Paritosh K Roy
Assistant Professor
Office: On study leave
Phone:
Email: pkroy@isrt.ac.bd
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Email: pkroy@isrt.ac.bd
Education
- Master of Science in Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka
Research Interests
- Bayesian Methodologies, Spatial Statistics, Predictive Modeling, Causal Inference, Statistical Learning, Statistical Computing, Design and Statistical Analysis of Health Studies
Publications
- Iqbal, Kazi and Roy, Paritosh K and Alam, Shamsul (2019). The impact of banking services on poverty: Evidence from sub-district level for Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Economics
- Roy, Paritosh K and Khan, Md. Hasinur Rahman and Akter, Tahmina and Rahman Mohammad S (2019). Exploring socio-demographic-and geographical-variations in prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in Bangladesh: Bayesian spatial analysis of national health survey data. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 29, 71-83
- Hossain, Monzur and Roy, Paritosh K. (2019). Does democratic local governance facilitate local economic development? Evidence from Bangladesh. Local Government Studies, 45:6, 827-847
- Iqbal, Kazi and Roy, Paritosh K and Alam, Shamsul (2018). Regional Variations of Banking Services and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Subdistrict Level Administrative Data of Bangladesh. ADBI Working Paper 871. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute.
- Mia, Mohammad N. and Rahman, Mohammad S. and Roy, Paritosh K. (2018). Socio-demographic and geographical inequalities in under- and over-nutrition among the children and mother in Bangladesh: A spatial model approach to a nationally representative survey. Public Health Nutrition, 21(13), 2471-2481
- Roy, Paritosh K and Gulshan, Jahida and Hossain, Syed S. (2017). Spatially Revised Estimation of Infant Mortality in Bangladesh. Spatial Demography, 5(1), 25-42
- Iqbal, Kazi and Roy, Paritosh K. (2015). Climate change, agriculture and migration: evidence from Bangladesh. Climate Change Economics, 6(2), 1550006(31)
- Roy, Paritosh K and Hossain, Syed S. (2014). Predicting arsenic concentration in groundwater of Bangladesh using Bayesian geostatistical model. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 21(3), 583-597
- Iqbal, Kazi and Roy, Paritosh K. (2014). Examining the Impact of Climate Change on Migration through the Agricultural Channel: Evidence from District Level Panel Data from Bangladesh. South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), 84-14
Thesis
- Bayesian geostatistical modeling for predicting arsenic concentration in groundwater of Bangladesh, MS thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009. [Abstract] (Paper from the thesis)
Conferences/Workshops
- First International Workshop on Poverty Statistics in SAARC: Poverty Measurement and Poverty Mapping Using Small Area Estimation Technique. Organized by: National Statistical Institute, International Statistical Institute and World Bank Trust Fund. 11 – 14 Dec 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal. [Received Travel Award and Accommodation]
- The Benefits of Spatial Models for Analyzing Public Health Data in Bangladesh Lattice, Presented in ISCB 2017 Conference, 9 – 13 Jul 2017, Vigo, Spain. [Poster] Received Travel Award and Accommodation from Conference Fund for Developing Countries (CFDC)
- International Conference on Applied Statistics 2014, Organized by ISRT, University of Dhaka, 27-29 Dec 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Organizing Committee Member]
- Statistics with Stata, Young Faculty Workshop (36 Hours), Organized by Center for Research and Training, East West University, 15 Feb – 26 Apr 2014, Dhaka [Instructor]
- Mapping Long Term Average Rainfall of Bangladesh using Model-based Geostatistics, Presented in Bose Conference, 4 Feb, 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Talk]
- 22nd Biannual Research and Training Workshop. Organized by SANDEE, 27-30 Jun, 2011, Sri Lanka. Received SANDEE Grant for Travel and Accommodation
- Bayesian Geostatistical Modeling for Predicting Arsenic Concentration in Groundwater of Bangladesh, Presented in The First International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, 26 – 28 Dec, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Talk]
Research Grants
- Change-point and Spatio-temporal Analysis of Climate Data in Bangladesh (with Dr. Md. Hasinur Rahman Khan), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh, 2017-18 [Nationally Competitive]
- Statistical Learning Approach for Predicting Chemicals in Groundwater of Bangladesh,University Grant Commission of Bangladesh, 2017-18 [University-wide Competitive]
- Climate Change, Migration and Agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Dr. Kazi Iqbal), South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), 2011-2012. [Internationally Competitive]
Scholarships and Awards
- UGC Merit Scholarship 2007 for Securing 1st Class 1st Position in BSc (Hons) in Applied Statistics. University Grant Commission of Bangladesh, 2010 [University-wide Competitive]
- UNFPA Research Grant for Master’s Thesis, 2009 [University-wide Competitive]
- ISRT Scholarship for Yearly Academic Performance, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 [Institute-wide Competitive]
Courses Taught
- Graduate courses
- Environmental and Spatial Statistics (2014-15)
- Environmental Statistics (2013)
- Applied Bayesian Statistics (2011-12)
- Advanced Statistical Inference (2010)
- Undergraduate courses
- Modeling Time Series Data (2014-18)
- Sampling Distributions and Simulation (2017-18)
- Statistical Computing: Linear Models with R (2018)
- Statistical Computing: Regression Analysis Using R (2016-17)
- Probability Distributions and Simulation (2016)
- Statistical Computing: Simulation and Statistical Inference (2016)
- Statistical Inference II (2011-13)
- Programming with Fortran and C (2011, 2013)
- Data Analysis Using S-Language and Matlab (2012)
- Mathematics and Fundamentals of Statistics @Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka (2016-18)
Professional Memberships
- Life member, Bangladesh Statistical Association
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