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{{Orphan|date=March 2021}}

{{short description|Indian administrator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Deputy Commissioner]] of [[Kodagu District]]
| termstart = 1 February 2019
| birth_place = Pampakuda, [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]]
| alma_mater = [[Trivandrum Medical College]] <br>(B.Sc Nursing)<br>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]] (M.P.Adm)
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|26|2012|05|15}}
}}

'''Annies Kanmani Joy''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] administrator and former nurse who is serving as the [[deputy commissioner]] of the [[Kodagu district]] in [[Karnataka]]. She attained national recognition during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and is credited for containing the transmission of the virus in her district.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bhat|first=Prajwal|date=2020-10-27|title='It isn't me': Kodagu DC on viral video claiming she was felicitated for COVID-19 work|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/it-isn-t-me-kodagu-dc-viral-video-claiming-she-was-felicitated-covid-19-work-136280|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=[[The News Minute]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Annies Kanmani Joy was born in the village of Pampakuda in the [[Ernakulam district]] of [[Kerala]], to Leela and Parappalil Joy who were farmers.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Basheer|first=K. P. M.|date=2012-05-07|title=She nurses and fulfils dream of a career in IAS|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/she-nurses-and-fulfils-dream-of-a-career-in-ias/article3391059.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Ria|date=2020-06-12|title=A Farmer's Daughter, IAS Annies Kanmani Joy Leads COVID-19 Fight In Karnataka's Kodagu|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/ias-annies-kanmani-joy-covid-19-fight-karnatakas-kodagu/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=SheThePeople|language=en-US}}</ref> In her early years she had intended to become a doctor and sat for the [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]] (MBBS) examination.<ref name=":2" /> She graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Nursing]] from the in 2009 and entered into a one-year internship at the [[Trivandrum Medical College]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Gill|first=Avleen|date=15 May 2012|title=This Kerala nurse qualified for the IAS|url=https://www.ndtv.com/south/this-kerala-nurse-qualified-for-the-ias-482584|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> In 2010, she gave the [[Civil Services Examination (India)|Civil Services Examination]] for the first time, received a rank of 580 and began training for the [[Indian Civil Accounts Service]] (ICAS) at [[Faridabad]], [[Haryana]].<ref name=":3" /> In 2012, she attempted the services examination for a second time and was able to secure a rank of 65 which enabled her to join the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> For the examinations, she had also opted for [[psychology]] and [[Malayalam literature]] as her optional subjects.<ref name=":1" />

In the Indian Administrative Service, she was posted as a [[assistant commissioner]] at [[Bidar district|Bidar]], [[Karnataka]] and then as a civil servant at the Karnataka Bhavan in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":0" /> Following which she was posted as the chief executive officer in the [[Zilla Panchayat]] in [[Tumakuru district|Tumakuru]], Karnataka.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Dsouza|first=Alfie|date=2020-10-27|title=A Farmer's Daughter IAS Annies Kanmani Joy-the DC of Kodagu Dist a True Covid-19 Warrior!|url=https://www.mangalorean.com/a-farmers-daughter-ias-annies-kanmani-joy-the-dc-of-kodagu-dist-a-true-covid-19-warrior/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=Mangalorean|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, she was transferred and promoted as the deputy commissioner of the Kodagu district in Karnataka.<ref name=":4" /> In March 2020, with the first reported instances of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka]], Joy had imposed an early lockdown in the district and shut down tourist spots much before the imposition of a [[COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India|national lockdown]].<ref name=":0" /> During the pandemic, the district had strict containment protocols and emerged as one of the few where no cases were reported for a period of 28 consecutive days.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sachdev|first=Geetika|date=23 July 2020|title=Meet 6 Women IAS Officers Leading The Fight Against COVID-19|url=https://in.makers.yahoo.com/meet-6-women-ias-officers-leading-the-fight-against-covid-19-030032136.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-15|website=Makers India|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|language=en-IN}}</ref> She was credited for a successful break in [[Transmission of COVID-19|transmission]] in the district and received national recognition as a result.<ref name=":4" />

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>Jay at 09:38, 19 May 2021