| Honorific Prefix: | General |
| Ved Prakash Malik | |
| Honorific Suffix: | PVSM, AVSM |
| Office: | 39th Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee |
| Term: | 1 January 1999 - 30 September 2000 |
| President: | K. R. Narayanan |
| Primeminister: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Predecessor: | Satish Sareen |
| Successor: | Sushil Kumar |
| Office1: | 18th Chief of the Army Staff |
| Term1: | 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2000 |
| President1: | K. R. Narayanan |
| Primeminister1: | Inder Kumar Gujral Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Predecessor1: | Shankar Roy Chowdhury |
| Successor1: | Sundararajan Padmanabhan |
| Office2: | 21st Vice Chief of Army Staff |
| Term2: | 1 August 1996 - 30 September 1997 |
| President2: | Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan |
| Primeminister2: | H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral |
| Predecessor2: | M.L. Dar |
| Successor2: | Chandra Shekhar |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Allegiance: |  India |
| Serviceyears: | June 1959– September 2000 |
| Rank: | General |
| Unit: | 3 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Commands: | Southern Army XI Corps 8th Mountain (Infantry) Division 162nd Infantry Brigade 10 Sikh Light Infantry |
| Battles: | Kargil War Operation Cactus |
| Military Blank1: | Award(s) |
| Military Data1: | |
| Spouse: | Dr. Ranjana Malik |
| Children: | Namita, Maj Gen Sachin Malik |
General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 18th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 30 September 1997 to 30 September 2000.[1] He was the Army Chief during the Kargil War.[2]
| Param Vishisht Seva Medal | Ati Vishisht Seva Medal | |||
| Samanya Seva Medal | Poorvi Star | Special Service Medal | Raksha Medal | |
| Sangram Medal | Sainya Seva Medal | High Altitude Service 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 |
| Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 1959[3] | |||
| Indian Army | 7 June 1961[4] | ||
| Indian Army | 7 June 1965[5] | ||
| Indian Army | 7 June 1972[6] | ||
| Indian Army | 10 March 1978[7] | ||
| Indian Army | 8 February 1985[8] | ||
| Indian Army | 2 April 1986[9] | ||
| Indian Army | 25 September 1990[10] | ||
| Indian Army | 26 January 1993[11] | ||
| General (COAS) | Indian Army | 1 October 1997[12] | |
Currently, he is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).[13]