Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan (1970 – 24 January 2006), popularly known as SSR, was a Sri Lankan journalist working for the Tamil language daily Sudar Oli.

On 24 January 2006 during the Sri Lankan civil war, he was shot dead in the eastern port city of Trincomalee.

[5] According to RSF, Sugirdharajan named the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) among several groups in his article that allegedly committed human rights violations in the Trincomalee region.

[5] The newspaper he worked for also ran photos taken by Sugirdharajan showing that five Trincomalee students who were shot dead at point-blank range on 2 January 2006, disproving the army's claim that they were killed by a grenade explosion.

[5] At about 6 a.m. (local time) on 24 January 2006, he was shot and killed as he was waiting for public transport to go to work near the governor's secretaria.