Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao, (Telugu=కోటికలపూడి వెంకట కృష్ణ రావు) better known as K. V. Krishna Rao (born July 16, 1923) is a former Chief of Indian army and a former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. He was governor of Jammu and Kashmir for the first time from July 11, 1989 to January 19, 1990 and the second time from March 13, 1993 till May 2, 1998.