2026 IISA Election Announcement

IISA elections for the IISA 2027 President (one position) and IISA Board of Trustees member (2026-2028; one position) will be held in November. The IISA 2027 President will also serve as President-Elect for 2026 and Past-President for 2028.

IISA Bylaws, section 3.10 states the following “A Nominating Committee, appointed by the President in consultation with the Past President, shall submit to the Executive Board two nominations for President-Elect and two nominations for a Trustee position. Upon receiving the nominations from the Nominating Committee, the Secretary, on behalf of the President, shall call for additional nominations to be submitted by the membership within a specified date and supported by at least 10 members. The names received shall be added to the Nominating Committee list to make up the final list for election. The Secretary shall conduct the elections by a secured mechanism using this final list. The candidate for a position receiving the majority votes will be the winner for that position. A coin toss shall be used to break the ties.”

Following the Bylaws, the IISA Executive Committee appointed a nomination committee consisting of Drs. Swati Biswas, Karabi Nandy, Arvind Rao, and Snigdhansu Chatterjee. The nomination committee submitted the following nominations.

IISA 2027 President Candidates

• Dr. Anindya Roy, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Profile
• Dr. Kshitij Khare, Department of Statistics, University of Florida - Profile

IISA Board of Trustees member (FY 2026-2028) candidates:

• Dr. Asha Gopalakrishnan, Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology - Profile
• Dr. T. N. Sriram Department of Statistics, University of Georgia - Profile

The election will be held in November following the completion of the nomination process. Only active IISA members are eligible to vote.