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	~~\| residence = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India~~
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	\| fields = {{ublist \| [[Molecular genetics]] }}		\| fields = {{ublist \| [[Molecular genetics]] }}
	\| workplaces = {{ublist \| [[RIKEN Brain Science Institute]] \| [[IIT Kanpur]] }}		\| workplaces = {{ublist \| [[RIKEN Brain Science Institute]] \| [[IIT Kanpur]] }}
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	\| known_for = Studies on [[Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy]]		\| known_for = Studies on [[Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy]]
	\| awards = {{ublist\| 2008 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development\|N-BIOS Prize]] \| 2008 Scopus Young Indian Scientists Award \| 2008 B. M. Birla Science Prize \| 2010 [[Department of Atomic Energy\|DAE]]-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award \| 2011 [[Kurukshetra University\|KU]] Rajib Goyal Prize \| 2012 [[Central Drug Research Institute\|CDRI]] Award \| 2014 [[Indian Council of Medical Research\|ICMR]] Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize \| 2016 OPPI Scientist Award }}		\| awards = {{ublist\| 2008 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development\|N-BIOS Prize]] \| 2008 Scopus Young Indian Scientists Award \| 2008 B. M. Birla Science Prize \| 2010 [[Department of Atomic Energy\|DAE]]-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award \| 2011 [[Kurukshetra University\|KU]] Rajib Goyal Prize \| 2012 [[Central Drug Research Institute\|CDRI]] Award \| 2014 [[Indian Council of Medical Research\|ICMR]] Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize \| 2016 OPPI Scientist Award }}
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	'''Subramaniam Ganesh''' (born 23 May 1968) is an Indian geneticist, molecular biologist and a professor at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]]. Known for his pioneering studies on [[Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy]] and other [[neurodegenerative disorders]], Ganesh is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2008.		'''Subramaniam Ganesh''' (born 23 May 1968) is an Indian geneticist, molecular biologist and a professor at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]]. Known for his pioneering studies on [[Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy]] and other [[neurodegenerative disorders]], Ganesh is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2008.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	[[File:University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus.JPG\|thumb\|left\|[[University of Madras]] - Entrance]]		[[File:University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus.JPG\|thumb\|left\|[[University of Madras]] - Entrance]]
	Born on 23 May 1968<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Ganesh,_Prof._Subramaniam \|title=Fellow profile \|date=2018-01-16 \|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Ganesh completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Madras]] in 1988 and earned an MSc in 1990.<ref name="About the PI">{{Cite web \|url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html \|title=About the PI \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=home.iitk.ac.in \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Banaras Hindu University]] for his doctoral studies to secure a PhD in 1996. His post-doctoral work was at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] from 1997 to 1998 after which he moved to Japan to start his career as a staff scientist at the [[RIKEN Brain Science Institute]]. On his return to India in 2002, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] (IITK) as a member of faculty at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering (BSBE) where he serves as the P.K. Kelkar Chair Professor.<ref name="BSBE Faculty">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/s-ganesh \|title=BSBE Faculty \|last=Ailza \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|language=en-gb \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> At IITK, he has set up his laboratory of human molecular genetics, popularly known as Ganesh Laboratory, and is the principal investigator, while hosting many research scholars.<ref name="welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory">{{Cite web \|url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ \|title=welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=home.iitk.ac.in \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>		Born on 23 May 1968<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Ganesh,_Prof._Subramaniam \|title=Fellow profile \|date=2018-01-16 \|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Ganesh completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Madras]] in 1988 and earned an MSc in 1990.<ref name="About the PI">{{Cite web \|url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html \|title=About the PI \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=home.iitk.ac.in \|access-date=2018-01-16 \|archive-date=9 July 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709190830/http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Banaras Hindu University]] for his doctoral studies to secure a PhD in 1996. His post-doctoral work was at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] from 1997 to 1998 after which he moved to Japan to start his career as a staff scientist at the [[RIKEN Brain Science Institute]]. On his return to India in 2002, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] (IITK) as a member of faculty at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering (BSBE) where he serves as the P.K. Kelkar Chair Professor.<ref name="BSBE Faculty">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/s-ganesh \|title=BSBE Faculty \|last=Ailza \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.iitk.ac.in \|language=en-gb \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> At IITK, he has set up his laboratory of human molecular genetics, popularly known as Ganesh Laboratory, and is the principal investigator, while hosting many research scholars.<ref name="welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory">{{Cite web \|url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ \|title=welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=home.iitk.ac.in \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

