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, National Institute of Rural Development, National Remote Sensing Center, UGC –Human Resource Development Centre-AU and A.P. Forest Department-Visakhapatnam. Acted as an advisory member on City development strategy on Environment to Visakha Municipal Corporation.
Dr. P J Rao was born in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System
Watershed Management
Global Positioning System
Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao, "Silt Deposition in Meghadrigedda Reservoir, India- A Spatial Study." Lambert Academic Publications, Germany, 2015.
Rajesh Duvvuru, Gudikandhula Narasimha Rao, Sridhar Bendalam, Roba Gemechu,Anusha Chundi, Dadi Sanyasi Naidu, C Rama Rao and P. Jagadeewara Rao. "A CASE STUDY ON CHILD LABOUR‐GIS APPROACH." In Proc. of ESRI Users Conference, New Delhi, 03-4 December 2015.
Duvvuru, Rajesh, P. Jagadeeswara Rao, and Gudikandhula Narasimha Rao. "Multi-Level Chaos Based Encryption Mechanism to Enhance Security of High Security Zone Areas on Google Map Satellite Images of India." International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 10.3 (2015): 8059-8072.
Jagadeeswara Rao, P., Siva Sankar, T., Padmaja Rani. 2015. A spatio temporal scenario of HIV/AIDS in Visakhapatnam district - A medical GIS approach. Geoinformatics Applications in Rural Development,04/2015: pages 620-629; Professional Books Publisher, Hyderabad., ISBN 978-81-909728-9-5.
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.
UGC minor research project
NRSA-RNDWTM
DSIR-APCOST-Technopreneur
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 –Geo-spatial technology
Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Vizag Steel Plant
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited- Visakhapatnam
United States of America
Japan, Kyoto
He is a lifetime member of Indian Geophysical Union, Association of Hydrologists of India, Indian Society of Geomatics
Member in IGU-Commission on Hazard and Risk
