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Department of Statistics

Dr. Jitto Jose

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : jitto@rajagiri.edu

Being an academician working to better understand how Statistics can be applied to real-life situations, with present designation as Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics, is now engaged in the teaching, research and analysis fields. Skilled in different Mathematical and Statistical software like SPSS, Mathematica, STATA, XLSTAT, MATLAB etc. The fields of interest include Biostatistics, Econometrics, Business Analysis, Predictive Modelling and Multivariate Statistical Tools. Received Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Statistics with a prime focus on the topic entitled ‘Some Modelling Problems in Statistics’ from University of Kerala, Trivandrum. The expertise includes data analysis and interpretation, and the development and implementation of research tools. He is a University Rank Holder in his Post-Graduation from Mahatma Gandhi University and holds an M.Phil. degree as well. Several research papers have been published in reputed National and International peer reviewed Scopus Indexed journals.

  • Ph.D. in Statistics (University of Kerala, Trivandrum – 2022)
  • M.Phil. in Statistics (University of Kerala, Trivandrum – 2016)
  • M.Sc. in Statistics (University Rank Holder – Mahatma Gandhi University-2013)
  • B.Sc. in Mathematics (Mahatma Gandhi University-2011) 
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc), Department of Statistics, Government College Kariavattom, from 01 October, 2021 to 18 February, 2022.
  • Project Fellow, Emeritus Scientist Scheme, Kerala State Council of Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) attached to the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum from 03 April, 2017 to 31 December, 2018.
  • Assistant Professor, Post-Graduation Department of Statistics (Self Financing), Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, from 13 January, 2015 to 30 September, 2015.
  • Lecturer, Forward Academy, Thodupuzha, from 01 July, 2013 to 31 December, 2014.
  • Multivariate Modelling, Ordered Random Variables, Information Measures, Integral Transformations, Measure and Probability Theory, Statistical Inference.
  • Statistical Data Analysis: Sampling Methods, Survey Analysis, Reliability and Validity Analysis, Frequency and Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Testing, Predictive Modelling Techniques, Correlation and Association Analysis, Multivariate Analysis: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Principal Component Analysis.
  • Statistical Software: SPSS, SAS, STATA, XLSTAT, MATHEMATICA, GPOWER.
  • Associated as Project Fellow in the project (KSCSTE No.: DO No. 001/KESS/2015/KSCSTE) entitled ‘Developing Model Diagnostics and Modelling using Ordered Data’ with principal investigator as Dr. P. Yageen Thomas.under Emeritus Scientist Scheme of Kerala State Council of Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) attached to the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala.
  • Guided and Supported in the project entitled 'Local Economic Intelligence Platform' (LIEP) of Team LED (Local Economic Development) in Statistical Analysis to build an Index to develop a digital tool for a systematic data led approach for local economic development and economic planning for Thiruvananthapuram associated with India Smart City Fellowship Program (ISCF) which has been an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Smart Cities Mission.
  • Carried out full Statistical Analysis associated with the project entitled “A Study of Single Mothers in Kerala” proposed and executed by the Kerala Women’s Commission, Pattom P. O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695004. 
  • Consultant Statistician for
  • KIMS Nursing College, Trivandrum
  • Women’s Commission, Trivandrum
  • Smart City Project, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, Trivandrum Based
  • Ph.D. Thesis Analysis, University of Kerala, Trivandrum
  • Ph.D. Thesis Analysis, University of Calicut, Calicut
  • Ph.D. Thesis Analysis, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
  • Kerala Agriculture University, Vellayini, Trivandrum
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode
  • Neonatal Department of MOSC Hospital, Kolenchery, Ernakulam
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2022).  Renyi Entropy of k-Records: Properties and Applications. RevStat Statistical Journal, 20(4): 481 - 500. DOI: https://doi.org/10.57805/revstat.v20i4.385.  Scopus Indexed. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 1.250).
