Pandian commenced his career as the sub-collector of Dharmagarh in Kalahandi in 2002. He subsequently served as the collector of Mayurbhanj in 2005 and was later appointed as the collector of Ganjam in 2007.
A day after his request for a voluntary retirement came through, VK Pandian, former private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has been given a cabinet minister rank in the state government.
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