Joshi

This article is about the family name Joshi. For other uses and people with the name, see Joshi (disambiguation).

Joshi is a family name common in most of India and in many parts of Nepal. The word Joshi is derived from "Jyotishi" meaning the practitioner of Jyotish (Astrology) i.e. Astrologer.

The surname Joshi is an indicator that the person is a Hindubrahmin.

Joshis in various regions made up of Brahmin caste

Joshi in Rajasthan and Haryana a part of PAREEK BRAHMAN.

India

Nepal: there are two types of joshi in nepal. one is the brahmins. the other is newars. newar joshi are mainly in kathmandu.

Kerala

Joshi is not a surname in Kerala

Karnataka

Joshi is one of the common surnames in the northern ad southern areas of Karnataka which is derived from the same meaning as given.

Rajasthan

Joshi/ जोशी is one of the common surnames in the areas of Rajasthan. A Joshi in rajasthan is a hindu brahmin of astrology profession. If we put the various communities in alphabetical order then Dadheech brahmins, Gauda brahmins,Khandelwal,Pareek Brahmins,PushkarnaBrahmins, Srimali, etc., can be joshi in rajasthan.

Gujarat

Joshi is a common Brahmin name in Gujarat.

Maharashtra

In Maharashtra - जोशी may be either Chitpavan, Kokanastha, Karhade, or Deshastha.

Uttarakhand

In Uttarakhand Joshis are Kumaoni and Garhwali.

Deccan

In Deccan India, the Marathi have the name ज़ोशी (dental J) as opposed to जोशी in North India and Nepal, however, it's the same surname.

Punjab

There are many communities in the Punjab region of India that hold the caste Joshi as a surname. In Patiala lot of Joshi Families all they are fruits of single tree. Like Durvish Joshi S/o Rajnish Joshi S/o Ashok Joshi S/o Manohar Lal Joshi S/o Amir Chand Joshi.

Uttar Pradesh

Joshi's are in Uttar Pradesh too. They are living there from a very long time. They are Brahmins. In Uttar Pradesh Joshi's live in mainly Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Agra, Hamirpur & Banaras.

Haryana

Joshi's are Hindus. Are very few in numbers in this Region.

Joshi Lived in Varios Village os Distick Sirsa ,Fatehabad ,Hissar mostly. Machhroli(Rohtak) are fully Pareek Village.

In sirsa Village Nezia Khera have one Budania Joshi Family Nathuram Joshi ,His Elder Son Parhlad Joshi and Little son Lala Chand Joshi.

There are comletely 600 pareek family in Sirsa

Notable Joshis in society

Police Service

• Mr. S.P.C.Joshi IPS;born 1921,Special Inspector General Maharashtra Police now retired from Pokhari Uttarakhand

Armed forces

• General B.C Joshi : Chief of the army staff (Indian Army), from Danya in Almora, Uttarakhand.
• Comdt H. C. Joshi : Commandant of Indian Coast Guard, from Baigania, Someshwar in Almora, Uttarakhand.

Politicians and Leaders

• Murli Manohar Joshi: BJP Leader, from Almora in Uttarakhand.
• Manohar Joshi: Shiv Sena Leader & former Chief minister of State of Maharashtra, and Speaker of Lok SabhaIndia. An eminent educationist, he set up the Kohinoor Institutes in Mumbai and was popularly called Principal Joshi. Later, he has successfully branched out into Hotels and Real Estate.
• Chandra Deo Joshi: Chairman of Communist party of Nepal united, from Darchula District of Nepal . He is the founder of communist movement of Far Western Region of Nepal.
• Late Comrade P.C. Joshi: Famous Indian Communist leader, hailed from Almora.
• Govinda Raj Joshi: Nepali congress leader, from Nepal
• Rita Bahuguna Joshi: UP Congress Chief
• manish joshi: soon going to be an engineer from iit and after that will become a great politician of india.

Writers

• Arun Joshi: Noted writer of fiction in English.
• Manohar Shyam Joshi: Great post-modern Hindi writer and Father of Indian soap operas, belonged to Almora.
• Umashankar Joshi: Famous Gujarati poet.
• Shekhar Joshi: Renowned Hindi author. Born in Almora.
• Prasoon Joshi: Famous Hindi lyricist. Chairman and Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson. India. Belongs to Danya, Almora.
• Sharad Joshi: Hindi writer and satirist, awarded Padma Sri. Born in Ujjain,MP.
• Rajesh Joshi: Hindi writer from Madhya Pradesh.
• Durgesh joshi sugamHindi writer born in ghandelinohar hanuman garh rajasthan.
• Ruchir Joshi: Novelist, photographer, filmmaker

Artists and Performers

• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Bharat Ratna. Vocalist of Hindustani classical music
• Gajananrao Joshi Violinist and vocalist Hindustani Classical Music
• Gayatri Joshi, Former Actress
• Manish Joshi (Theatre Director)
• Tulip Joshi, Actress
• S. T. Joshi (* 1958), Indian American literary scholar and HP Lovecraft expert.
• Dilip Joshi, Hindi and Gujrati actor
• Shibani Joshi, On air personality for Fox Business Network
• Sudhir Joshi, eminent Marathi actor.
• Joshi (director), Malayalam Film maker. Joshi hails from Varkala, in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.
• Chandrakant Joshi, Sinnar,(Nashik), Maharashatra, Figer-Artist [Paintings Oil on Canvas]
• Pallavi Joshi, Television and National award winner Film artist
• Prasoon Joshi, Bollywood Lyricist

Sports

• Sunil Joshi (cricket)
• Suhrid Joshi (Fullbore target rifle) Currently residing in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Mwiti Joshi (Cal Poly Pomona) Currently playing in the Foreigners FC.
• KIRAN KAPADI (CRICKET)

SINNAR (MAHARASTRA)

• Manish Joshi (Theatre)

Social Service

• Shankar Lal Joshi (Pali) Famous Educationalist and Social Activitist
• Sreekara S Joshi (Kannada) Telecom Engineer

Education and Intellectual

• Tim Joshi Founder and Innovation Leader for Synovia Inc. Contribution in the areas of buisness analysis & business performance improvement
• Ameet Joshi Ph.D. From Michigan State University. Currently Director of Research at Microline Technology Corp. Will be listed in Who's Who of America 2010 for his research contribution in the areas of Signal Processing, Neural Networks and Nondestructive Evaluation.
• Abhinav Joshi ( Famous data stage developer)
• Deepak Joshi (Emerging Businessman)
• Dr. Bhuwan Lal Joshi (Psychologist University of California, Berkeley)--Nepal.
• Brijen L. Joshi MD (Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)--Nepal.