Mangaluru: Lauren M Patrao, a student of CFAL, has secured All-India Rank 68 in the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) entrance examination. The result places him among the small group of students selected nationally to one of the country’s most demanding mathematics programmes.The Indian Statistical Institute is among the country’s most selective institutions for mathematics, statistics, data science, and quantitative economics. Its two flagship undergraduate programmes, Bachelor of Statistics and Bachelor of Mathematics, together admit fewer than 160 students each year across the Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore campuses. For a programme with such a limited intake, securing a rank of 68 represents a highly competitive position. What distinguishes the ISI examination is its resistance to rote preparation. Selection runs in two stages. The written test pairs an objective paper with a second, fully subjective paper requiring complete proofs and reasoned solutions; candidates who clear it are then called to a personal interview. It is a process built to reward genuine mathematical instinct, the habit of thinking a problem through rather than around it.
