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Past Chief Editors

M. C. Chakrabarty (1963-1971)
V. S. Huzurbazar (1972-1977)
S. R. Adke (1978-1990)
J. V. Deshpande (1991-2000)
M. B. Rajarshi (2001-2006)

CHIEF EDITOR
U. V. Naik-Nimbalkar, Department of Statistics, University of Pune, Pune-411007, India. Email: uvnaik@stats.unipune.ernet.in

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

• Bimal K. Sinha , Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore Cork,
  1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, U.S.A. Email: sinha@umbc.edu
• Ashish Sengupta , Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B. T. Road, Kolkatta-700035, India. Email: ashis@isical.ac.in
• T. N. Sriram , Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, U.S.A.
• Isha Devan , Indian Statistical Institute, 7, Sansanwal Marg, Delhi-110016, India.
• P. Vellaisamy , Indian Institute of Technology, Pawai, Bombay-400076, India. Email: pv@math.iitb.ac.in

Scope of the Journal

Instructions to Authors

Contents of the Journal, December 2008