Esha Chhabra is a writer who focuses on innovation, social enterprises, and technology-driven initiatives for development. Last year, she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at the London School of Economics, where she studied Global Politics.


Catching Up With Kiva

By Esha Chhabra |  Jan 20, 2012

Kiva's director of social performance illuminates how the nonprofit has confronted naysayers as it expands its microlending to the U.S.  Read story

How One Man Turns Trash into Profits

By Esha Chhabra |  Jan 9, 2012

Waste Ventures is transforming garbage-and-recycling collection in the developing world into sustainable communities, and a growing business.  Read story

Navigating the Developing-Nation Solar Boom

By Esha Chhabra |  Dec 27, 2011

Simpa Networks, the latest company by former Microsoft employee Paul Needham, is introducing pay-as-you-go solar power to rural India.  Read story

Got Skills? This Site Finds Targeted Ways to Give Back

By Esha Chhabra |  Dec 16, 2011

Sick of the soup kitchen? Catchafire matches professionals with volunteer opportunities that require specific skills.  Read story

Creating Addictive Games That Actually Do Good

By Esha Chhabra |  Dec 9, 2011

Can digital games change the world (for the better)? This entrepreneur thinks so.  Read story

Testing a Start-up 8,000 Miles From Silicon Valley

By Esha Chhabra |  Dec 2, 2011

After being founded at UC-Berkeley, NextDrop is pioneering a text-message water-alert system in Hubli, India.  Read story

Young, Fast-Growing, and Adding a Social Mission

By Esha Chhabra |  Nov 19, 2011

Social-media advertising start-up Adaptly is less than two years old and is growing at lightning speed. Its founder thinks it's time to add a social mission.  Read story