Aruna Rajballie holds a BSc in mathematics and physics (First Class Honours) and an MSc in statistics (with Distinction) from The University of the West Indies. She is also a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and an Affiliate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Ms. Rajballie is an Instructor II at The University of Trinidad and Tobago where she has been employed for the past 14 years. She currently teaches Mathematics at both the Diploma and Bachelors Level. Her primary area of research focuses on water demand modelling across Trinidad and Tobago. Her fields of interest include statistical modelling, spatial statistics and multivariate analysis.

PhD Statistics (Ongoing), The University of the West Indies

MSc Statistics (Distinction), The University of the West Indies (2015)

Corporate Finance, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Society of Actuaries (via New England Actuarial Seminars) (2010)

Fundamentals of Life and Health Insurace, LOMA Financial Services Education (2006)

Financial Mathematics, Society of Actuaries (2005)

Mathematical Foundations of Actuarial Science, Society of Actuaries (2003)

BSc Mathematics and Physics (First Class Honors), The University of the West Indies (2002)

Professional Qualifications:

Certificate in University Teaching, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (2021)

Professional Development Training Workshop for Programme Leaders and Discipline Leaders, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (2020)

International Training Workshop on Big Data for Developing Countries, International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (ISTIC) – Collaboration with UNESCO and University of the West Indies (2019)

Spatial Statisitics Using R, Royal Statistical Society (2018)

Health in Numbers: Quantitative Methods in Clinical and Public Health Research, Harvard University (edX, Inc. MOOC platform) (2013)

Senior Instructor, Project Management and Civil Infrastructure Systems (PMCIS), The University of Trinidad and Tobago (September 2020 - Present)

Instructor II, Foundations and Prior Learning, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (March 2017-August 2020)

Instuctor II, Project Management and Civil Infrastructure Systems (PMCIS), The University of Trinidad and Tobago (September 2016-March 2017)

Instructor I, Project Management and Civil Infrastructure Systems (PMCIS), The University of Trinidad and Tobago (September 2011-August 2016)

Instructor I, Pre-Univeristy Programme, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (September 2007-August 2011) 

Royal Statistical Society (Fellow)

Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Member)

American Society of Civil Engineers (Affiliate member)

Caribbean Water and Waste Water Association (CWWA) 

Maura Imber Prize (proxime) in Optics and Astronomy, The University of the West Indies (2002)

Prize for outstanding achievement 2001-2002 academic year, The University of the West Indies (2002)

UWI academic bursary (2001)

Engineering Mathematics I, Engineering Mathematics II, Engineering Mathematics III, Engineering Mathematics IV, Mathematics for Technnicians (I-IV)

Stastical Modeling, Neural Networks, Water Resources, Spatial Statistics

Rajballie, A., Pooransingh, S., Singh, V.R.S., & Dialsingh, I. Statistical Estimation of Age at Death Using Adult Human Dental Age Indicators. Journal of International Academy of Forensic Science and Pathology 4 (4)   (2016)

Rajballie, A., Chinchamee, A., & Tripathi, V. (2019, May 20-24). A Comparison between ARIMA Models and Artificial Neural Networks in Forecasting Rainfall across a Small Island Developing State [Poster presentation]. FST Research Symposium, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad (2019)

Chinchamee, A., Rajballie, A., & Ramroop, N. (2019, August 20-21) Developing a Geo-Informatics Based Approach to Pavement Management Systems  (PMS) for Trinidad and Tobago [Poster presentation]. UTT 2nd Annual Research Symposium 2019, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, O'meara Campus, Trinidad (2019)

Ramsaran-Baksh, S., Chinchamee, A., Suite, W. & Rajballie, A. (2019, August 20-21). Climate Change: A Major Threat to the Survival of Trinidad and Tobago [Poster presentation]. UTT 2nd Annual Research Symposium 2019, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, O'meara Campus, Trinidad (2019)

Chinchamee, A, Rajballie, A. & Ramroop, N. (2019, October 14-18). An Approach to Quantifying Watershed Degradation Using GIS and Statistics [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference 2019, St. Kitts, Nevis (2019)

Rajballie, A., Tota-Maharaj, K., Chinchamee, A., Govia, S.J., & Tripathi, V. (2018, October 8-12). Forecasting Domestic Water Demand across a Caribbean Small Island Developing State [Conference presentation]. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference 2018, Montego Bay, Jamaica (2018)

Rajballie, A., Tota-Maharaj, K., Chinchamee, A., & Tripathi, V. (2018, September 3-6). Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Long Term Seasonal Rainfall Variations in a Southern Caribbean Island [Conference presentation]. Royal Statistical Society Conference, Cardiff, Wales (2018)