Dau Dayal Joshi is a former member of Lok Sabha from Kota (Lok Sabha constituency). He was elected to Lok Sabha from Kota in 1989, 1991 and 1996. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an ayurveda medical practitioner by profession .
He was born at Kota in 1931 and studied at Sanskrit Pathshala, Kota and Delhi Vidyapeeth, Delhi.
He joined politics and became a member and later Mayor of Kota Municipal Corporation. Ayurveda and Sanskrit language are his special interests .