diff --git a/src/Random/InverseTransformSampling.h b/src/Random/InverseTransformSampling.h
index 6fc21e52b..16c1c7ed9 100644
--- a/src/Random/InverseTransformSampling.h
+++ b/src/Random/InverseTransformSampling.h
@@ -251,9 +251,27 @@ namespace ippl {
             for (unsigned d = 0; d < Dim; ++d) {
               Kokkos::parallel_for(numlocal_m, fill_random<Kokkos::Random_XorShift64_Pool<>>(targetdist_m, view, rand_pool64, minbound_m, maxbound_m, d));
               Kokkos::fence();
-              ippl::Comm->barrier();
             }
         }
+
+	/*!
+         * @brief Generate random samples using inverse transform sampling for a specific range of particles
+         *
+         * @param view The view to fill with random samples.
+         * @param startIndex The starting index of view.
+         * @param endIndex The ending index of view.
+         * @param rand_pool64 The random number generator pool.
+        */
+	void generate(view_type view, size_type startIndex, size_type endIndex, Kokkos::Random_XorShift64_Pool<> rand_pool64) {
+            Vector<T, Dim> minbound_m = umin_m;
+            Vector<T, Dim> maxbound_m = umax_m;
+            Distribution targetdist_m = dist_m;
+            for (unsigned d = 0; d < Dim; ++d) {
+              Kokkos::parallel_for(Kokkos::RangePolicy<>(startIndex,endIndex), fill_random<Kokkos::Random_XorShift64_Pool<>>(targetdist_m, view, rand_pool64, minbound_m, maxbound_m, d));
+              Kokkos::fence();
+            }
+	}
+
     private:
         size_type nlocal_m;
     };
diff --git a/test/random/CMakeLists.txt b/test/random/CMakeLists.txt
index 851af2f78..95d10d429 100644
--- a/test/random/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/random/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ target_link_libraries (
     ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+add_executable (TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange.cpp)
+target_link_libraries (
+    TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange
+    ${IPPL_LIBS}
+    ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
 add_executable (TestInverseTransformSamplingCustom TestInverseTransformSamplingCustom.cpp)
 target_link_libraries (
     TestInverseTransformSamplingCustom
diff --git a/test/random/TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange.cpp b/test/random/TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47bfdb22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/random/TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+// Testing the customized range policy of the inverse transform sampling method for Normal Distribution
+//     Example:
+//     srun ./TestInverseTransformSamplingSpecificRange --overallocate 2.0 --info 10
+
+#include <Kokkos_MathematicalConstants.hpp>
+#include <Kokkos_MathematicalFunctions.hpp>
+#include <Kokkos_Random.hpp>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <random>
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include "Utility/IpplTimings.h"
+#include "Ippl.h"
+#include "Random/InverseTransformSampling.h"
+#include "Random/NormalDistribution.h"
+
+const int Dim = 2;
+
+using view_type  = typename ippl::detail::ViewType<ippl::Vector<double, Dim>, 1>::view_type;
+
+using size_type = ippl::detail::size_type;
+
+using GeneratorPool = typename Kokkos::Random_XorShift64_Pool<>;
+
+KOKKOS_FUNCTION unsigned int get_double_factorial(unsigned int n)
+{
+    if (n == 0 || n==1)
+      return 1;
+    return n*get_double_factorial(n-2);
+}
+
+KOKKOS_FUNCTION double get_norm_dist_cent_mom(double stdev, unsigned int p){
+    // returns the central moment E[(x-\mu)^p] for Normal distribution function
+    if(p%2==0){
+        return pow(stdev, p)*get_double_factorial(p-1);
+    }
+    else{
+	return 0.;
+    }
+}
+
+KOKKOS_FUNCTION void get_norm_dist_cent_moms(double stdev, const int P, double *moms_p){
+    for(int p=1; p<P; p++){
+        moms_p[p] = get_norm_dist_cent_mom(stdev, p+1);
+    }
+}
+
+void get_moments_from_samples(view_type position, int d, int start, int end, const int P, double *moms_p){
+    int d_ = d;
+    double temp = 0.0, mean = 0.0;
+    double locmoms[P];
+    int gNpart=0, locNpart = end-start;
+
+    for (int p = 0; p < P; p++) {
+       moms_p[p] = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    Kokkos::parallel_reduce("moments", Kokkos::RangePolicy<>(start, end),
+                            KOKKOS_LAMBDA(const int i, double& valL) {
+        double myVal = position(i)[d_];
+        valL += myVal;
+    }, Kokkos::Sum<double>(temp));
+    Kokkos::fence();
