Ripu Daman Bevli

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Ripu Daman Bevli
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Born15 November 1987
New Delhi
NationalityIndian
Other namesPlogman of India
OccupationSocial Activist, Environmentalist
TitlePlogging Ambassador of India
FIT India Ambassador
India’s First Plogger [1]
MovementLitter Free India
AwardsSocial Media Activist of the Year 2020
Earth Day Network Star (2021)
Merecedez Benz India's 25 Best Never Rest (2019)

Ripu Daman Bevli (born 15 November 1987) is an environmentalist, marathon runner[2] and social activist. [3] 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.[4] He is the ambassador of FIT India Movement.[5][6]

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.[7]

Activism[]

In 2017, he started the Ploggers of India movement and quit his job in 2018.[4] The initiative was named initially as My city, My responsibility but later was changed to Ploggers of India.[8] 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.[9][10] In September 2019, he was invited to 57th episode of "Mann Ki Baat", the radio program of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[11][12][13] 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.[14][15] The campaign's grand finale was attended by Kiren Rijiju at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on December 5, 2019.[16]

In September 2020, Bevli was selected as one of the first 100 Global Impact Citizens by Global Impact Network, USA.[8] In March 2021, he has been awarded the Social Media Activist of The Year 2020 by Cosmopolitan.[17][18] In the same month, Bevli was declared as the Earth Day Network Star by Earthday.org.[19] Bevli has been mentioned for his works in ‘25 Best Never Rest Stories’ by Mercedes Benz India[20] and ‘5 Eco-Warriors Conquering Climate Change in India' by the Oxygen project.[21] 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. [22][23]

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References[]

  1. ^ "India 'plogger'". The World from PRX. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ Upreti, Payel Majumdar. "'People look at trash ... and think it is someone else's problem'". @businessline. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ "Meet Ripu Daman Bevli Who Made Plogging Popular In India". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. ^ a b "Cleaning up is not enough, we have to stop littering: Ripu Daman Bevli". The Indian Express. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  5. ^ "Shri Kiren Rijiju announces Ripu Daman Bevli as Plogging Ambassador of India on 50th Fit India Plogging Run". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Country's First Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli Felicitated By Central Government As Fit India Ambassador For Plogging | News". NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  7. ^ admin. "Ripu Daman Bevli Aka Plogman of India Wins The Social Media Activist of the Year Award | Passionate In Marketing". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  8. ^ a b IANS (2020-09-21). "Plogging: A step into a cleaner, healthier future". National Herald. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. ^ Mathew, Sunalini (2019-07-29). "This 31-year-old will 'plog' across 50 cities". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  10. ^ "Leave your footprints, but not carbon: Ripu Daman Bevli on visualising 'littre free India'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  11. ^ "Modi congratulates India's first plogger Ripudaman for initiative to make country litter-free". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  12. ^ "Mann ki Baat: PM appreciates 'plogging'; 'run to make India litter-free', says plogger Ripu Daman". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  13. ^ ANI (2019-09-29). "Modi congratulates India's first plogger Ripudaman for initiative to make country litter-free". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  14. ^ "WB: Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli comes to Kolkata under 'Run to Make India Litter Free' mission". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  15. ^ Kutubuddin, Tasneem Akbari (2019-09-11). "Meet the plogman of India". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  16. ^ "Delhi: Kiren Rijiju participates in grand finale of R|Elan run at JLN stadium". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  17. ^ 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". Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  18. ^ "Cosmo India Blogger Awards 2020: Complete list of winners in all categories, check here". Newsd.in. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  19. ^ Desk, The News (2021-03-09). "Earth Day Org honors Ripu Daman Bevli with 'Earth Day Network Star' award". MediaBrief. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  20. ^ "Best Never Rest". Mercedes Benz. Retrieved 2021-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "TOP's 5 Eco-Warriors Conquering Climate Change in India". The Oxygen Project. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  22. ^ "Cleaning up is not enough, we have to stop littering: Ripu Daman Bevli". The Indian Express. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  23. ^ "World Environment Day 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic Has Thwarted The Fight Against Single-Use Plastic, Say Experts | News". NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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