Jagat Pati Joshi (born 14 July 1932) is an Indian archaeologist who discovered the Indus Valley sites of Dholavira and Surkotada.
Joshi was born at Almora, United Provinces on 14 July 1932 and educated at Lucknow University where he obtained his M. A. in Ancient History and Culture in 1954.
Joshi discovered the Indus Valley site of Dholavira in 1966 and excavated Malvan along with F. Raymond Allchin.
In 1987, Joshi succeeded M. S. Nagaraja Rao as Director General of the ASI and served till 1990.
However, Joshi resented a civil servant at the helm of affairs in the ASI and differences arose.