Kumudben Manishankar Joshi (31 January 1934 – 14 March 2022) was an Indian politician and Deputy Minister in Government of India headed by Indira Gandhi.

She was the Governor of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from 26 November 1985 to 7 February 1990.

Soon after taking charge, she travelled to all the state's 23 districts and often outside, to create a record of sorts - that of being more active than her 13 predecessors in Hyderabad's Raj Bhavan.

N. T. Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister and his partymen saw this as an attempt by Joshi to build a stronger base for the Congress.

Joshi reacted by granting a number of interviews to local newspapers in Hyderabad.