He succeeded Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi, PVSM, AVSM, NM who retired upon superannuation after an illustrious career spanning close to four decades in the Indian Navy.
Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, Nau Sena Medal (NM), took over as the Fleet Commander, Eastern Fleet Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), from Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh, NM, at Visakhapatnam on Friday, the Indian Navy - Eastern Fleet informed on Saturday.
The 6th ACRM was co-chaired by Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command & C-in-C (Coastal Defence, East), and Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, IAS, Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command, reviewed the operational readiness of the Western Fleet on Sunday.
Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command on Monday reviewed the operational readiness of the Eastern Fleet at sea.
Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC), interacted with the crew of INS Vagir on return from their extended operational deployment.
Two ships of the Indian Navy, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand under the command of Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty, Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF) arrived at Port Rashid in Dubai to conduct bilateral exercise ‘Zayed Talwar’ to boost enhance interoperability and synergy between t
Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command inaugurated the indigenously designed and developed state-of-the-art Naval Airfield Integrated Security System (NAISS) and the Naval Anti-Drone System (NADS) at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam on Monday.
"INS Magar, the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large) of the Indian Navy laid her oars on today after serving the nation for 36 years. A solemn decommissioning ceremony was held at Naval Base in Kochi. The ship commanded by Cdr Hemant V Salunkhe was decommissioned at a sunset ceremony held at Nav
He met with the crew of INS Delhi & INS Satpura at Changi Naval Base. He was received by Rear Adm Gurcharan Singh, Flag Officer Commanding Easter Fleet.