Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy.

Pendharkar also attended the Naval Command College, Rhode Island, USA.

He then moved to HQ Western Naval Command as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations).

[6] He subsequently served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) at New Delhi.

On 1 August 2023, he assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (FOC-in-C ENC), taking over from Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta at a ceremonial parade held at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam.