V. S. Huzurbazar

Vasant Shankar Huzurbazar (15 September 1919 – 15 November 1991) was an Indian statistician from Kolhapur. Huzurbazar was the founder head of the department of statistics, University of Pune from 1953 to 1976.^{[citation needed]} From 1976 to 1979, he was visiting professor of statistics at the University of Manitoba. From 1979 to 1991, he served as professor at University of Denver, Colorado until his death.^{[citation needed]} He served as visiting professor for two years to the Iowa State University in 1962.^{[citation needed]}

In 1974, Huzurbazar was awarded the Padma Bhushan from Government of India for his contributions to the field of statistics. In 1983 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Huzurbazar completed his high school from Rajaram High school, Kolhapur.^{[citation needed]} He did his B.Sc. from University of Mumbai and M.Sc. in statistics from Banaras Hindu University during 1940–1941.^{[citation needed]} Huzurbazar earned his Ph.D. in statistics from University of Cambridge in 1950; his advisor was Harold Jeffreys. Huzurbazar worked in the Gauhati University, Lucknow University and also in the Bureau of Economics and Statistics of Government of Bombay.^{[citation needed]}

Huzurbazar's two daughters, Snehalata V. Huzurbazar and Aparna V. Huzurbazar, both became notable statisticians.

• Vasant S. Huzurbazar (1 September 1976). Sufficient Statistics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8247-6296-4.

• V. S. Huzurbazar at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• V. S. Huzurbazar publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)