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Dr C. Satheesh Kumar is presently working as the Head of the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India. He got his Ph.D. in statistics from the Statistics Department at University of Kerala, Kerala in 1998. He worked as a Research Head in The Mathrubhumi Ptg. Pbg. Co. Ltd. Calicut-673 001 [a leading newspaper industry in India] during 1997 to 2000. Then, he worked as Lecturer in Statistics at NAM College, Kannur University (2000-2003), Lecturer/Lecturer (Sr. Scale) (2003-2009), and Reader/ Associate Professor (2009-) in Dept. of Statistics, University of Kerala. He is the Joint Secretary of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Member of the Standardization Committee of Statisticians in connection with the Reforms to Engineering Entrance Examination (2012 onwards), Expert Group Member for examining the issues related to the estimation of State Income (Govt. of Kerala), Member in the Standardization Committee of Statisticians in connection with the Standardization of the difficulty levels of various examinations, conducted by Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) (2012 onwards), Member of the Governing Council of the Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (2010 onwards), Member of the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Trust of the Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (2011 onwards), Member of the Expert Technical Advisory Committee in Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. (KSEBL) for the implementation of the cloud seeding programme,Senate Member of Kerala University, Member, Academic Council of Kerala University, Board of Studies Chairman in Statistics (PG) as well as Board of Studies Member Demography (PG) of Kerala University, Statistics (PG) of Bharathyar University, M.S. University, Kannur University, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Fatima Mata National College (Autonomous), Kollam, MarEvanios College(Autonomous), Trivandrum etc, Permanent Reviewer of Mathematical Reviews (USA) and Permanent Reviewer of Zentralblatt MATH Springer, Convener/Chairman of several Committees like Prof. A.M. Mathai Endowment Committee, Professor T.S.K. Moothathu Endowment Committee, Professor C.R. Rao Endowment Committee, Professor R. Krishna Pillai Endowment Committee, Professor R.N. Pillai Endowment Committee etc. (15) Selected for MATRICS research grant of SERB – a division of the Dept of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (for the period: 2018-2020) Organized several (more than 20) International/National level Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Programmes (as either Organizing Secretary or Convener) and coordinated several refresher courses in Statistics and/or Research Methodology. Areas of Research Specialization: Statistical Distribution Theory Areas of Interest: Probability Theory, Stochastic Process, Multivariate Analysis, Climatology, Marketing

C. Satheesh Kumar has made substantial contributions in the areas of statistical distribution theory. So far, he has published more than 100 research papers in refereed journals, including Metrika (Springer publication from Germany since 1958), Metron (Springer publication from Germany since 1920), Statistics and Probability Letters (Elsevier publication from The Netherlands since 1982), Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Taylor & Francis journal from UK), Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods(Taylor & Francis journal from USA), Communications in Statistics-Computation and Simulation(Taylor & Francis journal from USA), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation(Taylor & Francis journal), AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis (Springer publication), Journal of Applied Statistics (Taylor & Francis journal), Opsearch (Springer publication), Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics (Institute of Mathematical Statistics supported publication from Brazil since 1987), Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Taylor & Francis journal from University of North Carolina publication from Greensboro, USA), Journal of Korean Statistical Society (Elsevier publication from Seoul, Korea since 1973), Journal of Statistical Research (Institute of Statistical Research and Training publication from Bangladesh since 1970), Journal of Applied Statistical Sciences(Nova publication from USA since 1993), Economical Quality Control (De Gruyter publication from Germany since 1985), Statistica (publication from Italy since 1940), Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods (Published from Korea since 1994), Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics (Published from Sri Lanka since 2000), South African Statistical Journal (South African Statistical Association), Journal of Iranian Statistical Society (Iran), Journal of the Japan Statistical Society (publication from Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Japan), Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications(publication from USA), Journal of the Indian Statistical Association (India), Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin (India), The Aligarh Journal of Statistics(India), Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (India) etc., among them one of the article (published in the journal Statistics and Probability Letters, 2002, Vol.59(1), p:1-7) ranks sixth among the top 25 most downloaded articles which have been published in the journal during 2002 and another article (published in the journal Economical Quality Control, 2010, Vol. 25, p:183-188) was one among the top 20 most downloaded articles of the journal which have been published in the journal during 2010. The paper published in Metrika won the Professor R. N. Pillai Best Paper Award, 2010 of AADSUK. Also, the paper appeared in the journal Statistics and Probability Letters(Published from USA) in Vol. 81, Pages 1813-1821 (2011) had been ranked as 9-th in the top 20 most downloaded articles in the journal during October December 2011. Online publication VERTICAL NEWS made a report entitled Recent Findings in Statistics described by Researchers from University of Kerala about the advancement made in the area of statistics by the publication of the my paper jointly with Ms. M.R. Anusree, which appeared in the journal Statistics and Probability (Published from USA) [Vol. 81, Page: 1813-1821, 2011]. Another paper published in the Journal Economical Quality Control [28(2), 97-104, 2014] is listed in the group of the most 20 downloaded articles of that journal during 2014.