Department of Statistics became an independent one with Prof. K. Ramakrishna Pillai as head in 1970. The pioneers of this Department include Dr. A. M. Mathai, Prof. V. K. Iganatius, Prof.K.G. Panicker, Prof. Thomas Mathew and Prof. V. N. Sukumaran. It became a research center under M.G. University in 1997.This department is proud of its alumni like Dr. N.U. Nair,Dr. Bovas Abraham, Dr. C.P. Kartha, Dr. K.R.M.Nair, Dr. V.K.R. Nair, Dr. N.J. Kurian, Shri T.K. Jose I.A.S, Sri James Mathew I.S.S. etc. This department has produced over 43 UGC-CSIR JRF’s and 22 ISS officers. This department has 4 research guides, produced 18 Ph.D’s, over 100 research papers in International/ national journals and conducted many national seminars. conferemces,symposia. It has 2 major and 3 minor UGC Projects, and DST-FIST support and UGC Innovative programme amounting to Rs. 90 lakhs to its credit.