Hila Mehr
Hila Mehr
IDEX Fellow
Hyderabad, India
Sector: Education
Areas of Expertise: Capacity building, fundraising, partnerships, project management, education

About

Hila Mehr is fascinated by the intersection of business, public policy, and social innovation. In the past three years, she has worked in social enterprise in India and non-profit public policy and government in Washington, DC. She also writes about social enterprise and careers for various publications. She is an IDEX Fellow in Social Enterprise in Hyderabad, India, working as a consultant for affordable private schools. She is a StartingBloc Fellow in Social Innovation (BOS ‘12) and University of Chicago graduate (AB ‘09).
Posts

Attempting Sustainability

By on February 22, 2013 in Community Building, Impact Assessment, Social Entrepreneurship, Stories of Impact

You’ve heard the term “sustainability,” but have you thought about it outside of the environmental context? There are many ways in which social change programs can be unsustainable. Programs can be designed without a community’s real capacity, interest, or needs in mind. They can provide expensive and unfamiliar tools that community members don’t know how [...]

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How to Change Career Fields to Social Innovation

By on October 24, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

You’ve decided you want to shift career fields to work in social innovation. But your current job has little or no overlap with the social sector. How do you make the switch? Here are eight approaches you can use to help you make the move and land a social innovation job. Have a story. You [...]

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Why I Left Washington Politics for Social Enterprise

By on August 29, 2012 in Featured, Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey

Three years ago, I never would have imagined that today I would be working with a social enterprise in India. From a young age, I was instilled with a strong sense of social justice, a passion for international affairs, and a desire to serve my community and country. I was highly influenced by my pro-bono [...]

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