Lieutenant General Deependra Singh Hooda, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM & Bar, ADC (born 12 November 1956) is the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian army's Northern Command.

With a career spanning forty years, he has served on both the Northern and Eastern borders of India.

He has been an instructor at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow and Col GS of a Strike Corps.

He has also had tenures in the Military Operations Directorate and the Quarter Master General's Branch at the Army Headquarters.

[3] He has also served on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea[4] for which he was awarded the UNMEE Medal.