Anise Kanmani Joy is a 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who has also worked as a nurse in Kerala. He made headlines for preventing the transmission of coronavirus in Kodagu district of Karnataka during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In 2020, he was promoted as the Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district in Karnataka, India.
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Anise Kanmani Joy was born on Tuesday, 23 April 1985 (age 36 years; as in 2021) in Pampakuda village, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Anise received her schooling from Fatima Matha School and Mount Carmel School in Kottayam, Kerala, India. He did B.Sc. in Nursing with one year internship at Trivandrum Medical College under University of Kerala in 2009.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Anne’s Kanmani Joy’s father, Parappalil Joy, is a farmer. His mother’s name is Leela. She has a sister named Elsa Ashwathi Joy.
husband and children
Anees Kanmani Joy is married to Stephen Mani (an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who is posted as First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, United States of America. His daughter’s name is Apoorva.
livelihood
In 2014, he was appointed as Assistant Commissioner, Junior Scale, Sub Division Bidar, Karnataka. During her early working years as an IAS officer in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, Anne’s Kanmani Joy rejected more than 500 applications to convert local agricultural land for commercial purposes. The denial was based on recommendations given by an 18-member team of experts who visited the local area. Applications were made by local business enterprises to commercialize and expand the existing market. He held the position of Chief Executive Officer, Under Secretary, Panchayat Department Tumkur, Karnataka in 2017. In 2018, heavy rains and floods caused landslides in the southern Kodagu district of Karnataka. Ten local villagers in Kogadu district died due to these landslides. District DC Annise Joy, along with then Superintendent of Police Suman D Penekar and then District Panchayat CEO Lakshmi Priya, went on the ground to inspect and take care of the landslide-affected area in Thora. These women were honored for their ground visits and response following the landslide tragedy. Due to the poor conditions of the muddy roads, Anies was usually seen walking slowly and with heavy steps along with his fellow colleagues. She was inspecting the area to monitor the search operation for people missing during the landslide.
District DC Anne’s Joy with then Superintendent of Police Suman D Penekar and then District Panchayat CEO Lakshmi Priya
Later, in September 2019, Anne’s Kanmani Joy made an announcement in Kodagu district of Karnataka that additional government land would be provided to victims of landslides who had lost their houses. As a result, the unnecessary encroachment was demolished by order of Anise Joy.
Deputy Commissioner Ennis Kanmani Joy inspects encroached land in Ghattadala, Kodagu
In 2019, Anies was promoted as the Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu district in Karnataka, India.
2012 batch IAS officer Annis Kanmani Joy (left) took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu in February 2019.
The COVID pandemic affected India in 2019. In March 2020, when COVID-19 cases increased and spread to various states in India, Joy announced and imposed an early lockdown in Kodagu district. COVID cases started being reported in Kodagu district, following which Annie’s Joy ordered the closure of all tourist places in the district amid the lockdown. This ban was imposed long before the national lockdown was declared in India. Karnataka’s Kodagu district followed strict containment protocols during the pandemic lockdown. No case was reported in his area for 28 consecutive days. Annies Kanmani Joy received national recognition for playing such a responsible role in the successful break-in transmission of Corona cases in Kodagu. In the year ending 2020, Anise Kanmani Joy banned timber cutting and transportation, and he fought against the notorious timber mafia in Kodagu. In 2021 Anise Kanmani Joy went on official leave until the end of the year. She said in an interview that she would resume work at the end of 2021 and that she was on leave to spend some time with her daughter and husband in the US. He said,
I have had a successful two-year tenure as Deputy Commissioner in Kodagu. Thank you all for the support and warmth given. Beautiful memories will be remembered forever in Kodagu. I requested leave. I am going to spend time with my family and my daughter Apoorva. I will return to service in a new role later this year.
Controversy
- In 2020, a journalist from Kaveri Times (a Kannada newspaper) wrote some articles against Annies and their work regarding post-lockdown regulations. These articles were published in the May and June editions of the newspaper in 2020. Annies was criticized for the move after it had filed an FIR against a reporter Vasanth and the editor of Kaveri Times (a Kannada newspaper).
Facts/General Knowledge
- Anne’s Joy secured 65th rank out of 85 candidates in the General Category in the Civil Services Examination, 2011.
- As a child, Annis Joy was a brilliant student who aspired to become a doctor, but she was from a very poor family that did not have enough money to buy books for her education.
- Annis Kanmani Joy is the second nurse to become an IAS officer in India after 2005 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Alice Vaz R.
- Anne’s Kanmani Joy secured 580 rank in the Civil Services Examination in 2010 in her first attempt. In an interview, he revealed that for the second attempt in the UPSC exam, he referred to his notes of the previous year exam and read the current affairs thoroughly. After selection as an IAS, Joy attended the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) training in Faridabad, Haryana.
- After succeeding in the civil services examination in 2012, Anise gave an interview to a news channel. He said that his parents inspired him to study hard and it was they who inspired him to join the Indian Civil Services. He told that in his first attempt at the exam, he got 580 rank because he took it randomly. She told the media that she already knew that she would perform better in the second attempt and ultimately achieved 65th rank in 2012.
- After her second successful attempt with a rank of 65, Anees joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He chose Psychology and Malayalam Literature subjects for these civil services examinations.
- Anise was training at the junior scale at LBSNAA Mussoorie from 2012 to 2014.
- In October 2020, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annej Kanmani Joy received WhatsApp videos and messages claiming that she was being appreciated by the people of Kodagu district of Karnataka as she had helped the local people fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Had helped and guided in the management and prevention of crisis. District. However, Joy refuted the claim and said-
That’s not me in the video. Since yesterday (Monday) I have been getting countless messages about it but it’s not me! I was told that the video was shared on a Facebook page and then it was downloaded and circulated on WhatsApp.
- Anise passed the nursing exam but never joined and worked as a nurse.
- Annie’s Joy’s success story from being a nurse to an IAS officer and from a poor village girl to becoming a high profile administrator of an Indian district was covered by many renowned newspapers.
Success story of IAS Ennis Kanmani Joy published in a newspaper article
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