Ravindra Narayana Ravi (born 3 April 1952)[1] is an Indian politician and former bureaucrat serving as the current governor of Tamil Nadu.

[3] His reluctance to fulfill his gubernatorial duties punctually prompted the assembly of Tamil Nadu to pass a resolution urging the government of India to specify time limits for state governors to give assent to bills.

[5] During his tenure in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Ravi led several anti-corruption crusades against organised criminal gangs, including mining mafias.

While serving in the Intelligence Bureau, Ravi was largely involved in theatres of insurgency and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the North East, and Maoist-affected regions.

[19][20] The Supreme Court in April 2022 brought into question Ravi's action to refer Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict A. G. Perarivalan's remission plea to the President, saying such a move strikes at the "very roots" of the country's "federal structure.

[24][25] In January 2023, Ravi suggested that "Tamilagam" would be a more suitable name for Tamil Nadu and mentioned that the ruling political parties have been regressive in the past fifty years.

The Assembly passed a resolution that only the Governor's original speech, prepared by the state government and translated by the Speaker, would be documented.

RN Ravi then walked off from the Assembly in the middle of Chief minister's speech on the resolution, before the Indian national anthem, which was sung moments later.