He was born in Adakamaranahalli near Nelamangala town. His father's name is Kishan, and mother, Sulochana from Bellary, and grand-mother Sithamma. He is the first son in his family, the younger brothers being Mahesh and Umesh. He currently resides in Nagarabhaavi in Bengalooru. He has earned a diploma in Electornics in Nelamangala. And the acting bug had bitten him from the childhood days. He was acting in many plays in his native village and then started showing interest in the theatre groups. His graduation to tele serials brought him more success. He was always good in mimicry. And in the tele serial Yadhwa Thadwa produced by Sihi Kahi Chandru, Ganesh showed his prowess in imitating Balanna many a times. But his real popularity came when he started doing the Comedy Time programme in the Popular Kannada Channel UDAYA TV.

It was Ganesh who popularised the television program Comedy Time and he got obtained thousands of fans through this one programme. It is being telecasted in UDAYA TV even now, but Ganesh is attending it only in his spare time and his fast working schedule for this programme has enabled UDAYA TV to continue this programme without a break. Ganesh won the hearts of the viewers by his distinict dialogue delivery, unique gestures and his affectionate interaction with viewers. Viewers also thought that Ganesh is the best choice for the anchor of this programme and the popularity of this programme increased.

The programme concept was like this: viewers have to write a letter to the anchor describing their family and mentioning their telephone number. Then the anchor would call the their number, disguising himself as someone else and fool them. After reading each letter a comedy scene from a chosen kannada film was telecasted in the interim. His unique style of greeting the viewers at the start and end of the program was also very popular, especially with children He started the programme by telling Namaskara.. Namasakra, Namaskaara which is still being referred by the fans when he is around.

Even while he was doing the compering job, Ganesh was acting in films and also working in tele serials. Starting from comedy roles, he graduated to do the role of the friend of the hero and then to one of the heroes in many films. His first film as a hero was Chellaata which became a run away hit running for a hundred days in Menaka theatre. The film ran well even in B centres.