Top 10 Reasons Why Anyone Would Want To Study in ISI

Top 10 Reasons Why Anyone Would Want To Study in ISI

1. There are no fees (tuition or otherwise) at all, ever.

2. You get a stipend (750 (and proposed to increase to3000) for undergraduates )
3. You have very small class sizes with unity faculty-student ratio (and sometimes even less)
4. You have great extracurricular facilities. (much better than some of the other recent institutes which take money in the lakhs for development facilities which I have seen.)
5. It is under the Ministry of Statistics (and funded by the same)
6. Almost all no reservation. (They will only take you if you are good not on the basis of which caste or which religion you are from)
7. The faculty are world class and usually publish in the top journals ( LORs + SOPs)
8. There is 100% placement for the few who need them. (The rest do PhDs and go into academia.)
9. Your fellow classmates are of the order of IMO,INMO medallists, God profiles, Prometheus Society members etc. (and therefore great to talk to / work with)
10. Faculty are very approachable and will always work with you in any degree of research as you may see fit.

*Anyone here refers to rational, well defined, distinct individuals or proper Turing machines

Suggested books

Suggested books for B.math n B.stat:TEST OF MATHEMATICS AT 10+2 LEVEL AND
TWO MORE WRITTEN BY ISI PROFESSOR(I DONT KNOW NAMES)
Interesting thing is the first one is suggested for (iit)jee preparation.

Generally ISI didnt fix the no of seats for a course but depends on no of students eligible for persuing that particular course.
B.math is of very high standard.This year b.math had only 2 students.B.math is research oriented in pure maths whereas B.stat(with M.stat) students get good packages even though the latter one is also research oriented.
Generally IMO students will opt for B.math if ur goal is to do research in pure maths its better to opt for b.math.
But hav u look at student's brochure and ask ur teacher wheter u can cope up with those topics at bachelor level.
atlast dont expect ISI will be like an IIT.u hav 2 work hard even after getting into it. The problem is actually not getting in, the problem is to pass after getting in.
the no of seats in b.math are generally 10-20 .
if u hav quesns(be specific) leave as comments here i'll be answering

BACHELOR COURSES N D SCOPE

At Bachelor level, ISI offers two courses – B.Stat. and B.Math.

The flagship course of ISI is B.Stat(offered in kolkata). It is the Bachelor level course with Honours in Statistics. But the degree is not the same as usual ‘B.Sc. with Statistics Honours’ – it carries far more recognition and respect. Free from the irritating, usually useless pass level courses, more so, the English and mother language classes, B.Stat. students indulge only in Statistics, mathematics, Probability and Computer Science. There are additional topics – Physics, Biology, Geology and Economics – to select as the applied field in which to get training.(For details download brochure 4m isi website)

It is so designed that on successful completion, the students would be able to pursue higher studies in areas of Statistics and Mathematics, as well as Computer Science, Economics and allied fields, or take up careers as Statisticians in research institutions and scientific laboratories, government departments or industries.

The Masters course is called M.Stat., at the end of which the placements occur. Here again, ISI typically has complete placement, barring those who go for higher studies in prestigious universities in US and UK like Harvard, Berkeley or Stanford. The salary range is also high –5-15 lakhs p.a.
Coming to B.math(offered in banglore) it is totally research oriented.Usually IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad)participants 4m india prefer dis course.B.math students will generally get admitted 4 Ph.d programme’s of top universities without mastre’s degree.
”ISI Bangalore was the best place to learn mathematics . I was inspired by Sucharit Sarkar , my neighbour , who got a Gold Medal in International Mathematics Olympiad ( IMO ) and had graduated from ISI Bangalore and obtained admission in Princeton University for Ph.D in Mathematics by that time .
When I was at the end of ISI B.Maths 1st year , M.Sc students from all IITs had come to ISI Bangalore for a combined course with us on the same platform . So , moral of the story : IIT MSc student = B.Maths 2nd year ISI Bangalore” ,said Arka Prava Bandyopadhyay,Ex- B.math student(who had got a single digit rank in IITJEE).
Almost all the teachers of ISI Bangalore are eminent mathematicians of India, whose main concern is research

The admission tests for the courses(B.Stat & B.Math) are two-step. First, there is a written exam, and the selected students appear for an interview. The written exam has two parts – MCQ for screening(objective), and then several(about 10) problems(Subjective).The Student have to get min marks in objective paper to get his objective paper corrected( above 20 out of 30).Based on subjective score some shoet listed students r called 4 interview.(usually in Jun).The interview aims to see if the student understands the basic concepts clearly, and how enthusiastically does he/she take up and respond to new ideas and problems. The teachers are eager to help, unless one makes statements like “The probability is 3.”

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

The admission tests for the courses(B.Stat & B.Math) are two-step. First, there is a written exam, and the selected students appear for an interview. The written exam has two parts – MCQ for screening(objective), and then several(about 10) problems(Subjective).The Student have to get min marks in objective paper to get his objective paper corrected( above 20 out of 30).Based on subjective score some shoet listed students r called 4 interview.(usually in Jun).The interview aims to see if the student understands the basic concepts clearly, and how enthusiastically does he/she take up and respond to new ideas and problems. The teachers are eager to help, unless one makes statements like “The probability is 3.”