Chandra Kanta Devi Malla (Nepali: चन्द्रकान्तदेवी मल्ल) was a Nepalese activist and teacher.

In 1897, Malla was born in Lalitpur, Nepal to Hindu reformist Madhavraj Joshi.

[1] In 1933, Malla received permission from the Ranas to open a girls' school.

[5] She later recalled that "while walking to the school and coming back home, people used to stare at me, as if I was a princess".

[1] In 1941, her brother Shukraraj was sentenced to death by hanging by the state, which devastated Malla.