Disha Ravi

Disha Annappa Ravi (born 1998/99, Bangalore) is an Indian youth climate change activist and a founder of Fridays For Future India. Her arrest on 13 February 2021 for an alleged involvement with an online toolkit related to Greta Thunberg and the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protests gained international attention. The Indian government alleged that the toolkit, a standard social justice communications and organizing document, providing a list of ways to support the farmers' protests, fomented unrest and a form of sedition. The arrest was widely criticized both within India, and internationally.

In this Indian name, the name Ravi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Disha.

Disha Ravi
Born
Disha Annappa Ravi

1998 or 1999 (age 25–26)
Bangalore, India
Alma materMount Carmel College, Bangalore
Years active2018-present
Known forEnvironmental Activist
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