# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/devendra-kumar-joshi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:44:02.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/devendra-kumar-joshi"
name: "Devendra Kumar Joshi"
slug: "devendra-kumar-joshi"
description: "Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM is the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands since 2017 and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA).\nHe was an Admiral in the Indian Navy and served as the 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, having assumed office on 31 August 2012. He is a specialist in anti-submarine warfare. He resigned on 26 February 2014, taking responsibility for a series of accidents, thus becoming the first Indian Navy Chief to resign."
tagline: "Indian chief of naval staff"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1954-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump