Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao

Dr. Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao, known as Dr. P J Rao or Dr. P. Jagadeeswara Rao (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian hydro-geologist. He is currently Professor at Andhra University and Resource Person at The INDIAN Institute of Remote Sensing, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, UGC –Academic Staff College-AU and A.P. Forest Department-Visakhapatnam. Acted as an advisory member on City development strategy on Environment to Visakha Municipal Corporation.

Early life

Dr. P J Rao was born in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Education qualifications

  • Received an M.Sc. degree in Geology from Andhra University.
  • Completed M.Sc. (Tech)degree in Geology from Andhra University
  • Finished M.Tech. degree in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems from Andhra University (UNO) and
  • Pursed PhD. degree in Watershed Management with reference to groundwaterform Andhra University.

Certification courses

  • Certificate Course on RS & GIS(NNRMS) at IIRS, Dehradun, Inida.
  • International Certificate Course on Disaster management (UNO) at IIRS, Dehradun, India.

Academic and R & D career

Dr. P J Rao worked at the SER, Bhubaneswar and the Geo-Engineering and Center for Remote Sensing in Visakhapatnam.

Administrative career

He held several important positions, as the Head of Department of the Geo-Engineering and Center for Remote Sensing (Andhra Pradesh), and Secretary for Indian Society of Geomatics, Visakhapatnam Chapter.

Areas of research contributions

Among his best-known discoveries are the Watershed Management with reference to groundwater Other areas he worked in include Bed rock & foundation rock. He has published over 25 National/ International publications in Journals/Conferences.

Areas of interest

  • Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System
  • Watershed Management
  • Global Positioning System

Recent publications

  • Narasimha Rao. G, Jagadeeswara Rao, P. 2014. A Clustering Analysis for Heart Failure Alert System Using RFID and GPS. ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of Computer Society of India- Vol-248, SPRINGER, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 248:729-737.
  • N.Victor Babu, P. Jagadeeswara Rao, I.V.R.K.V. Prasad. 2013. Impact of Municipal Solid Waste on Groundwater in the Environs of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Area, Andhra Pradesh, India. Int. Journal of Engineering Science Invention, 2(3): 28-32.
  • Jagadeeswara Rao,P, Sumiko KUBO, T.Venkateswara Rao and PVV Satyanarayana,. 2013. An Integrated Study on Sustainable Development of Groundwater Resources in Coastal Environs, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh-A Watershed Approach, Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics, 1(1):36-43.

Research projects

  • UGC minor research project
  • NRSA-RNDWTM
  • DSIR-APCOST-Technopreneur

Consultancy projects

  • Consultant in groundwater for Government & Private sectors.
  • Bed rock & foundation rock estimation for Civil structures for Govt.& Private sectors.
  • Jindal Alumina Refinery (S.Kota)
  • Ramky Pharma
  • CDM –Geospatial technology

Recent research visits

  • United States of America
  • Japan, Kyoto

Memberships in professional bodies

  • He is a life time member of Indian Geophysical Union, Association of Hydrologists of India, Indian Society of Geomatics
  • Member in IGU-Commission on Hazard and Risk