Misleading Claim About CR Rao Getting 2025 Nobel Prize in Statistics Goes Viral

How do we know?: Firstly, the Nobel Prize is only awarded in six categories, which are:

• Physics,

• Chemistry,

• Physiology or medicine,

• Literature,

• Peace, and

• Economic sciences

This makes it evident that there is no Nobel Prize in Statistics, as claimed.

• Next, we looked for information about Rao’s awards, which took us to a 2023 report by The Quint.

• Our report dated 11 April 2023 mentioned that Rao would be “awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the , for his historical work in statistical theory, which revolutionised statistical thinking.”

• It mentioned that he was set to receive the award in July 2023 at the age of 102.

In another report dated 23 August 2023, The Quint reported about CR Rao’s demise, a month after he received the International Prize in Statistics.

Since he passed away in 2023, it is not possible for him to receive a non-existent ‘Nobel Prize in Statistics’ as claimed in the viral post.

Conclusion: The claim about Rao receiving a ‘Nobel Prize in Statistics’ in 2025 is false.

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