Deepak Kapoor

General
Deepak Kapoor
PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC
General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC
22nd Chief of the Army Staff
	In office; 1 October 2007 – 31 March 2010
President	Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	J.J. Singh
Succeeded by	V.K. Singh
Personal details
Born	1948
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; Vishisht Seva Medal; Sena Medal
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	11 June 1967 – 31 March 2010
Rank	General
Commands	Northern Army; ARTRAC; XXXIII Corps; 22 Mountain Division; 161 Infantry Brigade; Independent Artillery Brigade, 2 Corps; 74 Medium Regiment
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; United Nations Operation in Somalia II
v; t; e; Indian Army
Leadership	Minister of Defence; Chief of Army Staff; Vice Chief of Army Staff; GOCs-in-C (Army Commanders); Adjutant General; Military Secretary; Master General of the Ordnance; Serving Generals;
Operational Commands	Central Command; Eastern Command; Northern Command; Southern Command; South Western Command; Western Command;
Functional Commands	Army Training Command;
Joint Commands	Andaman and Nicobar Command; Strategic Forces Command; Defence Cyber Agency; Defence Space Agency; Armed Forces Special Operations Division;
Active Corps	I Corps; II Corps; III Corps; IV Corps; IX Corps; X Corps; XI Corps; XII Corps; XIV Corps; XV Corps; XVI Corps; XVII Corps; XXI Corps; XXXIII Corps;
Regiments	Mechanised Infantry; Guards; Parachute; Punjab; Madras; Grenadiers; Maratha LI; Naga; Rajputana Rifles; Rajput; Jat; Sikh; Sikh LI; Dogra; Garhwal Rifles; Kumaon; Assam; Bihar; Mahar; JAK Rifles; JAK LI; 1 GR; 3 GR; 4 GR; 5 GR; 8 GR; 9 GR; 11 GR; Ladakh Scouts; Arunachal Scouts; Sikkim Scouts;
Corps	Artillery; Armoured; Army Aviation; Army Air Defence; Engineers (Madras, Bengal, Bombay); Signals; Intelligence;
Services	Education (Military Music Wing); Medical; Ordnance; Postal Service; Army Service Corps; Electronics and Mechanical Engineers; Military Police; Remount and Veterinary; Pioneer; Defence Security Corps; Military Engineer Services; Military Farms Service; Military Nursing Service;
Education & Training	Sainik School; Armed Forces Medical College; Ajmer Military School; Bangalore Military School; Belgaum Military School; Chail Military School; Dholpur Military School; Rashtriya Indian Military College;
Colleges	Army Cadet College; Army Public School; Army War College; College of Military Engineering; Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School; High Altitude Warfare School; Indian Military Academy Commandant of the Indian Military Academy; ; Military College of Telecommunication Engineering; Officers Training Academy;
Tri-Service Institutions	Defence Services Staff College; National Defence Academy; National Defence College; College of Defence Management; Military Institute of Technology;
Other topics	History; Military operations; Awards and decorations; Ranks and insignia; Army Day; Judge Advocate General's Department Judge Advocate General; ;
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General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC (b. 1948) served as the 22nd^[1] Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, appointed on 30 September 2007 and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee appointed on 31 August 2009.^[2]

Biography

Kapoor was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on 11 June 1967. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kunjpura;^[3]^[4] National Defence Academy Khadakwasla (30th Course) and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. His career in the Indian Army spans four decades, during which he has held varied command and as well as staff appointments. A veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pak War in the eastern theatre (Bangladesh), he is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington and has completed the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and the National Defence College course at the National Defence College in New Delhi. He served as the Chief Operations Officer for UNOSOM II (United Nations Operation in Somalia II) during 1994-95 and was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in January 1996.

Kapoor commanded the 161 Infantry Brigade in Uri, Jammu & Kashmir which was actively involved in operations along the Line of Control. For his performance he was awarded the Sena Medal in January 1998. He commanded the 22nd Mountain Division as part of a Strike Corps during Operation Parakram in 2001–02. He was thereafter deeply involved in counter insurgency operations combating the insurgency in Assam, as Chief of Staff of 4 Corps in Tezpur. On promotion to Lieutenant General, he commanded 33 Corps at Siliguri, West Bengal. For his service as a Corps Commander, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in January 2006. On elevation to the appointment of Army Commander, he commanded the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) in Shimla. Thereafter he moved to spearhead the Northern Command (India), the largest operational command in the Indian Army, deployed over varied terrain and was once again actively involved in COIN operations. For his performance, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in January 2007.

Kapoor was appointed as the Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the President of India. He was also the senior Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Artillery. Kapoor was Vice-Chief of the Army before taking over as the Chief of Army Staff.

Personal life

Kapoor holds master's degrees in Political Science, Military Science and Business Administration, the latter which he completed at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi. He also holds a diploma in Business Management. He is married to Kirti Kapoor and they have two children - a daughter and a son, both of whom are married.