  • Jose, Jitto & Sathar, E. I. Abdul (2022). Rényi entropy on k-records and its applications in characterizing distributions. Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2022.2070167
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2022). Rényi entropy on k-records and its applications in characterizing distributions. Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2022.2070167. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 1.051)
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2021). Characterization of exponential distribution using extropy based on lower k-records and its application in testing exponentiality. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2021.113816. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 2.621)
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2021). Symmetry being tested through simultaneous application of upper and lower k-records in extropy. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00949655.2021.1975283. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 1.424)
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2021). An Ordered Approach on Cumulative Extropy Measures for Information Analysis. Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2021.1928706. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 0.893)
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2021). Renyi entropy of k-records: Properties and Applications. Revstat Statistical Journal. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 1.250) URL: https://www.ine.pt/revstat/forthcoming_papers.html.
  • E. I. Abdul Sathar and Jitto Jose (2021). Extropy for Past Life Based on Classical Records. Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, 22:27-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41096-021-00095-1. (International Journal)
  • E. I. Abdul Sathar and Jitto Jose (2020). Extropy based on records for random variables representing residual life. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610918.2020.1851715. (International Journal: Impact Factor: 1.118)
  • P. Yageen Thomas and Jitto Jose (2020). On Weibull – Burr Impounded Bivariate Distribution. Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science, 4(2):73-105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42081-020-00085-w. (International Journal)
  • P. Yageen Thomas and Jitto Jose (2020). A New Bivariate Distribution with Rayleigh and Lindley Distributions as Marginals. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 14 (2) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42519-020-00093-9. (International Journal)
  • E. I. Abdul Sathar and Jitto Jose (2020). Past Extropy of k-Records. Economic Quality Control, 35 (1):25-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eqc-2019-0023. (International Journal)
  • Jitto Jose and E. I. Abdul Sathar (2019). Residual Extropy of k-Record Values. Statistics and Probability Letters, 146 (c):1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2018.10.019 (International Journal: Impact Factor: 0.870)
  • Jitto Jose and P. Yageen Thomas (2018). A New Bivariate Distribution with Extreme Value Type I and Burr Type XII Distributions as Marginals. Journal of Kerala Statistical Association, 29: 1-24. (National Journal).
  • Attended the National Virtual Conference on Recent Innovations in Statistical Methods and its Applications in Business and Industry -2022 (RISABI– 2022) organized by The Research Department of Statistics,Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, in association with the Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) as their 43rd annual conference during June 18 - 19 March, 2022 and delivering a talk on 'Defining past extropy for past lifetime random variable based on k-Records'.
  • Attended the Sixth International Webinar on “Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications-2022 (WSTA – 2022) organized by Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) and the Department of Statistics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India during June 29 - July 02, 2022 and presented a paper entitled “A New Bivariate Distribution Constructed using Integral Transformations on Concomitants of Ordered Random Variables”.
  • Attended the International Conference (Virtual Conference) on Statistics for Twenty-First Century-2020 (ICSTC-2020) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 16-19 December 2020 and presented a paper on “Extropy based on k-records for random variables representing past life”.
  • Attended the International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-First Century-2019 (ICSTC-2019) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 18-20 December 2019 and presented a paper on “Renyi Entropy of k-Records: Properties and Applications”.
  • Attended the International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-First Century-2018 (ICSTC-2018) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 13-15 December 2018 and presented a paper on “Residual Extropy of k-Records”.
  • Attended the International Conference on Changing Paradigms and Emerging Challenges in Statistical Sciences in conjunction with Bi-Decennial Convention of Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications organized by the Department of Statistics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry during 29-31 January 2018 and presented a paper on “A New Bivariate Distribution with Rayleigh and Lindley Distributions as Marginals”.
  • Attended the International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-First Century-2017 (ICSTC-2017) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 14-16 December 2017 and presented a paper on “A New Bivariate Distribution with Weibull and Burr Type XII Distributions as Marginals.”
