V. and Kurade, S. S., 2020. Demand and deterioration of items per unit time inventory models with shortages using genetic algorithm. Journal of Management Analytics. DOI: 10.1080/23270012.2020.1829113
• Mayur B Kshirsagar, and Sandesh S. Kurade, 2018. Globalization Effect on College Students for Pune City. Journal of Applied Science and Computations, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 963-965
•  Shelar, A., Kurade, S. and Ade, N., 2022. COVID-19 performance index for spatial assessment of pandemic management in India. Spatial Information Research, 30(1), pp.155-167.
• Kurade, S., Latpate, R. and Hanagal, D., 2022. Probabilistic Supply Chain Models with Partial Backlogging for Deteriorating Items. In Applied Statistical Methods: ISGES 2020, Pune, India,               January 2–4 (pp. 81-98). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
• Kurade, S., 2021. ASSESSING MENTAL HEALTH OF GENERAL PUBLIC IN INDIA DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Towards Excellence, 13(4).
• Kurade, S., 2021. An Evolutionary Based Optimization for Price Varying Demand Inventory Model with Linear Holding Cost. Journal of Scientific Research, 65(9).
              

Nanda Rajput

• Khaparde, M. and Rajput, N., 2015. Skewness Corrected Control Charts for Random Queue Length. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications. (July 2015, Vol. 5, Issue 7 (online pub.) under ISSN 2250-3153.)
• Rajput N., 2017. Waiting Time Analysis Using Control Charts based on Skewness and Kurtosis. International Journal of Current Research in Science and Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 21-29, ISSN 2394-5745.

Apoorva Pali

• Welukar, R., Bhanu, K.S., Pandya, S., Deshpande, M. and Pali, A. A Critical Analysis of Some Selected Question Papers in the Engineering Stream: Suggestions for Reforms. EDUCATION PLUS, p.17., ISSN 2277-2405.

Books by faculty :

• Kurade S. S., co-authored for book ‘Elementary Quantitative Techniques’ published by Nirali Prakashan in January 2019 with ISBN No. 978-93-88293-80-8.
• Rajput N. N. co-authored for book, “Statistical Methods-I and Statistical methods-II” by Nirali Prakashan with ISBN No. 978-93-5077-244-7 and 978-93-5077-250-8.
• Kurade S., Dixit P. G. 2023. 'Reliability theory and survival analysis' published by Nirali prakashan in February 2023 with ISBN No. 978-93-54515-36-1

Faculty development programmes attended by staff Dr. S. S. Kurade

• • Participated in UGC sponsored refresher course in Mathematics and Statistics (online mode) conducted by UGC-HRDC Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar from 14/11/2022 to 27/11/2022.
  • Completed two weeks FDP on “Quantitative Methods for Data Analysis” organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi, sponsored by MHRD PMMMNMTT during 12– 25^th  August 2020.
  • Participated in the UGC Sponsored Online Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics conducted by UGC - Human Resource Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641046, Tamil Nadu from 18.11.2020 to 01.12.2020.
  • Attended Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in “Innovative Teaching and Research Methodology in Statistics” (07 days) organized by the Faculty Development Centre, UGC-HRDC, SPPU, Pune 07 during the period 03.12.2018 to 09.12.2018.
  • Participated in the instructional school for teachers on “Asymptotic Theory of Statistical Inference” funded by National centre for Mathematics and dept. of Statistics, SPPU held at department of Statistics, SPPU during 23 October 2017 to 04 November 2017.
  • Participated in the UGC sponsored refresher course in ICT (All subjects) (Statistics) from 29 May 2017 to 18 June 2017 organized at UGC-HRDC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009.
  • Participated in the “General Orientation Programme” conducted at the UGC-HRDC, SPPU, Ganeshkhind, Pune 7 from 01.10.2015 to 28.10.2015.

