Ripu Daman Bevli (born 15 November 1987) is an

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, and

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. He has been referred as ''the Plogman of India'' for his contributions to the littering crisis in India and for introducing the concept of

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to India. He is one of the ambassadors of

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Early life

He started his career with information technology companies including

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and

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before moving into a sales role for the startup PacketZoom.

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.'' His initial activities involved raising awareness about littering within the runners community and later he started to spread awareness about cleanliness,

and its requirements at schools and other institutions in collaboration with NGOs, under the Litter Free India movement, which combines the

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& Swachh Bharat missions. In September 2019, he was invited to 57th episode of "

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", the radio program of

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. 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. The campaign's grand finale was attended by

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at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,

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on 5 December 2019. 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

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. In the same month, Bevli was declared as the ''Earth Day Network Star'' by Earthday.org. Bevli has been mentioned for his works in ‘25 Best Never Rest Stories’ by Mercedes Benz India and ‘5 Eco-Warriors Conquering Climate Change in India' by the Oxygen project. During the

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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.

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Early life

Activism

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