Ved prakash malik biography examples

PVSM, AVSM, ADC
COAS, 30 Sept &#; 30 Sept
Infantry, Sikh Light Infantry

General Ved Prakash Malik assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 19th Chief of Army Staff, on 30 September Born on 01 November at Dera Ismail Khan (present-day Pakistan), he was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry on 07 June He saw action in the Indo-China border conflict in the Ladakh sector.

He commanded the 10th Sikh LI on the Indo-China border and played an active role in counter-insurgency operations in Nagaland from to

His other assignments include Instructor in the Senior Command Wing at the College of Combat from , Joint Planning Staff in the Military Wing of the Cabinet Secretariat from , Deputy Brigade Commander of an Infantry Brigade from , Colonel of an Infantry Division from and Commander of the nd Infantry Brigade in Jammu &#; Kashmir from April to December , where he earned the Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM).

In he attended the National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi.

He served as