Seminars and Colloquia
Opinion Polls in the Context of Indian Parliamentary Democracy
Wed, Sep 18, 2013,
11:30 AM to 01:00 PM
at LHC 101, Lecture Hall Complex, IISER Campus
Professor Rajeeva Karandikar
Prof Karandikar is the Director of Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai. His research interests include several areas of probability theory, option pricing theory, psephology in the context of Indian elections and cryptography among many others.
Abstract:
In this talk I will address various issues that arise in conducting and analyzing opinion polls in the large, politically diverse country that is India. The Indian political system is similar to that of Great Britain, but the methods that work in Britain do not work in India. I will share my experiences over the last 15 years of conducting polls in India.