Dr. Jaya Limbore 

• Successfully completed Two Weeks FDP on "Managing online classes and co-creating moocs: 2.0" organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi under MHRD-PMMMNMTT from 18 May – 03 June, 2020.
• Completed 4-Weeks Induction Programme organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi under MHRD-PMMMNMTT scheme from 4 June- 1 July, 2020.
• Completed Two Weeks FDP on "Quantitative Methods for Data Analysis" organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi under MHRD-PMMMNMTT from 12- 25 Aug., 2020.

Kundalik Shende

• Completed two 4-Weeks Induction Programmes organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi under MHRD-PMMMNMTT scheme during 4 June – 1 July, 20 and 26 June – 24 July, 2020.
• Completed 2-Weeks FDP on “Quantitative methods for data analysis” organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi under MHRD-PMMMNMTT scheme during 12-25 Aug., 2020.

Activities during lockdown:

1. National Statistics Day celebration: Guest Lecture by Mr. Saurabh Kadam (Vice President at a leading global bank) on the topic “Applications of Statistics and awareness about National Statistics Day”. The session was conducted via Google Meet on 29th June 2020. Around 50 students (F.Y., S.Y., T.Y.B. Sc.) from college were present for the lecture. Also, “Statistics Quiz” was conducted to celebrate the National Statistics Day. More than 100 students from college participated in the quiz.
2. “National Statistics Day Quiz – 2020”: National level quiz organized from 29^th June to 3^rd July 2020. Its objective was to spread awareness about National Statistics Day. The activity got 735 responses from 23 states and UTs across India.
3. “Data Detective: COVID-19 India”: National level quiz organized from 20^th May to 16^th July 2020 for students of all streams of various colleges across India. Its objective was to give idea of basic data analysis, visualization and interpretation. The activity received 2073 responses across 13 states of India. The activity also received international participation. Participants received a printable E-Certificate.
4. “GRAPHICAL: Quiz on Data Visualization”: National level quiz organized from 27^th May to 6^th June 2020. Its objective was to spread awareness about socio-economic effects of COVID-19 and help people unfetter the pandemic stress by engaging them in a thought-provoking activity embracing Statistics. It consisted of questions related to COVID-19 collected from official sources of WHO, RBI, etc. The quiz got total 2622 responses from 21 states and UTs. The activity also received participation from NRIs working/studying in USA, UK, Australia and Malaysia.
5. National Webinar on “Analytics in Industry, Data Mining and Building Career in Data Science and Machine Learning” organized on 29^th August 2020. Its objective was to give students the knowledge about above topics in this field. The webinar consisted of lectures by our distinguished Guest Speakers Dr. R. P. Suresh (Data Science Principal Director, Accenture, Bengaluru) on topic “Applications of Analytics in Industry”, Mr. Tarun Shrivastava (Scientist F, Senior Technical Director, National Informatics Centre, Nagpur) on topic “Data Mining” and Mr. Vaibhav Verdhan (Principal Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, Ireland) on topic “Future of Statistics, Data Science and Machine Learning and the Career Prospects”. The program was taken on Google Meet and streamed live on YouTube. More than 300 participants attended the webinar and gave positive feedback.

STAT-O-FEST ‘Stat-O-Fest’ is a prime departmental activity organized for the students and by the students. Having been started in the academic year 2016-17, ‘Stat-O-Fest’ now has become the most anticipated event of the college.  It is conducted annually for two days in the month of January. The activity provides students with an opportunity to strike the innovative and practicable chords of Statistics. The various Statistics-based events held under ‘Stat-O-Fest’ are:

• Poster Competition
• Quiz Competition
• Treasure Hunt / Scavenger Event
• Statistical Games

