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Title of the Ph.D. Thesis:           LANDFORMS AND LAND USES OF KRISHNA DELTA, INDIA

                                                            Andhra University, 1980 (Guide: Prof. R.Vaidyanadhan)

 

Field of Research

 

*      Coastal / Delta / Lagoon  Geomorphology through Remote Sensing and GIS – Holocene evolution of deltas and lagoons along the east coast of India; Coastal forms and processes; effect of landforms on land uses; Applied Geomorphology

 

*      Human land use practices and Environmental Change – Geomorphological and Climate change

 

 

 

Research Guidance

 

            Ph.D.

 

1.      Mr. K. Srinivasa Rao, Geomorphic evolution and sediment characteristics of Penner delta, East coast of India   with reference to the environmental change and resource evaluation, Andhra University, 1996 (co-Guide: Prof. A.T. Rao, Dept. of Geology, AU)

2.      Mr. Ch. Udaybhaskara Rao, Quaternary Evolution and Environmental degradation of Coastal Sediments of Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India, Andhra University, 1999

3.      Mr.N.K.Patel, Yield estimation of rice crop by field  spectroradiometric measurments, Andhra University, 2002 (submitted) (co-Guide: M.Chakraborthy, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad)

 

M.Phil.

 

1.      Mr. G. Gurreddy, Geomorphic Evolution of Chilka Lake, Andhra University, 1993

2.      Mr.G.Muralikrishna, Remote sensing and GIS for geomorphic analysis and environmental change detection – a  study on the Pulicat Lake, Andhra University, 2001

 

            M.Tech.

 

1         Mr. G.Kannam Naidu, Customisation of groundwater potential modeling using remote sensing and GIS, Andhra University, 1998 (co-guide: S.N. Das)

2        Ms. P.V.V.S. Bharatidevi, Remote sensing applications in the coastal sedimentation studies – case studies from the  major deltas of east coast of India, Andhra University, 1999

3        Mr. N.Venkateswara Rao, Groundwater quality in the urban environment of Visakhapatnam city, east coast of India, Andhra Univesrity, 2000

4         Mr. V. Subrahmanyam, Digital image processing for delineating land cover features in Thar Desert, Andhra University, 2001 (co-guide: A.K.Joshi)

5        Mr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Analysis of DEM generated satellite stereopair and and conventional maps, Andhra University, 2002

6        Mr. D.R.P. Naik, Remote sensing and GIS applications in the idenfication of aquaculture hotspots at village level - a case study of Godavari delta coastal belt, Andhra University, 2002

7        Mr. D.Pundarika Rao, Estimation of volume and erosion intensity of the quaternary red sediments of Visakhapatnam through remote sensing and GIS techniques, Andhra Univesrity, 2003

           

                       

 

Research Projects

 

                       

Sl #

Project Title

Funding Agency

Duration

1

Geomorphologic evolution of Errakalava river basin (Minor Project)

University Grants Commission, New Delhi

1988-1989

2

Geomorphologic evolution and land use potential of Penner Delta

University Grants Commission, New Delhi

1989-1992

3

Palaeoenvironment and culture development - a geo-archaeological study in northeast coastal Andhra Pradesh (with Prof. K.Thimma Reddy as Principal Investigator and Prof. P.Vijaya Prakash of Dept. of Anthropology, AU)

Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

1992-1995

4

Remote Sensing and GIS in the environmental analysis of the coastal wetlands – a study on the Kolleru and Pulicat lakes (with Dr.B.Hema Malini, Dept. of Geography, AU, as co-investigator)

Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi

1997-2000

5

Remote sensing studies on coastal biogeomorphological environments in the Godavari delta region (with Dr.B.Hema Malini, Dept. of Geography, AU, as co-investigator)

Department of Ocean Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi (under LOICZ/IGBP scheme)

1998-2002

 

                       

 

 

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