V. C. Pande

Vinod Chandra Pande
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(2005-02-07) (aged 72) Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Vinod Chandra Pande (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. Pande and Kamal Pande). His elder brother was noted scholar and historian Govind Chandra Pande

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.

Further reading

• Cabinet Secretariat, India
• Bihar Raj Bhavan
• Jharkhand Raj Bhavan
• Transfer to Arunachal Raj Bhavan
• Arunachal Raj Bhavan
• Obituary