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Indian Statistical Institute Giridih branch of Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata is known for its serene and splendid campus along with beautiful fruit ( mainly mango, guava and citrus plants) orchards, crop field and rose garden. The green foliages along with flamboyant rose flowers in Rose Villa campus make it perfect for higher academic research. Rose Villa is the main campus at New Barganda, Giridih that occupies main building for administration and academics. The campus has good network connectivity, power back up, and security cover. In 2017 the new academic building was dedicated for class room, laboratory and a seminar hall. In addition, ISI Giridih has a sprawling farm land and an old health home which is about six Kms away from the main campus. Professor Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay a distinguished scholar of machine intelligence and prestigeous Shanti Swarup Bhatanagar awardee is the Director of the prestigeous Indian Statistical Institute since 2015. Prof. Arunava Sen is the present Professor In-Charge of Social Sciences Division and Prof. Pabitra Banik is the present Professor In-Charge of Biological Sciences Division. Dr. Hari Charan Behera has been the In-Charge of Indian Statistical Institute Giridih branch for the last four years.

Indian Statistical Institute Giridih branch is now reinvigorated with much anticipated academic expansion in sociological studies, agricultural and ecological sciences and computer sciences. In 2014 a new Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) Course with an intake capacity of 15 students was lauched at ISI Giridih. The branch received its first batch of JRFs in 2015. The inhouse faculties are engaged in agricultural and environmental research, sociological research and consultancy for the state government while conducting academic outreach programmes and offering voluntarily internship opportunities for the young post graduate students. The branch along with SQC Unit of ISI organised training programme on six sigma green belt for professionals and research scholars in 2017. In last four years the branch has organized several national conferences, workshops and training programmes with or without any collaboration. In past, the branch provided space for research on nanotechnology, agricultural growth curve models, social network analysis and other socioeconomic studies. The current research areas of the faculties are soil biology, entomology, livelihood studies, agrarian studies, and rural development. Several research projects are ongoing at the branch under the supervision of respective faculty members.