Divya S. Iyer | |
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District Collector of Pathanamthitta | |
Assumed office 12 July 2021 | |
Appointed by | Chief Minister of Kerala |
Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
Mission Director of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | |
In office 2018 –7 July 2021 | |
Appointed by | Chief Minister of Kerala |
Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
Personal details | |
Born | Trivandrum,Kerala,India | 16 October 1984
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Education | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery |
Alma mater | Christian Medical College Vellore |
Profession |
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Divya Sesha Iyer (born 16 October 1984) is an Indian bureaucrat, medical doctor, editor, and author who is part of the Indian Administrative Service in Kerala. She is the Managing Director of Vizhinjam International Seaport. She previously has held the posts of District Collector of Pathanamthitta [1] and Mission Director of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.
Iyer was born on 16 October 1984. [2] She hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. [3] She is the elder daughter of Sesha Iyer, who is a retired Indian Space Research Organisation employee, [4] and Bhagavathy Ammal, a State Bank of Travancore employee. [5]
Iyer did her schooling at Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum. She scored second rank in SSLC examination conducted by Kerala Board of Public Examinations. [6] She completed her 11th and 12th from the St. Thomas Central School, Trivandrum. She then got her medical degree from the Christian Medical College Vellore. [7]
Iyer was a doctor before she began her civil service career and continues to practice medicine. [8] [7] She joined IAS in 2014 [9] and was assistant collector at Kottayam before becoming Sub-Collector of Trivandrum.
In 2016, as the nodal officer of Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) under the Election Commission and assistant collector in Kottayam, Iyer created a voter awareness campaign with the motto "My Vote My Future" to help improve voter turnout. [10] In 2016, she also wrote and sang the song 'Viral thumbil Nammude Bhaavi' to promote awareness of voting rights and to encourage voting, which was released during a press conference by the District Collector. [11] [12]
In 2018, Iyer was transferred from her role as Sub-Collector to Deputy Secretary in the Local Self-Government Department. [13] [14] [15]
Iyer then served as the Mission Director of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). [16] [17] In this role, she was named one of the Kerala Insider 50 Most Influential People of 2020, due to her prominent role in the #BreakTheChain awareness campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] [19]
On 12 July 2021, Iyer became the 36th district collector of Pathanamthitta. [20] [21] In August 2021, she said she plans to continue measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as development of the district and measures that promote the empowerment of women. [22]
In 2021, following the decision of the State government to award title deeds to farmers in Konni following decades of protests, Iyer prepared and submitted a report with forest division officers as part of the process to distribute the deeds. [23]
In December 2021, Iyer distributed gender neutral school uniforms to the students of Government Tribal LP School Attathodu in Ranni of Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. [24]
In 2021 and 2022, Iyer and district police chief R Nishanthini helped coordinate the annual Sabarimala pilgrimage, and did not attempt to enter the temple. [25]
Divya took part in a flash mob with students of Catholicate College, as part of the MG University Union Arts Festival. [26] [27]
In October 2023, Divya was appointed as the Managing Director of the Vizhinjam International Seaport. [28] In addition to this appointment, she also was appointed director of the Solid Waste Management Project. [29] Her appointments are reported as part of a restructuring that resulted in the reappointments of several district collectors to new posts. [30]
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | Eliyammachiyude Adhyathe Christmas | Nun | Malayalam | [35] | |
Year | Song | Film / album / for | Language | Ref |
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2016 | "Azhakerum Nadinu Chithram" | SVEEP | Malayalam | [36] |
2016 | "Ethirkalam Nam Kayyil" | Election Commission of India - Tamil Nadu | Tamil | [37] |
On 30 June 2017, Iyer married Congress MLA representing Aruvikkara constituency, K. S. Sabarinadhan in Kumarakovil, a temple at Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district, becoming the first MLA-IAS couple in Kerala. [38] [39] [40] On 9 March 2019, she gave birth to a baby boy. [41] [42]
G. Karthikeyan, former Minister and speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly is her father-in-law. [43]
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