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Introduction to Probability & Statistics (in Hindi)

By Prof. Abhay Gopal Bhatt   |   Indian Statistical Institute
Learners enrolled: 1629   |  Exam registration: 26
ABOUT THE COURSE:

The course will cover topics in a standard syllabus in engineering degree programmes. But other students are also welcome to attend. Each concept in this introductory course will be illustrated with examples and reinforced with problems. By the end of the course, the student will have attained a fair degree of familiarity with basic statistical concepts of estimation and testing and would be well conversant with probabilistic concepts and standard probability distributions. The lectures will be in HINDI, with writing in English.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate students. Also anyone who wants to get an introduction to statistical methods.

PREREQUISITES: Calculus
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Mathematics
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 21 Jul 2025
End Date : 10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends : 04 Aug 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 15 Aug 2025
Exam Date : 26 Oct 2025 IST
NCrF Level   : 4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1:  Introduction. Axiomatic definition and properties of probability.

Week 2: Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem. Independence of events.

Week 3: Random variables. Probability mass function and cumulative distributibution function for discrete random variables.

Week 4: 
  • Expectation, variance, moments, moment generating function, Chebyshev's inequality.
  • Standard discrete distributions and their properties: Bernoulli, Binomial
Week 5: 
  • Standard discrete distributions (continued): Geometric, Negative Binomial, Hypergeometric, Poisson.
  • Introduction to continuous random variables. Probability density function and cumulative distribution function of continuous random variables.
Week 6: 
  • Expectation, variance moments, percentiles for continuous random variables.
  • Standard continuous distributions and properties: Uniform, Exponential, Gamma, Normal.
Week 7: Joint distributions, marginal and conditional distributions, moments, independence of random variables.

Week 8: Covariance, correlation. Central Limit theorem. Descriptive statistics, graphical representation of data

Week 9: 
  • Measures of location and variability.
  • Introduction to Point estimation. Unbiased estimators, consistency.
Week 10: 
  • Method of moments. Maximum likelihood estimation.
  • Confidence intervals for means and proportions.
Week 11: Testing of hypothesis: Null and Alternate hypothesis, Neyman Pearson lemma.

Week 12: Tests for one sample and two sample problems for normal populations. Tests for proportions. Large sample tests.

Books and references

 1. J. L. Devore: Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Cengage Learning, 8th edition, 2012.
 2. Robert V. Hogg, J.W. McKean, and Allen T. Craig: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Seventh Edition, Pearson Education, Asia.

Instructor bio

Prof. Abhay Gopal Bhatt

Indian Statistical Institute
Prof. Abhay Gopal Bhatt is an instructor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre. He is broadly interested in Probability theory and his area of research interests is Markov processes and stochastic differential equations. He has done statistics based projects/consultancy etc. for various public offices. He has taught a broad spectrum of courses at ISI and elsewhere since 1995.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: October 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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