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Vairab Kartikeyan Pandian (also known as V Karthikeyan Pandian, born 29 May 1974), is a former member of the Biju Janata Dal from the state of Odisha and a former IAS officer.. He held the post of Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) with the rank of a Cabinet Minister during Fifth Naveen Patnaik ministry. [1] [2] Prior to this, Pandian served as the Private Secretary to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for 12 years and Secretary to the Chief Minister's Transformational Initiatives of ...
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik with his close aide VK Pandian.(Odisha CMO) "V K Pandian is hereby appointed as Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) and Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha in the rank of ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Former bureaucrat VK Pandian joined Odisha Chief Minister's Naveen Patnaik's party, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), on Monday. Until last month, he served as the private secretary to the Odisha CM before taking voluntary retirement from government service. Soon after, Pandian was appointed the Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) with the rank of Cabinet Minister. All eyes are on Pandian's next move, amid speculation that he may be given a significant role ahead of the assembly elections ...
Jun 9, 2024 · VK Pandian, who is a close aide of Naveen Patnaik, was widely blamed by BJD leaders and workers for the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections. Pandian announced decision to quit active politics on Sunday. Naveen Patnaik's close aide VK Pandian (left) quit active politics on Sunday.
Oct 24, 2023 · 24 Oct 2023, 7:27 am. 3 min read. Less than 24 hours after resigning from his post as private secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, IAS officer V K Pandian, was on Tuesday appointed as Chairman ...
VK Pandian, Biju Janata Dal leader and a close aide of outgoing chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, on Sunday quit active politics following the party's defeat in the Odisha assembly elections.
Oct 24, 2023 · Naveen Patnaik brought him to the Chief Minister’s Office in 2011. Gradually, Pandian started to fill in the space vacated by Patnaik’s once trusted aide and ex-IAS officer Pyari Mohan Mohapatra who was expelled from the party after attempting to dislodge the CM.
Oct 25, 2023 · The backstory which made VK Pandian Naveen Patnaik's most trusted aide, lies in 2012. Though in the CMO and rising up the ranks, Pandian was still a relatively junior bureaucrat at that time.
Jun 9, 2024 · V.K. Pandian, close aide of outgoing Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, quit active politics on Sunday, following the Biju Janata Dal’s defeat in the Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections.
Jun 9, 2024 · Pandian’s decision assumes significance in view of his announcement during an election rally on May 10 that he will quit politics if Naveen Patnaik does not take oath as CM on June 9. He was responding to the Prime Minister’s comments predicting a BJP government in Odisha on June 10.
