Who established the "Indian Statistical Institute" in Calcutta?

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Many distinguished thinkers contributed to the formulation of India’s five year plans. Among them, the name of the statistician, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, stands out. Mahalanobis was born in 1893 in Calcutta. He was educated at the Presidency College in Calcutta and at Cambridge University in England.

Mahalanobis established the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta and started a journal, Sankhya, which still serves as a respected forum for statisticians to discuss their ideas. Both, the ISI and Sankhya, are highly regarded by statisticians and economists all over the world to this day.