Dr.K.N Ganeshaiah | |
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| Born | K.N. Ganeshaiah Kotiganahalli Kolar District, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Writer, Novelist, Professor, agricultural scientist |
| Nationality | Indian  |
| Genre | Fiction |
K.N. Ganeshaiah is an agricultural scientist and an Emeritus professor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He is also a novelist specializing in thrillers, and writes in the Kannada language. [1]
Ganeshaiah is a prolific scientific author. He has
Ganeshaiah has also contributed to the literature of the Kannada language. He has published many novels and story collections, as well as having 12 of his short stories published in various magazines.
Novels:
Collection of Short/Long Stories:
Collection of Articles
He has written two volumes on his journey in Science and from there on to Literature
Other spinoffs from literature and media work
In total, Ganeshaiah has around 326 publications to his credit.
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