	Ganesh resides in IIT Campus in [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G \|title=NASI fellows \|date=2018-01-16 \|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>		Ganesh resides in IIT Campus in [[Kanpur]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G \|title=NASI fellows \|date=2018-01-16 \|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India \|access-date=2018-01-16 \|archive-date=21 October 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==
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	== Awards and honors ==		== Awards and honors ==
	The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2008.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web \|url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf \|title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development \|date=2016 \|publisher=Department of Biotechnology \|access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> and he received the Scopus Young Indian Scientists Award the same year.<ref name="Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Scopus-Young-Scientists-Awards-presented/article15355851.ece \|title=Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented \|date=2008-12-06 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2018-01-16 \|language=en-IN \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He received one more award in 2008, the B. M. Birla Science Prize of the B. M. Birla Science Foundation.<ref name="B. M. Birla Science Prize">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ \|title=B. M. Birla Science Prize \|website=www.birlasciencecentre.org \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The Science Research Council of the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] selected him for the Outstanding Research Investigator Award in 2010<ref name="About the PI" /> and he received the Rajib Goyal Prize of [[Kurukshetra University]] in 2011.<ref name="IITK Report">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaaold/convocation2012/dr44.pdf \|title=IITK Report \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=IIT Kanpur \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as a fellow in 2012;<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf \|title=NASI Year Book 2015 \|date=2018-01-12 \|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India \|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Display IITK News">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iitkalumni.org/DisplayIITKNews.aspx \|title=Display IITK News \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.iitkalumni.org \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> the same year as he received the CDRI Award of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]].<ref name="List of previous CDRI Awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf \|title=List of previous CDRI Awardees \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Central Drug Research Institute \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He received the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 2014<ref name="Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize">{{Cite web \|url=http://icmr.nic.in/award/Result-_ICMR_Awards_and_Prizes%202013%202014%20FINAL.pdf \|title=Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Indian Council of Medical Research \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and the Scientist Award of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India in 2016.<ref name="Winner of Scientist Award">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.indiaoppi.com/sites/default/files/PDF%20files/OPPI%202017%20Final%20AW%20for%20Online.pdf \|title=Winner of Scientist Award \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He also received the elected fellowship of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2016.<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/G \|title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.ias.ac.in \|language=en \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The award orations delivered by him include the 2015 edition of the K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences<ref name="K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration">{{Cite web \|url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/award_ktshetty.php \|title=K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration \|website=neuroscienceacademy.org.in \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and he has held research fellowships such as the [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]], the Ramanna Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)\|Department of Science and Technology]], and the Tata Innovation Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology.<ref name="About the PI" /> in 2012, he featured in the list of ''Top 25 Scientists in India'' published by [[India Today]].<ref name="Profile of Top 25 scientists in India">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/profile-of-top-25-scientists-in-india-366262-2011-09-11 \|title=Profile of Top 25 scientists in India \|date=2011-09-11 \|website=India Today \|language=en-US \|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>		The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2008.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web \|url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf \|title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development \|date=2016 \|publisher=Department of Biotechnology \|access-date=2017-11-20 \|archive-date=4 March 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received the Scopus Young Indian Scientists Award the same year.<ref name="Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Scopus-Young-Scientists-Awards-presented/article15355851.ece \|title=Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented \|date=2008-12-06 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2018-01-16 \|language=en-IN \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He received one more award in 2008, the B. M. Birla Science Prize of the B. M. Birla Science Foundation.<ref name="B. M. Birla Science Prize">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ \|title=B. M. Birla Science Prize \|website=www.birlasciencecentre.org \|access-date=2018-01-16 \|archive-date=28 January 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128175901/http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The Science Research Council of the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] selected him for the Outstanding Research Investigator Award in 2010<ref name="About the PI" /> and he received the Rajib Goyal Prize of [[Kurukshetra University]] in 2011.<ref name="IITK Report">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaaold/convocation2012/dr44.pdf \|title=IITK Report \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=IIT Kanpur \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as a fellow in 2012;<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf \|title=NASI Year Book 2015 \|date=2018-01-12 \|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India \|access-date=2018-01-12 \|archive-date=6 August 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Display IITK News">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iitkalumni.org/DisplayIITKNews.aspx \|title=Display IITK News \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.iitkalumni.org \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> the same year as he received the CDRI Award of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]].<ref name="List of previous CDRI Awardees">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf \|title=List of previous CDRI Awardees \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Central Drug Research Institute \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He received the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 2014<ref name="Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize">{{Cite web \|url=http://icmr.nic.in/award/Result-_ICMR_Awards_and_Prizes%202013%202014%20FINAL.pdf \|title=Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Indian Council of Medical Research \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and the Scientist Award of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India in 2016.<ref name="Winner of Scientist Award">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.indiaoppi.com/sites/default/files/PDF%20files/OPPI%202017%20Final%20AW%20for%20Online.pdf \|title=Winner of Scientist Award \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He also received the elected fellowship of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2016.<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/G \|title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences \|date=2018-01-16 \|website=www.ias.ac.in \|language=en \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The award orations delivered by him include the 2015 edition of the K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences<ref name="K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration">{{Cite web \|url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/award_ktshetty.php \|title=K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration \|website=neuroscienceacademy.org.in \|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and he has held research fellowships such as the [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow\|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]], the Ramanna Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)\|Department of Science and Technology]], and the Tata Innovation Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology.<ref name="About the PI" /> in 2012, he featured in the list of ''Top 25 Scientists in India'' published by [[India Today]].<ref name="Profile of Top 25 scientists in India">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/profile-of-top-25-scientists-in-india-366262-2011-09-11 \|title=Profile of Top 25 scientists in India \|date=2011-09-11 \|website=India Today \|language=en-US \|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>

