Who is Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis from The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan and what is their importance? The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity English & Literature "Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian student, who was studying at Cambridge and became friends with Ramanujan. Mahalanobis' primary interest was the study of statistics, and he developed several new statistical methods. He was also the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute.