General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, SM (b. 1948) is the 23rd and present Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, appointed on 30 September 2007.The general has declared that accelerating the modernization of the forces would be among his top priorities.

Kapoore was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on 11 June 1967. He is an Alumnus of Sainik School, Kunjpura. 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 (DSSC) in Wellington and has completed the Higher Command Course at the National Defence College (NDC) 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 (VSM) in January 1996.

General Kapoor was vice-chief of the Army before taking over as the Chief of Army Staff. He has also been the Northern Army Commander in the past.