+
+    locmoms[0] = temp;
+
+    MPI_Allreduce(&temp, &mean, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, ippl::Comm->getCommunicator());
+    MPI_Allreduce(&locNpart, &gNpart, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_SUM, ippl::Comm->getCommunicator());
+    ippl::Comm->barrier();
+
+    mean = mean / gNpart;
+
+    for (int p = 1; p < P; p++) {
+        temp = 0.0;
+        Kokkos::parallel_reduce("moments", Kokkos::RangePolicy<>(start, end),
+                                KOKKOS_LAMBDA(const int i, double& valL) {
+            double myVal = pow(position(i)[d_] - mean, p + 1);
+            valL += myVal;
+        }, Kokkos::Sum<double>(temp));
+        Kokkos::fence();
+
+        locmoms[p] = temp;
+    }
+
+    MPI_Allreduce(locmoms, moms_p, P, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, ippl::Comm->getCommunicator());
+    ippl::Comm->barrier();
+
+    for (int p = 0; p < P; p++) {
+       moms_p[p] = moms_p[p] / gNpart;
+    }
+
+}
+
+void write_error_in_moments(double *moms_p, double *moms_ref_p, int P){
+    Inform csvout(NULL, "data/error_moments_normal_dist.csv", Inform::APPEND);
+    csvout.precision(10);
+    csvout.setf(std::ios::scientific, std::ios::floatfield);
+    for(int i=0; i<P; i++){
+        csvout << moms_ref_p[i] << " " << moms_p[i] << " " << fabs(moms_ref_p[i] - moms_p[i]) << endl;
+    }
+    csvout << endl;
+    ippl::Comm->barrier();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    ippl::initialize(argc, argv);
+    {
+        Inform m("test ITS normal");
+        // set up ITS as other examples to sample position
+        ippl::Vector<int, 2> nr   = {100, 100};
+        size_type ntotal = 1000000;
+
+        ippl::NDIndex<2> domain;
+        for (unsigned i = 0; i < Dim; i++) {
+            domain[i] = ippl::Index(nr[i]);
+        }
+
+        std::array<bool, Dim> isParallel;
+        isParallel.fill(true);
+
+        ippl::Vector<double, Dim> rmin   = -3.;
+        ippl::Vector<double, Dim> rmax   = 3.;
+
+        int seed = 42;
+
+        GeneratorPool rand_pool64((size_type)(seed + 100 * ippl::Comm->rank()));
+
+        // sample the first half of particles with a distribution
+        double mu1 = 0.1;
+        double sd1 = 0.25;
+        double mu2 = -0.2;
+        double sd2 = 0.5;
+        const double par[4] = {mu1, sd1, mu2, sd2};
+        using Dist_t = ippl::random::NormalDistribution<double, Dim>;
+        using sampling_t = ippl::random::InverseTransformSampling<double, Dim, Kokkos::DefaultExecutionSpace, Dist_t>;
+
+        Dist_t dist(par);
+        sampling_t sampling(dist, rmax, rmin, rmax, rmin, ntotal);
+        size_type nlocal = sampling.getLocalSamplesNum();
+        view_type position("position", nlocal);
+
+        size_type startIndex = 0;
+        size_type endIndex = floor(nlocal/2);
+        sampling.generate(position, startIndex, endIndex, rand_pool64);
+
+        // compute error in moments in the first half of particles
+        const int P = 6; // number of moments to check, i.e. E[x^i] for i = 1,...,P
+        double moms1_ref[P], moms2_ref[P];
+        double moms1[P], moms2[P];
+
+        moms1_ref[0] = mu1;
+        get_norm_dist_cent_moms(sd1, P, moms1_ref);
+        get_moments_from_samples(position, 0, startIndex, endIndex, P, moms1);
+
+        moms2_ref[0] = mu2;
+        get_norm_dist_cent_moms(sd2, P, moms2_ref);
+        get_moments_from_samples(position, 1, startIndex, endIndex, P, moms2);
+
+        write_error_in_moments(moms1, moms1_ref, P);
+        write_error_in_moments(moms2, moms2_ref, P);
+
+        // sample the second half of particles with a different distribution
+        mu1 = -0.1;
+        sd1 = 0.5;
+        mu2 = 0.25;
+        sd2 = 0.1;
+
+        const double par2[4] = {mu1, sd1, mu2, sd2};
+        Dist_t dist2(par2);
+        sampling_t sampling2(dist2, rmax, rmin, rmax, rmin, ntotal);
+
+        startIndex = floor(nlocal/2);
+        endIndex = nlocal;
+	sampling2.generate(position, startIndex, endIndex, rand_pool64);
+
+        // compute error in moments in the second half of particles
+        moms1_ref[0] = mu1;
+        get_norm_dist_cent_moms(sd1, P, moms1_ref);
+        get_moments_from_samples(position, 0, startIndex, endIndex, P, moms1);
+
+        moms2_ref[0] = mu2;
+        get_norm_dist_cent_moms(sd2, P, moms2_ref);
+        get_moments_from_samples(position, 1, startIndex, endIndex, P, moms2);
+
+        write_error_in_moments(moms1, moms1_ref, P);
+        write_error_in_moments(moms2, moms2_ref, P);
+    }
+    ippl::finalize();
+    return 0;
+}
+