	== Selected bibliography ==		== Selected bibliography ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	~~== External links ==~~
	* {{Cite web \|title=Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication \|last=S. Ganesh \|date=29 November 2017 \|publisher=IIT Kanpur \|format=YouTube video }}

	{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}		{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}
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'''Subramaniam Ganesh''' (born 23 May 1968) is an Indian geneticist, molecular biologist and a professor at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]]. Known for his pioneering studies on [[Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy]] and other [[neurodegenerative disorders]], Ganesh is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2008.

== Biography ==
[[File:University of Madras Entrance Arch at Chepauk Campus.JPG|thumb|left|[[University of Madras]] - Entrance]]
Born on 23 May 1968<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Ganesh,_Prof._Subramaniam |title=Fellow profile |date=2018-01-16 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Ganesh completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Madras]] in 1988 and earned an MSc in 1990.<ref name="About the PI">{{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html |title=About the PI |date=2018-01-16 |website=home.iitk.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Banaras Hindu University]] for his doctoral studies to secure a PhD in 1996. His post-doctoral work was at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] from 1997 to 1998 after which he moved to Japan to start his career as a staff scientist at the [[RIKEN Brain Science Institute]]. On his return to India in 2002, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] (IITK) as a member of faculty at the department of biological sciences and bio-engineering (BSBE) where he serves as the P.K. Kelkar Chair Professor.<ref name="BSBE Faculty">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/s-ganesh |title=BSBE Faculty |last=Ailza |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.iitk.ac.in |language=en-gb |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> At IITK, he has set up his laboratory of human molecular genetics, popularly known as Ganesh Laboratory, and is the principal investigator, while hosting many research scholars.<ref name="welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory">{{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ |title=welcome to the webpage of ganesh laboratory |date=2018-01-16 |website=home.iitk.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

Ganesh resides in IIT Campus in [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G |title=NASI fellows |date=2018-01-16 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Autorecessive.svg|thumb|[[Lafora disease]] has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance]]
Ganesh's research focus has been in the fields of human molecular [[genetics]] and [[neuroscience]] and he is known to have carried out extensive work on the genetic forms of neurodegenerative disorders.<ref name="S Ganesh Of IIT Madras">{{Cite web |url=https://swayam.gov.in/s-ganesh/p/1406 |title=S Ganesh Of IIT Madras |date=2018-01-16 |website=swayam.gov.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> During his early days at IITK, he led a team of scientists researching on the [[Lafora disease]] (LD) to establish the role played by LD proteins in protein quality control and their work widened the understanding of the disorder.<ref name="S Ganesh - Speakers - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/82ndAM2016/Speakers/S_Ganesh |title=S Ganesh - Speakers - Indian Academy of Sciences |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> Later, he focused his work to other [[neurodegenerative disorders]] such as [[central nervous system disease]]s, [[cardiovascular disorders]] and [[developmental disorders]],<ref name="Human Molecular Genetics">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/PDF/IITK.pdf |title=Human Molecular Genetics |date=2018-01-17 |website=IIT Bangalore |access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref> with emphasis on their [[Neurodegeneration|pathways]], while working on developing new therapeutic protocols.<ref name="BSBE Faculty" /><ref name="Neurobiology of Disorders, Stress Biology & Human Genetics - S. Ganesh">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/s-ganesh |title=Neurobiology of Disorders, Stress Biology & Human Genetics - S. Ganesh |last=Vishwas |website=www.iitk.ac.in |language=en-gb |access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N62RSf8AAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2018-01-08 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref><ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Ganesh=3ASubramaniam=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2018-01-16 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 93 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subramaniam_Ganesh |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-09 |access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

