Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar is Director General Naval Operations

Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar assumed charge as Director General Naval Operations on 7 June 2021. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 1987. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Naval War College, Karanja, and Naval Command College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. The Flag Officer is a specialist in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and has served on frontline warships of the Indian Navy as ASW Officer and later as the Executive Officer and Principal Warfare Officer of Guided Destroyer INS Mysore.