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Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao (born in 1942 in Andhra Pradesh, India) also known as Sreenivasa Rao Pemmaraju or Dr. 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. 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). He was a member of the International Law Commission from 1987 to 2006 and a Special Rapporteur for the subject of Prevention and Liability. 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.
He was also a member of Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration tribunal (Bangladesh/India) (2010–2014).