Dev Sharma

Dev Sharma is a British food activist, chair of BiteBack 2030 and a youth MP in the UK Youth Parliament.[1]

Dev Sharma
Youth MP in the UK Youth Parliament
Personal details
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma materRushey Mead School & Winchester College
OccupationActivist

Education

Sharma obtained his GCSE from Rushey Mead School and A-Levels, History, Geography, Economics and EPQ from Winchester College.[2][3]

Career

Sharma is a food activist and began a campaign for the world's first total online ban in junk food marketing.[4][5] He wrote an open online letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking that young people in his community could select the kind of food to eat without the nonstop corporate pressure.[6][7] His campaign was supported by numerous celebrities and was included by the government in the Queen's speech. He is an ambassador for the Food Foundation and its Children's Right2Food Initiative.[8][9]

References
  1. "BBC Sounds - We Can Change The World, Food Insecurity with Dev Sharma". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. "Dev Sharma: British-Indian teen championing food poverty activism". Global Indian Youth. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. "Dev Sharma, a 17 Year-old British-Indian Activist Addressed the House of Commons, Calling ... - Latest Tweet by IANS India | 📰 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  4. https://www.ptinews.com/news/international/british-indian-youth-activist-speaks-on-climate-change-in-uk-parliament/468745.html
  5. Shobowale, by Sali (2022-11-30). "Young activist delivers climate change speech in House of Commons". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  6. "Dev Sharma: British-Indian teen championing food poverty activism". Global Indian Youth. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  7. "Lost in lockdown: The city that can't shake off Covid". The Telegraph. 2021-02-20. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  8. "Marcus Rashford: Food voucher U-turn after footballer's campaign". BBC News. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  9. "Children's Right2Food | Food Foundation". foodfoundation.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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