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Enactus H.R. College · Mumbai
At Enactus, you be the change.
We're the Enactus chapter of H.R. College of Commerce & Economics. Since 2009, our students have built small, sustainable businesses with communities, so the change keeps going after we leave.
Recognised at
Recognised at the Enactus World Cup 2012, Enactus India Nationals, Bhavishya Bharat National Award, E-Summit IIT Roorkee, TISS, Red Dot Foundation, featured in Mid-day and recognised by NMMC.
Seventeen years of entrepreneurial action.
Every project starts with a community and ends with a business that can run without us.
years
Of projects
Since Project Chirag in 2009.
+
Lives impacted
By Project Inaayat since 2018.
kg
Ocean plastic recovered
By Project Sanchay from Mumbai's coast.
Villages lit
By the solar lamps of Project Chirag.
Entrepreneurial. Action. Us. Enactus.
What is Enactus?
One of 1,600+ chapters worldwide.
Enactus, formerly Students in Free Enterprise, is a community of student, academic and business leaders using entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world.
EN
Entrepreneurial: igniting business innovation with integrity and passion.
ACT
Action: the experience of social impact that sparks social enterprise.
US
Us: student, academic and business leaders collaborating to create a better world.
Triple bottom lineEconomicSocialEnvironmental
MumbaiEnactus H.R. College
We believe in investing in students who take entrepreneurial action for others, to create a better world for us all.
How we work
Not charity. A business that lasts.
We work with communities at the grassroots and build sustainable business models with them. Our projects have reached more than seven states.
Build the model
Design a product or service that pays for itself: kits, credits, products people want to buy.
Run it together
The community does the work and earns from it: stitching kits, recovering plastic.
Measure and grow
Count the kilos, the kits and the lives, then take it further each year.
Guided byDr. Pooja Ramchandani, Principal, and Darshit Shah, Teacher-in-Charge
H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai.
Run by studentsTeams that run it like a company
OperationsBusiness DevelopmentFinanceEvents
Meet the leadership
President · 01
President · 02
Vaishnavi Chaturvedi
The President behind the vision
Keeping the vision clear while bringing together people, projects and possibilities, and turning what we want to achieve into a direction the whole team can move towards.
Bhavika Jhawar
The President behind the team
A team this big needs someone who sees the people behind the work. From ideas to challenges, keeping everyone connected, motivated and moving forward together.
Our projects
Two projects. Real change, on the ground.
Scroll through them, then open either one for the whole story.
Project 01 · since 2018 · menstrual health
Inaayat.
Menstrual hygiene sessions with schools and NGOs, and reusable sanitary kits stitched by women from underserved communities. India's first chapter under Days for Girls.
Explore Inaayat50,000+lives impacted
1,000kits each Give Her the Wings
Top 4Envision 2026, IIT Roorkee
New · GHTW 2026
Project 02 · since 2025 · ocean plastic
Sanchay.
We recover plastic from Mumbai's coastline, send it for recycling, and create paid work for women waste-pickers. Plastic credits keep it going.
Explore Sanchay7,000 kgocean plastic recovered
₹1.6 lakhrevenue from credits and scrap
Top 20Enactus India Nationals 2025
80,000 kg goal
Where we've been
Seventeen years, one idea at a time.
Chirag
"Light for All": differently-abled communities assembled, tested and maintained solar lamps for villages without grid power. It took us to the Enactus World Cup 2012, 3rd among 36 nations, and became the Chirag Rural Development Foundation.
11,918houses lit across 297 villages
Aasha
Trained women from underprivileged communities as skilled beauty professionals, so they could earn for their families.
50+women trained
The Peach Vibe
Aasha's next phase: workplace wellness sessions for companies, delivered by women from the community as massage therapists.
2-in-1less stress at work, more jobs for women
Saarthi
Literacy and English proficiency for underprivileged communities.
ABClanguage as a way up
Jalvruddhi
Low-cost water filters for rural families, sold through community champions trained in the village, with sessions on water conservation.
H₂Oclean water, run by the village
Aajeevika
"Livelihood": rural women of Maharashtra trained as seamstresses, making zero-waste bags, scrunchies and pouches from fabric cut-offs.
2,000bags sold
Samudra Manthan
Recycling ghost nets and supporting Mumbai's fishing communities. Its waste-offsetting pilots grew into Project Sanchay.
Best InnovationEnvision 2025, IIT Roorkee
Wins
Recognised, from Mumbai to the world.
Project Chirag represented India on the world stage.
Best Social Initiative for Women Empowerment, among 186 colleges.
Inaayat + AajeevikaSelected for the Mature Stage competition at Amity University, Delhi.
Top 4 of 478 national teams.
Samudra ManthanTwo teams in the Social Business Idea Competition.
Early Stage category.
SanchayMature Stage, at E-Summit '26.
InaayatYouth Innovation Challenge, with UN-Habitat and UNICEF among the partners.
InaayatWinner of the Enactus Cares competition.
For our work recovering sea waste.
SanchayIn the news"HR College students lead 'Project Inaayat' to promote menstrual hygiene across Maharashtra"Mid-day, Oct 2025 ↗
A year at Enactus HRC
Village campaignsBeach clean-upsMHM sessionsSynapseNationalsVillage campaignsBeach clean-upsMHM sessionsSynapseNationals
StallsCase competitionsWebinarsIcebreakersPitchesStallsCase competitionsWebinarsIcebreakersPitches
Life at Enactus
The people behind the projects.
Clean-ups at sunrise, village sessions, stalls at every fest, and Synapse, our first one-day intercollegiate conclave with panels, SDG stalls and a case study competition. Tap a photo to see it bigger.
Join us
Ready to be the change?
Whatever your stream, there's a team for you: operations, business development, finance, events. Come for the projects, stay for the people.