Annamalai is the former IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre
He quit the police service in September 2019
He served as police superintendent of Chikkamagaluru and Udupi districts, as deputy police commissioner in Bengaluru (south)
Annamalai became the youngest president of Tamil Nadu BJP ever
Annamalai is an engineering graduate and also completed his MBA degree from IIM, Lucknow
Annamalai is from agricultural family and belongs to Gounder community