  A.M. Mathai is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill
University, Canada, and Director of the Centre for Mathematical and Statistical
Sciences, India. He has published over 300 research papers and more than 25
books on topics in mathematics, statistics, physics, astrophysics, chemistry,
and biology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,
National Academy of Sciences of India, President of the Mathematical Society of
India, and a Member of the International Statistical Institute. He is the
founder of the Canadian Journal of Statistics and the Statistical Society of
Canada. He is instrumental in the implementation of the United Nations Basic
Space Science Initiative. The paper is an attempt to capture the broad spectrum
of scientific endeavors of Professor A.M. Mathai at the occasion of his
anniversary.
