Lt. Gen. Abhijit S Pendharkar assumed command as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Corps from Lt. Gen. Harjeet Singh Sahi. Lt Gen, Sahi will take over as Commandant of the Army War College, Mhow.
An alumni of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Lt Gen Pendharkar was commissioned into the Assam Regiment in Jun 1990. He has served in varied roles in command and staff tenures encompassing varied terrain profiles and operational environment in the country and overseas.
He held important staff appointments at various strategic and tactical levels and served as the Director General Territorial Army before taking over as GOC 3 Corps on August 10, 2024.