STAT-WARS ‘Stat-Wars’ (Problem Corner) is an annual activity commenced from the academic year 2019-2020. It is held for all under-graduate science students. The activity helps students in stimulating the problem-solving streak via number crunching, tricky problems, real-life problems, small case studies, etc. This activity consists of five rounds. In each round, five brainstorming questions are displayed and the students areto submit their solutions individually within a stipulated time period of fifteen days. The final merit list is prepared based on the collective scores of all five rounds. PUSA ACTIVITIES Pune University Statistics Association (PUSA) in collaboration with different colleges organizes various activities for thepropagation of Statistics at the undergraduate level since 2001-2002. Under PUSA, the department conducts the following activities:

• T.Y.B.Sc. – Project Competition & Career Development Camp.
• S.Y.B.Sc. – Quiz Competition (Round I & Round II). Four task viz. Oral Presentation, Case study, Rapid Question & Answer and Group Discussion are given to the students who qualify in Round I)
• F.Y.B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Computer Science) – Quiz Competition

Our students have won several prizes in the above competitions. GUEST LECTURES

• A. R. Darekar delivered a guest lecture on, “Scope of Statistics” for T. Y. B. Sc. students, 2016.
• A guest lecture for T. Y. B.Sc. students on “Job Opportunities” by Mr. Abhishek Hole and Mr. Santosh Awasarkar, Co-founders of Pursullence Business Solutions was organized in 2016.
• Akanksha Kashikar gave the students varied glimpses into some very important but relatively unknown applications of Statistics, right form historic times, till to date, 2017.
• A guest lecture by Ms. Preeti Pandhu (Founder and Director) Data Science Lab (DSL), Pune was organized on the topic “Data Science” in 2018.
• A guest lecture by Dr. Anju A. Bhagat, National Agriculture Research Project (NARP), Ganeshkhind, Pune was organized on the topic “Applications of Design of Experiments (D.O.E.)” in 2019.
• A guest lecture by Mr. Chintan Thorat, Vice-President, Chintan Group, Pune was organized on the topic “Internship for Statistics students in industry” in 2019.
• A guest lecture by Mr. Abhay Joshi, Lead Manager, Ipa-Machine Learning, BNY Mellon India Operations, Pune on the topic “Machine Learning and Statistics” was organized under Statistics Association for all undergraduate and post-graduate students on 7^th, 2019.
• A guest lecture was organized for all B. Sc., B. A. and M. A. students on 28^th, 2019. Mr. Saurav Rajgaria, Sr. Manager, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance delivered the lecture on “Career in Actuarial Science - The Next Big Thing.”

• A guest lecture by Dr. Anju A. Bhagat, National Agriculture Research Project (NARP), Ganeshkhind, Pune was organized on the topic “Applications of Design of Experiments (D.O.E.)” in 2019.
• A guest lecture by Mr. Chintan Thorat, Vice-President, Chintan Group, Pune was organized on the topic “Internship for Statistics students in industry” in 2019.

STUDY TOUR

• A field visit for T.Y.B.Sc. Statistics students at Mapro Plant, Shendurjane, Wai on Monday, 13/02/23. 42 students comprising of 24 girls and 18 boys went on this field visit, accompanied by 8 staff members (7 teaching and 1 nonteaching). The purpose of this field visit was to acquaint students with the applications of Statistical Process and Product Control in  the area of food production.
• For understanding the realistic applications of Design of Experiments (DOE) in agricultural fields, a study tour for T.Y.B.Sc. students was organized to National Agriculture Research Project (NARP), Pune in 2019.

• STATISTICS ASSOCIATION

The main aim of the association is to make students aware of the wide applications of Statistics. Under the association various quiz, poster, project competitions are organized by the department throughout the year.

• FEEDBACK ANALYSIS

The on-line feedback analysis of 15 (7 Arts and 8 Science) PG departments of our college was done by Prof. S. S. Kurade and Prof. A. R. Pali for 2018-19. A detailed report of the analysis was also given to each department and an overall report to the college.

The department offers courses in Statistics for under-graduate students of the college. Following papers are taught in T. Y. B. Sc.

