Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, PVSM, AVSM (12 May 1930 – 14 October 2015) was a Flag officer in the Indian Navy.
[4] He joined the Indian Naval Air Arm and qualified as a pilot for carrier-based aircraft.
He served as a carrier-based strike pilot on board INS Vikrant; following his promotion to captain on 31 December 1970,[6] he commanded its carrier borne squadron during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
In February 1982, then vice admiral, Tahiliani was appointed the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) Southern Naval Command.
In March 1983, he was appointed the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.
He helped launch the India chapter of Transparency International as a founder member in 1997.