Ganesh is the chief editor of ''IITK Directions'', a Springer publication<ref name="IITK Directions">{{Cite web |url=https://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/productFlyer/productFlyer_15345.pdf?SGWID=0-0-1297-179951895-0 |title=IITK Directions |date=2018-01-16 |website=Springer |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and has also prepared video lecture courses for the National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).<ref name="NPTEL Iit Kanpur Video Lecture Study Material Online">{{Cite web |url=https://www.btechguru.com/courses--nptel--iit-kanpur-video-lecture.html |title=NPTEL Iit Kanpur Video Lecture Study Material Online |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.btechguru.com |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The invited speeches delivered by him include the one on the ''Role of non-coding RNAs in cellular stress response'', delivered in 2016 at the 82nd annual meeting of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="S Ganesh - Speakers - Indian Academy of Sciences" /> He serves as an associate editor of the ''Journal of Genetics'' of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Journal of Genetics - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Genetics/Editorial_Board |title=Journal of Genetics - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and is a former editorial board member of ''Meta Gene'' and ''Gene Reports'', both [[Elsevier]] publications.<ref name="About the PI" />

== Awards and honors ==
The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2008.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> and he received the Scopus Young Indian Scientists Award the same year.<ref name="Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Scopus-Young-Scientists-Awards-presented/article15355851.ece |title=Scopus Young Scientists Awards presented |date=2008-12-06 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-01-16 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He received one more award in 2008, the B. M. Birla Science Prize of the B. M. Birla Science Foundation.<ref name="B. M. Birla Science Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ |title=B. M. Birla Science Prize |website=www.birlasciencecentre.org |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The Science Research Council of the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] selected him for the Outstanding Research Investigator Award in 2010<ref name="About the PI" /> and he received the Rajib Goyal Prize of [[Kurukshetra University]] in 2011.<ref name="IITK Report">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaaold/convocation2012/dr44.pdf |title=IITK Report |date=2018-01-16 |website=IIT Kanpur |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as a fellow in 2012;<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Display IITK News">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitkalumni.org/DisplayIITKNews.aspx |title=Display IITK News |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.iitkalumni.org |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> the same year as he received the CDRI Award of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]].<ref name="List of previous CDRI Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf |title=List of previous CDRI Awardees |date=2018-01-16 |website=Central Drug Research Institute |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He received the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 2014<ref name="Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://icmr.nic.in/award/Result-_ICMR_Awards_and_Prizes%202013%202014%20FINAL.pdf |title=Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize |date=2018-01-16 |website=Indian Council of Medical Research |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and the Scientist Award of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India in 2016.<ref name="Winner of Scientist Award">{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiaoppi.com/sites/default/files/PDF%20files/OPPI%202017%20Final%20AW%20for%20Online.pdf |title=Winner of Scientist Award |date=2018-01-16 |website=Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> He also received the elected fellowship of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2016.<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/G |title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2018-01-16 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> The award orations delivered by him include the 2015 edition of the K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences<ref name="K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration">{{Cite web |url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/award_ktshetty.php |title=K. T. Shetty Memorial Oration |website=neuroscienceacademy.org.in |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> and he has held research fellowships such as the [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]], the Ramanna Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]], and the Tata Innovation Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology.<ref name="About the PI" /> in 2012, he featured in the list of ''Top 25 Scientists in India'' published by [[India Today]].<ref name="Profile of Top 25 scientists in India">{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/profile-of-top-25-scientists-in-india-366262-2011-09-11 |title=Profile of Top 25 scientists in India |date=2011-09-11 |website=India Today |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Rai |first1=Anupama |last2=Mishra |first2=Rohit |last3=Ganesh |first3=Subramaniam |date=2017-12-15 |title=Suppression of leptin signaling reduces polyglucosan inclusions and seizure susceptibility in a mouse model for Lafora disease |journal=Human Molecular Genetics |language=en |volume=26 |issue=24 |pages=4778–4785 |doi=10.1093/hmg/ddx357 |pmid=28973665 |issn=0964-6906|doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Parihar |first1=Rashmi |last2=Ganesh |first2=Subramaniam |date=2016-09-01 |title=Autism genes: the continuum that connects us all |journal=Journal of Genetics |language=en |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=481–483 |doi=10.1007/s12041-016-0688-0 |pmid=27659318 |s2cid=4018645 |issn=0022-1333}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Upadhyay |first1=Mamta |last2=Bhadauriya |first2=Pratibha |last3=Ganesh |first3=Subramaniam |title=Heat shock modulates the subcellular localization, stability, and activity of HIPK2 |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=472 |issue=4 |pages=580–584 |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.03.035|pmid=26972256 |year=2016 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Autism spectrum disorder]]
* [[Genetic disorder]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |title=Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication |last=S. Ganesh |date=29 November 2017 |publisher=IIT Kanpur |format=YouTube video }}

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