Ripu Daman Bevli Explained

Ripu Daman Bevli
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Social activist and environmentalist
FIT India Ambassador
Movement:Litter Free India
Other Names:Plogman of India
Awards:Social Media Activist of the Year 2020
Earth Day Network Star (2021)
Birth Date:15 November 1987
Birth Place:New Delhi, India

Ripu Daman Bevli (born 15 November 1987) is an environmentalist, and social activist.[1] He has been referred as the Plogman of India for his contributions to the littering crisis in India and for introducing the concept of plogging to India.[2] He is one of the ambassadors of FIT India Movement.[3] [4]

Early life

He started his career with information technology companies including HCL Infosystems and Akamai Technologies before moving into a sales role for the startup PacketZoom.[5]

Activism

In 2017, he started the Ploggers of India movement and quit his job in 2018. The initiative was named initially as My city, My responsibility but later was changed to Ploggers of India.[6] His initial activities involved raising awareness about littering within the runners community and later he started to spread awareness about cleanliness, plogging and its requirements at schools and other institutions in collaboration with NGOs, under the Litter Free India movement, which combines the FIT India movement & Swachh Bharat missions.[7] [8] In September 2019, he was invited to 57th episode of "Mann Ki Baat", the radio program of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[9] [10] [11] In the latter half of 2019, he started a campaign ‘Run to Make India Litter Free’ in collaboration with R|Elan where he executed clean up operations while running 1000 km across 50 cities of India, in September and October, 2019.[12] [13] The campaign's grand finale was attended by Kiren Rijiju at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 5 December 2019.[14]

In September 2020, Bevli was selected as one of the first 100 Global Impact Citizens by Global Impact Network, USA. In March 2021, he has been awarded the Social Media Activist of The Year 2020 by Cosmopolitan.[15] [16] In the same month, Bevli was declared as the Earth Day Network Star by Earthday.org.[17] Bevli has been mentioned for his works in ‘25 Best Never Rest Stories’ by Mercedes Benz India[18] and ‘5 Eco-Warriors Conquering Climate Change in India' by the Oxygen project.[19] During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Bevli initiated the "Plastic Upvaas" campaign to spread awareness about requirement of usage of reusable fabric masks instead of surgical masks to finally minimize the plastic usage.[2] [20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Ripu Daman Bevli Who Made Plogging Popular In India. 2021-06-01. NDTV.com.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-13. Cleaning up is not enough, we have to stop littering: Ripu Daman Bevli. 2021-06-01. The Indian Express. en.
  3. Web site: Shri Kiren Rijiju announces Ripu Daman Bevli as Plogging Ambassador of India on 50th Fit India Plogging Run. 2021-06-01. pib.gov.in.
  4. Web site: 2019-12-09. Country's First Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli Felicitated By Central Government As Fit India Ambassador For Plogging News. 2021-06-01. NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India. en-US.
  5. Web site: admin. Ripu Daman Bevli Aka Plogman of India Wins The Social Media Activist of the Year Award Passionate In Marketing. 2021-06-01. en-US.
  6. Web site: IANS. 2020-09-21. Plogging: A step into a cleaner, healthier future. 2021-06-01. National Herald. en.
  7. News: Mathew. Sunalini. 2019-07-29. This 31-year-old will 'plog' across 50 cities. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-06-01. 0971-751X.
  8. Web site: Leave your footprints, but not carbon: Ripu Daman Bevli on visualising 'littre free India'. 2021-06-01. The New Indian Express.
  9. Web site: Modi congratulates India's first plogger Ripudaman for initiative to make country litter-free. 2021-06-01. ANI News. en.
  10. Web site: Mann ki Baat: PM appreciates 'plogging'; 'run to make India litter-free', says plogger Ripu Daman. 2021-06-01. www.timesnownews.com. en.
  11. News: ANI. 2019-09-29. Modi congratulates India's first plogger Ripudaman for initiative to make country litter-free. Business Standard India. 2021-06-01.
  12. Web site: WB: Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli comes to Kolkata under 'Run to Make India Litter Free' mission. 2021-06-01. ANI News. en.
  13. Web site: Kutubuddin. Tasneem Akbari. 2019-09-11. Meet the plogman of India. 2021-06-01. Deccan Chronicle. en.
  14. Web site: Delhi: Kiren Rijiju participates in grand finale of RElan run at JLN stadium. 2021-06-01. ANI News. en.
  15. Web site: Batra. Muskaan. Deepika Padukone and Aayushmann Khuranna Influencer Of The Year: Cosmo India Blogger Awards 2020 Complete list of winners in all categories, check it out! - The Silly TV. 2021-06-01. en-US.
  16. Web site: Cosmo India Blogger Awards 2020: Complete list of winners in all categories, check here. 2021-06-01. Newsd.in. en.
  17. Web site: Desk. The News. 2021-03-09. Earth Day Org honors Ripu Daman Bevli with 'Earth Day Network Star' award. 2021-06-01. MediaBrief. en-US.
  18. Web site: Best Never Rest. 2021-06-01. Mercedes Benz.
  19. Web site: 2020-07-10. TOP's 5 Eco-Warriors Conquering Climate Change in India. 2021-06-01. The Oxygen Project. en.
  20. Web site: 2020-06-05. World Environment Day 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic Has Thwarted The Fight Against Single-Use Plastic, Say Experts News. 2021-06-01. NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India. en-US.

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