  • Attended the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications-2020 (NSSTA – 2020) Webinar organized by Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) and the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum during June 29 - July 01, 2020 and Presented a paper entitled “On extropy for past life based on k-records”.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications – 2019 (NSSTA-2019) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 28-30 June 2019 and presented a paper on “On Extropy of k-Records and its Properties”.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Statistical Sciences – 2019 (RTSS-2019) in conjunction with 40th Annual conference of Kerala Statistical Association organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 07-09 March 2019 and presented a paper on “Results on Residual Extropy of Classical Records”.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications – 2018 (NSSTA-2018) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 28-30 June 2018 and presented a paper on “A New Bivariate Distribution with Exponential and Lindley Distributions as Marginals”.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Statistical Sciences – 2018 (RTSS-2018) organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 28 February - 01 March 2018 and presented a paper on “Construction of Bivariate Distribution with Extreme Concomitant and its Characterizations”.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Innovative Approaches in Statistics in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Kerala Statistical Association organized by the Department of Statistics, St.Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala, India during 15-17 February 2018 and presented a paper on “The Construction of a New Bivariate Distribution with Extreme Value Type I and Burr Type XII Distributions as Marginals”.
  • Participated in the two-day Workshop on ‘SPSS’ organized by the Faculty of Education, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, Chennai-95, on 14th and 15th May 2021.
  • Attended International Workshop on Distribution Theory and Its Applications organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 13-15 December 2020.
  • Attended International Workshop on Distribution Theory and Its Applications organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 16-17 December 2019.
  • Attended National Workshop on Statistical Analysis Using SPSS organized by Department of Statistics, Government Arts College, Trivandrum, India during 16-18 January 2019.
  • Attended One Day Annual Interdisciplinary Academic Meet (AIAM – 2K19) Organized by School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in association with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), University of Kerala on 20 March 2019.
  • Attended International Workshop on Distribution Theory and Its Applications organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 10-12 December 2018.
  • Attended National Workshop on Statistical Methods for Data Analytics Using R (SMDA-2018) organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India during 10-15 September 2018.
  • Attended International Workshop on Recent Trends in Distribution Theory and Its Related Areas organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 11-13 December 2017.
  • Attended National Workshop on Statistical Methods for Data Analytics Using R (SMDA-2017) organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India during 23-28 October 2017.
  • Attended the National Seminar on Applied Statistical Methodology with Special Emphasis On Time Series Analysis in conjunction with the Annual Conference of The Kerala Statistical Association organized by the Department of Statistics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha Ernakulam, India during 12-13 February 2016.
  • Attended in International Workshop on Distribution Theory and Its Application, organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 16 – 18 December 2015.
  • Attended International Conference On Statistics for Twenty First Century 2015, organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 19 – 21 December 2015.
  • Attended National Workshop On Mathematica, Sponsored By Wolfram Research, Usa organized by Department of Statistics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha Ernakulam, India during 18-19 March 2013.
  • Attended an Orientation Programme In Statistics, 9th – 11th March, 2013 organized by Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Chennai in association with Department of Statistics and Department of Mathematics, B. C. M. College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  • Attended the Webinar on ‘Introduction to India’s Official Statistics & Its Challenges During the Current Pandemic Situation’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Mar Athanasius College (Autonomous), Kothamangalam, as a part of the “World Statistics Day Celebrations-2020” on 28th  October 2020.
  • Attended the Webinar on ‘Recent Trends and Emerging Opportunities in Statistics’ in connection with World Statistics Day organized by the Department of Statistics, Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor, Trivandrum on 22nd October 2020.
  • Attended the Webinar on ‘Journey Towards the World of ISS’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Mar Athanasius College (Autonomous), Kothamangalam, as a part of the “World Statistics Day Celebrations-2020” on 21st October 2020.
  • Attended the Webinar on ‘Select Data Science Wisely-3 Mistakes to Refrain From’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Mar Athanasius College (Autonomous), Kothamangalam, as a part of the “World Statistics Day Celebrations-2020” on 20th  October 2020.
  • Attended the International Webinar in connection with “World Statistics Day Celebrations-2020” organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala on 20th October 2020.
  • Attended the International Webinar on ‘Next Generation Statistician’s & Future Trend’ held on 16th October 2020 organized by the Department of Statistics, St. Francis College, Koramangala, Bengaluru in connection with the “World Statistics Day Celebration-2020”.
  • Attended the Webinar Series on ‘Bayesian Estimation and MCMC Simulation’ and ‘Biostatistics and Applications’ organized by the Department of Statistics, WMO Arts & Science College, Muttil on 16th & 17th September 2020.
