Varshini Prakash (born 1992/1993) is an American climate activist and the founding executive director of the Sunrise Movement, a 501(c)(4) organization which she co-founded in 2017.

[5] She first became aware of climate change when she was 11 while watching news coverage of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which impacted Chennai, where her grandparents lived.

[4][5] To help combat climate change, Prakash became a leader of the school's fossil fuel divestment campaign.

[6][9] In 2018, she became the Sunrise Movement's executive director after the group organized a protest occupying U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office asking that a congressional task force be established to address climate change.

[18][19] Prakash appeared in Rachel Lears' 2022 documentary film, To the End, which focuses on the effects of climate change.