Welcome to the Department of Statistics at Lady Brabourne College. The department was established in the year 2000, starting with B.Sc. (General) course in Statistics. The B.Sc (Honours) course in Statistics has been introduced from 2005. The primary objective of this department of excellence is to impart both basic and advanced quality education in Statistics in under-graduate level (B.Sc in Statistics) under the CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) that is introduced by the University of Calcutta from the year 2018.

There are currently four full time faculties in the department. The department is equipped by a computer lab with latest statistical software and packages, well-stocked departmental library and class rooms with ICT facility. The steady and continuous flow of meritorious and persevering students has helped this department to grow as prominent center of teaching and learning Statistics. In past years students of this department have secured university ranks in B.Sc. and got admitted in prestigious educational institutions like IITs by competing in All India level admission tests for further studies.

The department aspires for students to pursue higher studies as well as persuades them to practice Statistics in different organizations; both Government and non Government, as analysts (Statisticians).Students are encouraged to participate in different workshops on both statistics and Mathematics in different colleges and Institutions. For last two years students of this department have been participating in MTUSS, the advanced theoretical statistics and mathematics workshop, jointly organized by National Board of Higher Mathematics and University of Calcutta. Also disseminating all-round education, this department has organized several lectures and work-shops in Big Data Analytics and Statistical Software like R and Minitab which were delivered by eminent professor of University of Calcutta and industry resource person for preparing the students in their prospective career as statistician. Being the part of a premier women's college, the department is playing a very important role in empowering our next generation female youth and gender consciousness. Keeping in mind the goal of nurturing the future socially responsible citizen, it has also arranged a daylong seminar on Gender Sensitization by calling upon trans-gendered people in 2017. Resource persons from trans-gendered community and representative from Sappho for Equality were present in this seminar.