Dhananjay Pande


Dhananjay Uttam Pande is an Indian rower from Maharashtra. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He was part of the men's eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Pande was the coxswain of the Indian team that consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish. All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year.

Early life

He hails from the Raigad district of Maharashtra. He joined the Boys Sports Company of the Army and rowed till 2011. Later, he became coxswain.

Career