Question: Who presides over the joint session of the indian parliament?

Disambiguated questions and answers:
context: No context provided
question: Who typically presides over the joint session of the indian parliament?
short_answers: Speaker

the Speaker

context: The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Chairman doesn't preside over the joint session at any means/cost.
question: Who presides over the joint session of the indian parliament when the Speaker is absent?
short_answers: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
wikipage: Joint Session of the Parliament of India

context: The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Chairman doesn't preside over the joint session at any means/cost.
question: Who presides over the joint session of the indian parliament when the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are absent?
short_answers: Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
wikipage: Joint Session of the Parliament of India

context: No context provided
question: Who usually presides over the joint session of the indian parliament?
short_answers: the Speaker

context: The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Chairman doesn't preside over the joint session at any means/cost.
question: Who presides over the joint session of the indian parliament if the speaker is absent?
short_answers: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
wikipage: Joint Session of the Parliament of India

context: The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Chairman doesn't preside over the joint session at any means/cost.
question: Who presides over the joint session of the indian parliament if the deputy speaker is absent?
short_answers: Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
wikipage: Joint Session of the Parliament of India

Long answers:
knowledge: content: The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President of India (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or, in their absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, or in their absence, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
wikipage: Joint Session of the Parliament of India
long_answer: The Parliament of India has a joint sitting of the Parliament that is called by the President of India (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

long_answer: In India the Speaker typically presides over the joint session of the Indian Parliament. Should the speaker be absent, Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha will preside, should this person be absent, the next speaker would be Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.