Isha Basant Joshi

Isha Basant Joshi (born Isha Basant Mukand nom de plume of Esha Joshi; 31 December 1908, date of death after 2004) was an Indian Administrative Service officer and poet. She published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first Indian to be accepted into the "Bastion of the British" school of La Martiniere Girls High School in Lucknow, India. She was the first woman Indian Administrative Services officer of British India.

Early life and education Joshi was born on 31 December 1908. After attending the La Martinere Girls High School, Lucknow, She went to Isabella Thoburn College and the Lucknow University, where she gained her Master of Arts. She undertook higher studies in Britain and then became a part of the Indian Administrative Services.

Her poetry was admired from several sources for its range of meters and "broader feminist mission". In 2016 a niece reported that she had died several years ago. The Jewel in the Case and other stories, Spindrift: Poems, , 1994, Writers Workshop Sanctuary, poems, 1987