reCharkha EcoSocial LLP
Industry: Handicrafts
Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra
Website: www.recharkha.org
Cohort: 2021
ReCharkha upcycles waste plastic bags and multilayered wrappers using a traditional charkha and handloom, thus enabling livelihood opportunities for tribal women, artisans and waste pickers. The upcycled, handwoven fabric is then designed and tailored into fashion accessories, daily utility products and home decor products for conscious consumers located all over the world.
FOUNDER
Amita Deshpande is the Founder of "reCharkha - The EcoSocial Tribe" and Co-Founder of "My EcoSocial Planet Foundation". Amita has worked extensively in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in the past 14 years. An IT Engineer by education, she went on to do her Masters at Purdue University, USA with a focus on sustainability. She worked with CSR teams of multinational corporations, consultancies, non-profits, and community-based organizations in both the United States and India and eventually founded Aarohana EcoSocial Developments with the rich experience she had gathered. After leading Aarohana for 7 years, she founded "reCharkha - The EcoSocial Tribe" to continue the same work of upcycling waste plastic.