Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar takes Charge of Naval War College at Goa

Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar assumed charge of the Naval War College at Goa on 18 May 2022, from Rear Admiral Sai Venkat Raman. The Naval War College conducts training for senior officers, including foreign participants, on defence planning, strategic and operational subjects, with a view of promoting culture of strategic and operational thinking. The Flag Officer is an alumnus of INA and was commissioned in the Navy on 01 July 1990. He is a Navigation and Direction specialist and has served onboard frontline warships of the Navy as Navigating and Operations Officer. He has done instructional tenures at Project 15 Training Team, Mumbai, Mids Wing Officer Cadet School, Singapore and at Navigation and Direction School, Kochi. He later served as the Executive Officer and Principal Warfare Officer of Guided Missile Destroyer INS Delhi. A graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar has attended Higher Command Course at the JMSDF Command and Staff College, Tokyo, Japan in 2011-12. He has commanded Landing Ship Tank (Large) INS Gharial, Guided Missile Destroyer INS Mumbai and the Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya. He has held various important staff appointments which include tenures at Directorate of Naval Plans, and as Principal Director of Personnel at Naval Headquarters, and Chief Staff Officer (Training), SNC. Prior taking over the reins of the Naval War College, he was tenanting the appointment of the Flag Officer Sea Training. The Flag Officer is a recipient of Nau Sena Medal (Gallantry) for undertaking Non-combatant Evacuation Operation of Indian and foreign personnel from Yemen as part of Operation Rahat in April 2015. He is a keen golfer and a student of International Relations and Maritime History.