Merin Joseph, a dashing young IPS officer was born in Ernakulam, Kerala and brought up in Delhi as her parents were settled there. Basically, she is an IPS officer who cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination in the year 2012 and got to 188th rank all over India. She is the youngest and talented IPS officer and got famous for her achievements and personality. Find out Merin Joseph IPS Wiki, Biography, Marriage Life, Career and more.
Merin Joseph Wiki/Biography
Merin Joseph was born 20th April 1990 in Kerala. She is quite beautiful with amazing physical features. Her father was from Ranni and he is the Principal Advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture and her mother is from Kottayam and an economics teacher. She did her schooling at Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi. She graduated from St.Stephens College, New Delhi in B.A. Honours. She is a bright student since her childhood. Initially, her aim was to become an IAS officer. She is very much attracted to the English language which is literally seen in her Facebook page. At present, she lives in Munnar, Kerala.
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Name | Merin Joseph |
Nickname | Merin |
Profession | IPS Officer |
Date of Birth | 20 April 1990 |
Age | 28 (As of 2018) |
Hometown | Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
Nationality | India |
Married | Yes |
Husband Name | Chris Abraham |
Current City | Munnar, Kerala, India |
Merin Joseph Married life
She got married to Chris Abraham in 2015 who is a doctor by profession. Since college days both of them fell in love with each other. After getting settled in their respected field they got married.
Merin Joseph career
Right after completing her graduation Merin started to attend coaching centre at Mukherjee Nagar, New Delhi. She cracked the UPSC Civil Service Exam in 2012 and secured 188th rank all over India. She was given with four choices-IAS, IFS, IRS, and IPS. Since she belongs to General category she couldn’t able to chose IAS which is her dream from childhood.
She chose IPS and got Home Cadre and got posted in Ernakulam after completing her training from Hyderabad. She was posted as ASP-Under training Officer. She is very dedicated to her work and can be reached 24*7.
She is the youngest IPS officer of Kerala cadre. She always wanted to have a job of dynamic nature with uniform and her hair tied to the back and with a respectful designation. She was selected from Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy to lead the Indian delegates for the Y20 summit.
Lesser known facts about Merin Joseph
- She traveled through Kozhikode during the night in civil dress to check about the safety.
- She scored 991 marks out of 2300 and secured 188th rank.
- She became the trending topic in Facebook because of her beautiful look.
- She actively does many social welfare related activities by organizing blood donation camp, giving seminars to school students.
- She got criticized for a picture in which a young officer is holding an umbrella for her in 2015.
- Her picture with Nivin Pauly went viral where she was seen in more alight mood along with a smile.
- At once a fake Facebook account was opened in her name and claimed that she is against reservation quota.
- She is an active user of Facebook and her pictures in that always go viral.
- She is the youngest IPS officer of her cadre.
- Her first choice is to become an IAS officer.