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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|04|09}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Madurai]]<br />
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|field = [[Astrophysics]]<br />[[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter]]<br />
|work_institutions = [[University of Chicago]]<br>[[IBM Research Laboratory]]<br>[[Chalmers University of Technology]]<br>[[Cavendish Laboratory]]<br>[[Raman Research Institute]]<br>[[ISRO]]<br>[[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[Nagpur University]]<br>[[University of Madras]]<br>[[University of Chicago]]<br />
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|doctoral_advisor = [[Morrel H. Cohen]]<br />
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'''Ganesan Srinivasan''' (born 1942) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[physicist]] specializing in the fields of [[condensed matter physics]], [[astrophysics]] and [[statistical physics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL1984013|title=Prof. Ganesan Srinivasan |website=fellows.ias.ac.in|accessdate=2023-11-29}}</ref> He is a [[visiting professor]] of the [[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]]<ref name="rri">{{cite web|url=http://www.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/srinivasan.html|title=Prof. G. Srinivasan &#124; Imprints Collection &#124; Raman Research Institute|website=rri.res.in|accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="icts">{{cite web |url=https://www.icts.res.in/courses/summer2017 |title=A journey through the Universe|website=ICTS|accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="icts2">{{cite web|url=https://www.icts.res.in/summercourse2018 |title=Summer Course 2018 - A Random Walk In Astro-physics|website=ICTS |accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref> and a former research scientist in the [[Raman Research Institute]].<ref name="iiap">{{cite web |url=https://www.iiap.res.in/visitorsdisplay |website=iiap.res.in|title=www.iiap.res.in/visitorsdisplay|accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="videolectures">{{cite web|url=http://videolectures.net/ganesan_srinivasan/|title=Ganesan Srinivasan - Raman Research Institute |website=VideoLectures.NET|accessdate=2018-05-28|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528214750/http://videolectures.net/ganesan_srinivasan/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=14 lecture series: Neutron Stars and Black Holes (Lecture - 01: Diffuse Stars) by G Srinivasan |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWsFJ_t8vA&list=PL04QVxpjcnji8rMpLhbMYBanjrRg5xgWt |publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research|International Centre for Theoretical Sciences]] |language=en |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> He is also a current member of the High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics and the Galaxies and Cosmology Divisions of the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]].<ref name=iau>{{cite web |url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5277/ |title=Ganesan Srinivasan |website=iau.org |accessdate=2023-11-29}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Srinivasan was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], in 1942. He finished his bachelor's degree from [[Nagpur University]] in 1962 and the master's degree from [[University of Madras]] in 1964. He completed his [[PhD]] from [[University of Chicago]] in 1970 under the supervision of [[Morrel H. Cohen]]. After working in various research institutes including [[Cavendish Laboratory]] at the [https://www.cam.ac.uk/ University of Cambridge], he finally settled into the [[Raman Research Institute]] in 1976, until his retirement in 2004.<ref name="videolectures"/><br />
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==Books and publications==<br />
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* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan|title=Can Stars Find Peace? (Present Revolution in Astronomy)|year=2011|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-8173717420}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan|title=What are the Stars? (The Present Revolution in Astronomy Series)|year=2011|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-8173717413}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan (Eds.)|title=From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar|year=1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226769974}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan (Eds.)|title=A tribute to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. A special publication of the Indian Academy of Sciences |year=1996|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan (Eds.)|title=Pulsars: Proceedings of the Diamond Jubilee Symposium of the Indian Academy of Sciences |year=1995|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan, V. Radhakrishnan (Eds.)|title=Supernovae, Their Progenitors and Remnants: Proceedings of the Academy Workshsop|year=1985|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=G. Srinivasan (Eds.)|title=Life and Death of the Stars|year=2014|publisher=Universities Press, Springer Science and Business Media}}<br />
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* [https://www.icts.res.in/lectures/summercourse-2019-nsbh Lecture series on neutron stars and black holes] (14 videos) in Emmy Noether Seminar Room, ICTS Bangalore, 2019<br />
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==Honors==<br />
Srinivasan is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] from 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/S |title=Fellowship &#124; Indian Academy of Sciences|website=ias.ac.in|accessdate=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref name="thkwrks">{{cite web |url=https://thinkworks.in/speakers/ganesan-srinivasan |title=Ganesan Srinivasan: The Stargazer |website=thinkworks.in |accessdate=2023-11-29}}</ref> He is also the recipient of [[K. S. Krishnan]] Gold Medal, Jagirdar of Arni Gold medal and [[University of Madras]] PE Subramani Iyer Gold Medal. The Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy published a special issue on Srinivasan's 70th birthday.<ref name="rri2">{{cite journal|url=http://dspace.rri.res.in/handle/2289/6790 |title=RRI Digital Repository: Prof. G. Srinivasan 75th bithyear - Editorial in Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy|website=dspace.rri.res.in|date=September 2017 |accessdate=2018-05-28 |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=D. |last2=Dwarakanath |first2=K. S. |last3=Konar |first3=Sushan }}</ref><ref name="rri3">{{cite journal |url=http://dspace.rri.res.in/bitstream/2289/6790/1/2017_JAstAstphy_38_36.pdf |author=Dipankar Bhattacharya|date=2017-09-06 |title=Editorial|journal= J. Astrophys. Astron.|volume=38|issue=36|doi=10.1007/s12036-017-9477-2 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |bibcode=2017JApA...38...36B |accessdate=2018-05-28|doi-access=free}}</ref> He is also the President of the [[Astronomical Society of India]].<ref name="thkwrks"/><br />
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