VK Pandian, the former private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has been given a cabinet minister rank in the state government, a day after he took voluntary retirement from government service.
A day after taking voluntary retirement, V.K. Pandian, a close aide of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has been appointed as the chairman of 5T (Transformational Initiatives) and Nabin Odisha in the rank of a Cabinet Minister, and will work .
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Bhubaneswar/UNI: A day after V K Pandian, Secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, took Voluntary Retirement from Service (VRS), he was appointed the Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiative) and Nabin Odisha with the rank of a Cabinet Minister on Tuesday.
Private secretary to CM Naveen Patnaik for 12 years, V Karthikeyan Pandian or VK Pandian is considered the brain behind many of his popular schemes. The 2000-batch IAS officer is a Cabinet Minister now and is all set to play a key role in managing BJD and Odisha's politics, especially as the nation gears up to hold General Elections in 2024., India News, Times Now