ABOUT REIN
The infrastructure behind people building what matters.
REIN grew from a question we kept meeting in the field: what would change if impact entrepreneurs had the same quality of support as the problems they were trying to solve? Since 2018, we have been building that support layer from Nagpur across South Asia.
“The work starts with showing up where people are.”
WHERE WE COME FROM
A support system should grow where people are.
Vruksh means tree in Hindi and Marathi. It gave us a useful way to think about the work: strong ecosystems gather resources, create structure, and help people grow.
Roots gather resources — communities, institutions, and partners that feed the ecosystem.
The trunk structures them — methodology, infrastructure, the connective layer that processes inputs into programs, platforms, and networks.
The fruit is the entrepreneur — skilled, connected, visible, and funded.
REIN is the same logic made legible: we take resources scattered across an ecosystem, structure them, and the output is entrepreneurs. The work now spans government programs, refugee education, MSME credit access, and a social entrepreneurship community across South Asia.
IDENTITY
Designed for the distance between a good idea and a lasting institution.
We run lean by design: an accountable executive team, a volunteer network of 150+, and an AI operating layer that extends the reach of the team. That keeps expertise close to the work and ownership distributed across the network.
We build region by region. Every program is designed to learn from local context, prove its value, and be carried by the people closest to the problem. Scale follows evidence, not the other way around.
REIN is the interface — the thing that stays when every program ends.
LEADERSHIP
People who build the conditions for others to grow.
REIN is shaped by an executive team and a circle of advisors who bring experience across entrepreneurship, learning, technology, policy, and public systems. The work stays close to the field while drawing on the perspective needed to build for scale.
Executive team
Leading the work from inside it.
Our executive team connects strategy to delivery across the four arms of REIN.
Meet the team →Advisors
Experience that sharpens the system.
Our advisors bring specialist perspective, challenge assumptions, and help REIN make better decisions across programs, partnerships, and public systems.
We are always interested in meeting people who care about building more useful, grounded support systems for entrepreneurs. If that sounds like your work, introduce yourself.
Express your interest in joining the team →THE NETWORK BEHIND THE WORK
Distributed by design.
150+ people in the network
Local knowledge is part of the infrastructure.
Practitioners, facilitators, technologists, and partners contribute from the places where the work happens. This distributed network keeps REIN grounded while it grows.
150+
Volunteers, collaborators, and local connectors
A note on the organisation
REIN is the operating brand of Vruksh Ecosystem Foundation, a Section 8 not-for-profit company registered in India. REIN operates from Nagpur and works across South Asia.
PARTNERS
The proof is in who stood beside us.
Recognised by
Partners and funders
Government
Government of India
Institution Innovation Councils
Government of Maharashtra