Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao also known as Sreenivasa Rao Pemmaraju or Doctor P.S Rao, is a distinguished Indian international lawyer that headed the Legal and Treaties Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India, and was the chief legal advisor of India on international law matters from 1985 to 2002.
Education
Doctor P.S Rao was educated at Andhra University, Waltair, India, and at Yale Law School (1967–1970). He earned a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws degree with specialization in international law from Andhra and also an Master of Laws and Juris Scientiae Doctor from Yale. Professor Rao worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, District of Columbia, and at the Marine Policy Center of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
He published Public Order of the Ocean Resources and has contributed several articles on the negotiation of the Law of the Sea Convention,1982.
Rao participated in its negotiations from 1976-1984.
Post Doctoral Works:
Fellow, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, District of Columbia.
Fellow, Marine Policy Programme, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Research Associate, The Indian School of International Studies, Sapru House, New Delhi.
Career
He was Judge AD HOC of International Court of Justice in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Pateh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) (2004–2008). International Law Commission and Chairman of International Law Commission Presently, he is a Special adviser in the office of the Attorney-General, State of Qatar and Visiting Professor at the Center for International law studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is also an honorary visiting professor at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam.
Doctor Biography of Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao.
Membership
He was a member of the International Law Commission from 1987 to 2006 and a Special Rapporteur for the subject of Prevention and Liability. He was also a member of Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration tribunal (Bangladesh/India) (2010–2014).
