K. Annamalai
8th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byL. Murugan
Personal details
Born (1984-06-04) June 4, 1984
Thottampatti, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Alma materBachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 2007
Master of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM), in 2010
OccupationFormer IPS officer
Politician
NicknameSingham

K. Annamalai (born 4 June 1984) is former IPS officer and an Indian politician who is the Tamil Nadu State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2021.[1][2] He is the Chief Servant of We The Leaders Foundation[3] and co-founder of Core Talent and Leadership Development.[4]

He was born in an agricultural family and raised in Thottampatti, a village in the Karur district of Tamil Nadu.[5]

Education

Annamalai graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 2007.[6] He then completed his Master of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM), Lucknow, in 2010.[5] He completed the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship, an Aspen Institute, USA fellowship program.[5]

Annamalai did his foundation course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNA), Mussoorie and then went through his basic training at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.[7]

Indian Police Service

Annamalai took his civil service examination and was selected as an officer in the Indian Police Service in the Karnataka cadre in 2011. Annamalai started his career as an IPS Officer in the State of Karnataka.[8]

He served as the Assistant Superintendent of Police from September 2013 to December 2014 in the Karkala subdivision, Udupi District of Karnataka.[9] He then served as the Superintendent of Police of Udupi District from January 2015 to August 2016.[10] Annamalai was posted in Chikkamangaluru district of Karnataka from August 2016 to October 2018 as Superintendent of Police.[10] His last stint as an IPS officer was from October 2018 to June 2019, when he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police of Bengaluru South in the State of Karnataka.[11][12]

Annamalai was also known as the "Singham" of Karnataka.[13] [14][15] He led four police stations, Karkala Town, Karkala Rural, Padubidri and Kaup to get the ISO 9001:2008 certification.[16][17] While working as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Karkala, he built a close contact with people through visiting educational institutions and giving lectures.[18]

He quit from the Indian Police Service in 2019 to join politics.[19][20]

We The Leaders Foundation

After resigning from Indian Police Service, Annamalai founded We The Leaders Foundation, an NGO to focus on the essence of leadership and to create a new breed of leaders to unlock their personal passion and purpose whereby they get the courage to do things that appear difficult, uncertain or unpopular.[21][20]

Political career

Attracted by the Bharatiya Janata Party's ideologies and the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi, Annamalai joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in August 2020.[22] was appointed as the State President of BJP Tamil Nadu in 2021,[2][1] making him the youngest Tamil Nadu BJP president ever.[8] He joined the BJP at the party's national headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao and Tamil Nadu unit chief L Murugan.[23][24] On 29 August 2020, he was appointed TN BJP Vice President.[25][26]

Awards & Certifications

  1. Recipient of vice-president of India Award for topping the Directors assessment for the training period 2011–2012 at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.[4]
  2. Winner of Esprit-de-Corps award at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, instituted by the 1968 batch of IAS Officers and Sangay Lhaden Shenga award instituted by the 1992 batch of IAS officers for showing “Exemplary Leadership Qualities” during the combined training of All India Service Officers during the year 2010–11.[4][7]
  3. SP Mukherjee award for Politics in 2022[27]

Publications

  • Stepping Beyond Khaki – Revelations Of A Real- Life Singham[28]

References

  1. 1 2 Correspondent, Special (2021-07-08). "Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. 1 2 "Newsmaker | K Annamalai: Blamed for AIADMK, BJP falling out, why he has neither fallen, nor is out". The Indian Express. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ↑ Bureau, Our (2021-07-08). "Ex-cop Annamalai appointed BJP Tamil Nadu President". BusinessLine. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. 1 2 3 "Annamalai Kuppusamy - User Profile". AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  5. 1 2 3 "K Annamalai Education Qualification". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  6. ↑ Bhat, Prajwal (2019-05-28). "B'luru DCP 'Singam' Annamalai quits, says IPS officer's death made him 're-examine' life". The News Minute. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  7. 1 2 "kbfclass9". ANANTA ASPEN CENTRE. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  8. 1 2 Livemint (2021-07-08). "Meet K Annamalai, the youngest Tamil Nadu BJP president ever". mint. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  9. ↑ Belur,DHNS, Rashmi. "Political plunge? No plans, says Annamalai". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  10. 1 2 "Former IPS officer K Annamalai, popularly known as Karnataka's 'Singham', joins BJP". Financialexpress. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  11. ↑ Bangalore Mirror Bureau. "IPS officer K Annamalai quits, decides to get back into farming". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  12. ↑ Thomas, Bellie. "Annamalai is DCP of crime-hit Bengaluru South". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  13. ↑ "'Singham' of Karnataka Police eyes Tamil Nadu polls for political debut". The Indian Express. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  14. ↑ "'Singham' of Karnataka Police Annamalai quits, may join politics". OnManorama. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  15. ↑ "Karnataka Police 'Singham' Annamalai's resignation evokes an emotional response". The Indian Express. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  16. ↑ "Annamalai takes charge as SP of Udupi district". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  17. ↑ Mangalorean, Michael Rodrigues, Team (2016-08-04). "Annamalai takes charge as Chikkamagaluru SP". Mangalorean.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ Correspondent, Special (2019-05-28). "Annamalai made his mark in Udupi district". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  19. ↑ Correspondent, Special (2019-05-28). "IPS officer Annamalai resigns from service citing personal reasons". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  20. 1 2 Nath, Akshaya (2023-02-28). "Why Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai traded in the quiet life he dreamt of for 'toxic' politics". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  21. ↑ "K. Annamalai bJP leader". 2023-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  22. ↑ Pandey, Rohini Swamy, Neelam (2020-08-26). "'Singham' Annamalai — the IPS officer, engineer & MBA who studied Islam to fight terror". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-11-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ↑ "Karnataka BJP Welcomes Former IPS Officer Singham K Annamalai Into Party". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  24. ↑ Athrady,DHNS, Ajith. "Former IPS officer Annamalai inducted into the BJP". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  25. ↑ "Former IPS Officer Annamalai appointed TN BJP Vice President". Navjeevan Express. 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  26. ↑ Murugan, Dr.L. "K.Annamalai appointed as State Vice President of BJP Tamilnadu". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  27. ↑ Correspondent, Special (2022-08-05). "Year-long celebration of Independence anniversary is India's opportunity to course correct historiography". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  28. ↑ Annamalai, K. (2021-01-18). Stepping Beyond Khaki: Revelations of a Real-Life Singham. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-89449-87-7.
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