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Professor Mardia was born on 3rd April 1935 in Sirohi (Rajasthan). He received the M.Sc. (Statist.) degree from the University of Bombay in 1957; the M.Sc. (Pure Maths.) degree from the University of Poona in 1959 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Rajasthan in 1964. He received the Ph.D. degree and the D.Sc. from the University of Newcastle, UK in 1967 and 1973 respectively. He was appointed to the Chair of Applied Statistics at the University of Leeds, UK in 1973 and has been Head of the Department since 1976.
In the Foreword, Paul Marett writes "Professor Mardia is a very distinguished scholar in a very exacting science. He is a mathematician, or more properly a statistician, and his university degrees include three doctorates. He is also a devoted and practising Jain. Thus he is particularly well-qualified to approach the task of rendering the basic principles, philosophy and ethics of Jainism in the terms of modern science."