  • Attended the National Webinar on ‘All You Need To Know About Data Science’ organized by the Department of Actuarial Science, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam on 21st August 2020.
  • Attended the National Webinar on ‘Biostatistics: Opportunities and Challenges’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Vimala College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala, funded by DBT-Star College Scheme, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India on 18th August, 2020.
  • Attended the National Webinar on ‘Bootstrap Methods for Inference’ organized by the Research Department of Statistics, Nehru Arts and Science College, Kanhangad on 17th August 2020.
  • Attended One Day National Level Webinar on ‘Ethics of Data Inference’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Brindavan College, Bengaluru on 17th August 2020 in association with IQAC.
  • Attended the webinar on ‘Introduction to Statistical Modelling & Applications in the Data Science Era’ held on 14th August 2020 organized by Sacred Heart College, Thevara.
  • Attended the webinar on ‘Introduction to Statistical Computing’ held on 12th August 2020 organized by Sacred Heart College, Thevara.
  • Attended the webinar on ‘Introduction to Machine Learning for Statisticians’ held on 8th August 2020 organized by Sacred Heart College, Thevara.
  •  Attended the International Webinar Organized by Carmel College, Mala, Department of Mathematics and Statistics during 27-28 July, 2020 on the topics: (1) On the statistical assessment of bioequivalence and biochemistry and (2) On introduction to R programming.
  • Attended the Webinar National Level on “Research Methodology” Organized by Loyola College, Chennai, on Tuesday 17 July, 2020.
  • Attended the Webinar National Level Faculty Development Programme on “Teaching Statistics using Case Study Approach” Organized by Brindavan College, Department of Statistics, on Tuesday 14 July, 2020.
  • Attended the National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications-2020 (NSSTA – 2020)” Webinar organized by Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) and the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum during June 29 - July 01, 2020 and presented a paper on “On extropy for past life based on k-records”.
  • Attended the National Level Webinar on “Statistical Tools and Techniques of Social Science Research” conducted by Department of Statistics, St. Francis College, Bengaluru on 20 June, 2020.
  • Attended the National Level Webinar on “Statistical Inferences and its Applications” conducted by Department of Statistics, St. Francis College, Bengaluru on 20 June, 2020.
  • Online Course on ‘Health in Numbers: Quantitative Methods In Clinical & Public Health Research’ from Harvard University.
  • Online Course on ‘Descriptive Statistics: An introduction to Statistics’ from Berkeley University.
  • Received Professor Aleyamma George Best Paper Award instituted by Alumni Association of Department of Statistics University of Kerala (AADSUK) for the paper entitled “Residual Extropy of k-Record Values” on 10 July, 2021 which got published in an International Journal: ‘Statistics and Probability Letters’ in the year 2019.
  • Received Professor T. S. K. Moothathu Best Paper Award instituted by Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) for the paper entitled “A New Bivariate Distribution with Extreme Value Type I and Burr Type XII Distributions as Marginals” on 29 February, 2020 which is published in a National Journal ‘Journal of Kerala Statistical Association’ in the year 2018.
  • Received Professor Aleyamma George Best Paper Presentation Award for presenting the work entitled “Residual Extropy of k-Records” in connection with the Foruth International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-first Century-2018 (ICSTC-2018) organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, during 13-15 December 2018.
  • Achieved 5th Position for M.Sc. Statistics in Mahatma Gandhi University Examinations of Post Graduate Programme during 2011-2013.
  • Placement Cell, Department of Statistics, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. 
  • Resource Person for class on software “SPSS” for 2020- 2022 Batch Post Graduation Students Department of Social Work at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Ernakulam, Kerala, India during 28 - 29 April, 2022.
  • Resource Person for class on software “SPSS” for 2021- 2023 Batch Post Graduation Students Department of Social Work at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Ernakulam, Kerala, India during 23- 24 June, 2022.
  • Resource Person for class on software “SCILAB” for Science and Humanities Department at Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Vazhakulam, Ernakulam, Kerala, India on 20-07-2015.