Sk Esteher holds a PhD from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, with a specialisation in entrepreneurship and startups. He was a recipient of the prestigious Maulana Azad National Fellowship and qualified the UGC-NET examination. With nearly a decade of experience in both professional and personal capacities in family business and entrepreneurship, Dr. Ali has developed an interdisciplinary approach in the field. He has served as Guest Faculty at TISS Tuljapur, teaching courses in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Before joining National Law University Odisha, Dr. Ali worked as a Research Associate at Tribhuvan Sahakari University, Anand (formerly IRMA), where he was involved in government-sponsored research and development projects. He also held the position of Research Associate at Indiana University, South Bend, USA. His research interests focus on entrepreneurship and regional development. His work has resulted in several publications at both national and international levels. He is passionate about teaching, research, and consultancy in the areas of entrepreneurship and startups.
Research Interests:
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Social Enterprise, Innovation, Regional Development, Industrial Cluster, MSMEs
Subject Taught:
Entrepreneurship, Funding for Entrepreneurs, Social Enterprises, Regulatory Framework for Social Enterprises, Fundraising for Social Enterprises.
PhD (TISS Mumbai), M.Phil. (TISS Mumbai)
Research Articles
- Sk Esteher Ali, Gopinath, P. (2022) Impact of COVID 19 to the MSMEs Cluster workers: An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurial Cluster. Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship, ISSN 2229-5348, Jan-Mar 2022, Vol. 16, No. 1 (VI), pp. 186-196.
- Sk Esteher Ali, Gopinath, P. (2022), The Empirical Study on Role of MSMEs Cluster to the Local Economic Development, Delhi Business Review, ISSN 2277-7725, