Considering the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the inauguration ceremony of the Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science in Applied Statistics 2020 was held online on 10^th December 2020 at 5.00 p.m. This time, 76 candidates sat for the aptitude test and only 59 students were called in for the selection interviews. The interview panel selected 42 candidates and 38 candidates were registered for this intake. The course work stared on 11^th December 2020.