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Vinod Chandra Pandey
Vinod Chandra Pandey
11th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
	In office; 12 June 2003 – 15 December 2004
Chief Minister	Gegong Apang
Preceded by	Arvind Dave
Succeeded by	Shilendra Kumar Singh
18th Governor of Bihar
	In office; 23 November 1999 – 12 June 2003
Chief Minister	Rabri Devi ; Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Suraj Bhan ; (Additional Charge)
Succeeded by	Rama Jois
Governor of Jharkhand; (Additional Charge)
	In office; 4 February 2002 – 14 July 2002
Chief Minister	Babulal Marandi
Preceded by	Prabhat Kumar
Succeeded by	Rama Jois
19th Cabinet Secretary of India
	In office; 23 December 1989 – 11 December 1990
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh
Preceded by	T. N. Seshan
Succeeded by	Naresh Chandra
Personal details
Born	16 February 1932; Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Died	7 February 2005 (aged 72); Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Allahabad University

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Vinod Chandra Pandey (16 February 1932 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian Civil Servant of the Rajasthan Cadre, and was, notably, Cabinet Secretary in 1989–1990. He was a prolific writer and an erudite astrologer.

He was born to a family which contributed two other Cabinet Secretaries (B. D. Pandey and Kamal Pandey).

He was Cabinet Secretary from 23 December 1989 to 11 December 1990 under Prime Minister V. P. Singh (and earlier, revenue secretary under him when the latter was Finance Minister). They had earlier studied together at Allahabad University.

He served as Governor of Bihar (1999–2003), Jharkhand (briefly during 2002), and Arunachal Pradesh (2003–04), as an appointee of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

He had been a bachelor. He was a scholar of Hindi, Pali, and Sanskrit, and a prolific writer in Hindi. He died in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, two months after leaving the governorship of Arunachal Pradesh.

Government offices
Preceded by Sunder Singh Bhandari	Governor of Bihar 23 November 1999 – 12 June 2003	Succeeded by Mandagadde Rama Jois
Preceded by Prabhat Kumar	Governor of Jharkhand 4 February 2002 – 14 July 2002	Succeeded by Mandagadde Rama Jois
Preceded by Arvind Dave	Governor of Arunachal Pradesh 13 June 2003 – 15 December 2004	Succeeded by Shilendra Kumar Singh

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