The Quint rated the claim “Dr CR Rao received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Statistics.” False.
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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
Prof. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. The American Statistical Association has described him as "a livin…
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science · Indian-American mathematician (1920–2023) · mathematician · statistician · university teacher · economist · also Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, C. R. Rao, C. Radhakrishna Rao, Calyampudi Radhakrishnan Rao, C.R. Rao, Rao
Born 10 September 1920 · Died 22 August 2023 · Q711237
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2025· 3 entries
Reported claimRated The claim is misrepresentation. C. Radhakrishna Rao did not receive a Nobel Prize because there is no Nobel Prize in Statistics. However, he was awarded the International Prize in Statistics in 2023, which is considered the highest honor in the field and equivalent to the Nobel Prize. · DigitEye India
DigitEye India rated the claim “Indian-American statistician C. Radhakrishna Rao at the age of 102, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Statistics.” The claim is misrepresentation. C. Radhakrishna Rao did not receive a Nobel Prize because there is no Nobel Prize in Statistics. However, he was awarded the International Prize in Statistics in 2023, which is considered the highest honor in the field and equivalent to the Nobel Prize..
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FACTLY rated the claim “At the age of 102, Indian-American statistician C. Radhakrishna Rao was awarded the Nobel Prize in Statistics in 2025.” MISLEADING.
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2023· 3 entries
Died 2023-08-22.
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Awarded International Prize in Statistics (2023).
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Rao was awarded the International Prize in Statistics, an award often touted as the "statistics' equivalent of the Nobel Prize"
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2022· 1 entry
Published “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis” in The Lancet — cited 14,037 times.
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2020· 3 entries
Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,064 times.
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Published “Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 10,317 times.
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Published “Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 8,069 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,014 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Pembrolizumab versus Chemotherapy for PD-L1–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 8,681 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “A 3D Map of the Human Genome at Kilobase Resolution Reveals Principles of Chromatin Looping” in Cell — cited 9,264 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 9,269 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Won Guy Medal in Gold (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded India Science Award (2010).
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The highest honour conferred by the government of India in a scientific domain
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2003· 1 entry
Won Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (2003).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering (2001).
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Won National Medal of Science (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Published “Constrained model predictive control: Stability and optimality” in Automatica — cited 7,176 times.
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Published “Titanium dioxide photocatalysis” in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews — cited 7,128 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Published “Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data” in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry — cited 8,157 times.
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Wilks Memorial Award (1989).
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1984· 1 entry
Published “Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic properties of copper( <scp>II</scp> ) compounds containing nitrogen–sulphur donor ligands; the crystal and molecular structure of aqua[1,7-bis(N-methylbenzimidazol-2′-yl)-2,6-dithiaheptane]copper( <scp>II</scp> ) perchlorate” in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. — cited 9,216 times.
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1977· 2 entries
Career landmark: chairperson (1977–1977).
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Career landmark: chairperson (1977–1979).
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1974–1975).
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1972).
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Awarded Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1972).
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Career landmark: director (1972–1976).
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1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1971–1976).
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1969· 1 entry
Won Meghnad Saha Medal (1969).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Padma Bhushan in science & engineering (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1967).
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1965· 1 entry
Won Guy Medal in Silver (1965).
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1963).
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1957).
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1948· 3 entries
To which he added a DSc degree, also from Cambridge, in 1965
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Studied at University of Cambridge, Doctor (1947–1948).
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Studied at King's College (1946–1948).
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1943· 1 entry
Studied at University of Calcutta (1941–1943).
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1941· 1 entry
Studied at Indian Statistical Institute (1940–1941).
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1940· 1 entry
Studied at Andhra University (1935–1940).
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1935· 1 entry
Studied at Mrs. A.V.N. College (1931–1935).
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-09-10.
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