DR RANGA RAO VELAMALA
Visakha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Andhra University, Government of India
About
Velamala Ranga Rao obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics (1994) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and a PGDCS (1994) from the University of Hyderabad. He also completed an M.Sc. and an M.Tech in Information Technology (2011) from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, India.
He has more than 33 years of experience in the IT field. He has worked in the Government of Andhra Pradesh (1992–2000), the Government of NCT of Delhi (2000–2010), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (2010–2024). He served as a Senior System Analyst at the Soil and Land Use Survey of India, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Delhi. He also worked as a Guest Faculty at the Department of Geo Engineering, Andhra University (Feb–July 2025).
Since April 2025, he has been working as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Visakha Institute of Engineering & Technology, Visakhapatnam, India. His research papers have been published in international journals, book reviews, and international conference proceedings. With extensive experience in the government sector, his primary research interests focus on environmental modeling using AI and ML.
Employment
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Visakha Institute of Engineering and Technology Professor of Practice2025 - Present
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Andhra University Guest Faculty2025 - 2025
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Government of India Senior System Analyst2010 - 2024
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Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi System Analyst2002 - 2010
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Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Asst. Programmer2000 - 2002
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Government of Andhra Pradesh Asst. Statistical Officer1992 - 2000
Education
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Projects & Funding
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Publications (23)
- GeoGraphRAG-Soil: An Open-Source Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Automated Geospatial Soil Modelling Save
- LocalRAG: A Privacy-Preserving Offline Framework for Multi-PDF Question Answering Save
- Comparative Analysis of Classical Machine Learning Models and a Variational Quantum Classifier for Student Placement Prediction Save
- PySNM: an open-source python package for automated Spatial interpolation and soil nutrient mapping for sustainable agriculture— a case study Save
- Evaluating Spatial Interpolation Methods and Fuzzy C-Means Clustering for Effective Management Zone Delineation: A Case Study of Soil Health Management in India Save
- Modeling the Spatial Variability of Soil Nutrients - A Case from Soil Health Card Project, India Save
- Sediment yield index (SYI) method for ranking of watersheds for soil and water conservation - A discussion Save
- SFM_MB Toolbox: a new ArcGIS toolbox for building spatial distribution maps of soil fertility using model builder in ArcMap of ArcGIS, a case study Save
- SFMToolbox: an ArcGIS Python Toolbox for Automatic Production of Maps of Soil Fertility Save
- Digitization and Mapping of Soil Information - Issues and Challenges Save