• • Distribution theory
  • Theory of estimation
  • Sampling methods
  • Design of experiments
  • C programming (Turbo C)
  • Introduction to regression analysis
  • Actuarial Statistics
  • Testing of hypothesis
  • Statistical quality control
  • Operation research
  • Statistical computing using R software

Optional course

• • Introduction to Stochastic processes.
  • Reliability and Survival analysis.

ALLOWED SUBJECT COMBINATIONS

F.Y. B. Sc. Subject combinations allowed:

• Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Statistics (PCMS)
• Physics, Electronics, Mathematics, and Statistics (PEMS)

S.Y. B. Sc. Subject combinations allowed:

• Chemistry, Mathematics, and Statistics (CMS)
• Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics (PMS)
• Electronics, Physics and Statistics (EPS)

T. Y. B. Sc.

• The student has to select any one of the three subjects studied in S. Y. B. Sc.

ADMISSIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE DONE ACCORDING TO SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY NORMS.

Guest Lectures

Quiz Competitions

Stat-O-Fest

Study Tours

Gallery

• Area of the Department and laboratory: 940 sq. feet approx.
• Laboratory: One
• Equipment Details:

Sr. No.	Equipment	Total Number
1	Computer	25
2	Printer	3 ( All in one : 1)
3	Scanner	1
4	Scientific calculators	38
6	Laptop	1
7	DLP Projector and screen	1

• Software Available: R-software, MATLAB under DST-FIST TORA and TURBO C
• Library: The department has its own library facility in addition to the central library. There are 231 books (References, Text books, Manuals etc.) in the departmental library. Scheme of Loan Library is available for the students. Groups of T.Y. B.Sc. students are prepared and each group is issued a set of essential books is for the entire academic year from the central library.
• Internet Facility is provided to staff and students.

The department encourages students to work on industrial projects. Collaboration with the Satpuda Foundation: The Department of Statistics, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune and the Satpuda Foundation have collaborated to do a T. Y. B. Sc. project together. Satpuda Foundation is a registered non-profit NGO working to save wildlife and forests across central India. It was established to highlight the biodiversity of the Central Indian Highlands (i.e. the Satpuda mountain range), educate different sections of the society about its importance and to tackle threats to the area’s forests and wildlife through well-coordinated research oriented conservation actions.The Department of Statistics, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune (MES AGC) selected a group of five students according to the Savitribai Phule Pune University guidelines. The prime objective of the project was to analyze various factors related to the conditions prevalent in the forests of six Tiger Reserves viz. Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra), Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh), Tadoba National Park, Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanha Tiger Reserve and Satpuda Tiger Reserve. The aim was to explore and extract information useful for forest conservation and upliftment of the villagers’ socio-economic conditions. The key objectives of the study were:

• To study various socio-economic parameters of people living in the villages around the above six forest regions.
• To identify the factors significantly affecting the NTFP activities in these villages.
• To compare the amount of NTFP activities carried in these six regions.
• To study and analyze the pattern of forest fire occurrences in these regions to predict future occurrences.
• To study the uniformity of forest fire occurrences over a period of one year.
• To identify and study the trends in forest, non-forest and water cover of the above six regions using satellite images of over a hundred villages from year 2001 to 2017.
• To study the relation between increase/decrease of populations on the forest cover of the periphery villages for each of the above six regions.
• To carry out exploratory data analysis of all the variables considered in our study.

  Five T. Y. B.Sc. students, Atharva P. Bhat, Atharva M. Tagare, Atharva S. Tambe, Gourish B. Patil and Sahil R. Urkude, completed this project with Satpuda Foundation under the guidance of Asst. Prof. A. R. Pali. The project report was submitted to the Savitribai Phule Pune University as an academic project for the completion of Third Year B.Sc. degree course and the Satpuda Foundation. Software applications such as SAGA, QGIS, R-Studio, SPSS were used for data collection and analysis.

Our students have been and are getting placed in reputed companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant etc. through different campus drives.

BOS- List of members -2022-24

Statistics Timetable : A.Y 2023-24 -Term II