Shillong College is now 50 years old and celebrating Golden Jubilee with different attracting programs. As an undergraduate institution this college is imparting education in different areas of Science, Arts and Commerce. But as the education scenario is expanding towards different specialized directions, to cope up with new changes this college is implementing different ideas in education structure. As a result many new disciplines/departments were opened since last three years and Department of Statistics is one of them. As Statistics is now being used in almost all the areas of business and research activities so looking at its importance the college authority has opened Department of Statistics in the year 2004.

At present there are three full time lecturers in the department. They
are:

Students were allowed to take statistics as a general paper in B.A./ B.Sc.1st year with combinations (a) Statistics, Physics and Mathematics and(b) Statistics, Economics and Mathematics. Now the department is thinking to offer one more combination viz. Statistics, Computer Sc. and Mathematics.So right now Statistics is taught in Class XI, XII and B.A./B.Sc. course. Demand of Statistics in the job market is on the rise as all the Business Organizations (both domestic and international) are in need of statisticians for analytical purpose. Looking at this the department is planning to hold some workshops also so that students can participate and acquaint themselves with the rising trend and coverage of statistics.