Major Decorations and Badges

Awards

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal	Sena Medal	Vishisht Seva Medal
Poorvi Star	Special Service Medal	Sangram Medal	Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal	Videsh Seva Medal	50th Anniversary of Independence Medal	25th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal	20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal	UNOSOM II

Dates of rank

Rank	Component	Date of rank
Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	11 June 1967^[5]
Lieutenant	Indian Army	11 June 1969^[6]
Captain	Indian Army	11 June 1973^[7]
Major	Indian Army	11 June 1980^[8]
Lieutenant-Colonel	Indian Army	3 May 1988^[9]
Colonel	Indian Army	1 November 1991^[10]
Brigadier	Indian Army	18 January 1996^[11]
Major General	Indian Army	3 June 2001^[12]
Lieutenant-General	Indian Army	29 June 2004 (seniority from 1 March)^[13]
General (COAS)	Indian Army	1 October 2007^[14]

References

^ "Press Information Bureau".
^ "Press Information Bureau".
^ Gen Kapoor, Hooda come together at their alma mater Archived 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu, 25 July 2008.
^ Public Information Bureau release on Kunjpara Sainik School
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 April 1968. p. 282.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 20 September 1969. p. 960.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 8 December 1973. p. 1370.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 December 1980. p. 1382.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 30 March 1991. p. 494.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 5 September 1992. p. 1564.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 December 1997. p. 1961.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 May 2003. p. 632.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 April 2006. p. 607.
^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1 December 2007. p. 1868.

Military offices
Preceded by Sureesh Mehta	Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee 2009 - 2010	Succeeded by Pradeep Vasant Naik
Preceded by Joginder Jaswant Singh	Chief of Army Staff 2007 – 2010	Succeeded by V K Singh
Preceded by Hari Prasad	General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command 2005 – 2006	Succeeded by H. S. Panag

[1] "Press Information Bureau".

[2] "Press Information Bureau".

[3] Gen Kapoor, Hooda come together at their alma mater Archived 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu, 25 July 2008.

[4] Public Information Bureau release on Kunjpara Sainik School

[commission-5] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 April 1968. p. 282.

[6] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 20 September 1969. p. 960.

[7] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 8 December 1973. p. 1370.

[8] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 December 1980. p. 1382.

[9] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 30 March 1991. p. 494.

[10] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 5 September 1992. p. 1564.

[11] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 December 1997. p. 1961.

[12] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 May 2003. p. 632.

[13] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 April 2006. p. 607.

[14] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1 December 2007. p. 1868.

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v t e Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (1947–2019)	Sir Rob Lockhart Sir Thomas Elmhirst Sir Edward Parry K. M. Cariappa Sir Charles Pizey Subroto Mukerjee Kodandera Subayya Thimayya Ram Dass Katari Aspy Engineer Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Arjan Singh Adhar Kumar Chatterji Sam Manekshaw Gopal Gurunath Bewoor Om Prakash Mehra Sourendra Nath Kohli Tapishwar Narain Raina Hrushikesh Moolgavkar Jal Cursetji Om Prakash Malhotra Idris Hasan Latif Ronald Lynsdale Pereira K. V. Krishna Rao Dilbagh Singh Oscar Stanley Dawson Arun Shridhar Vaidya Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani Denis La Fontaine Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni Surinder Mehra Sunith Francis Rodrigues Laxminarayan Ramdas Bipin Chandra Joshi S. K. Kaul Vijai Singh Shekhawat Shankar Roychowdhury Satish Sareen Ved Prakash Malik Sushil Kumar Sundararajan Padmanabhan Madhvendra Singh Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Nirmal Chander Vij Arun Prakash Shashindra Pal Tyagi Joginder Jaswant Singh Sureesh Mehta Deepak Kapoor Pradeep Vasant Naik Nirmal Kumar Verma Norman Anil Kumar Browne Bikram Singh Arup Raha Sunil Lanba Birender Singh Dhanoa Bipin Rawat
Chief of Defence Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (2020–2021)	Bipin Rawat
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(**Seconded from the British Armed Forces)

v t e Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army
Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1947–1948)	Sir Rob Lockhart Sir Roy Butcher
Chief of the Army Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army (1948–1955)	Sir Roy Butcher** Kodandera M. Cariappa Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
Chief of the Army Staff (1955–present)	Rajendrasinhji Jadeja S. M. Shrinagesh Kodandera Subayya Thimayya Pran Nath Thapar Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Sam Manekshaw Gopal Gurunath Bewoor Tapishwar Narain Raina Om Prakash Malhotra K. V. Krishna Rao Arun Shridhar Vaidya Krishnaswamy Sundarji Vishwa Nath Sharma Sunith Francis Rodrigues Bipin Chandra Joshi Shankar Roychowdhury Ved Prakash Malik Sundararajan Padmanabhan Nirmal Chander Vij Joginder Jaswant Singh Deepak Kapoor Vijay Kumar Singh Bikram Singh Dalbir Singh Bipin Rawat Manoj Mukund Naravane Manoj Pande Upendra Dwivedi (incumbent)
(**Seconded from the British Army)