kailsh chandra joshi (14 july 1929 – 24 september 2019) was an indian politician. he was a member of the bharatiya janata party (bjp). he was the 9th chief minister of madhya pradesh from june 1977 to january 1978. he was a member of the lok sabha from 2004 to 2014, representing the bhopal constituency in madhya pradesh. joshi was born in hatpipalya, dewas state, british india.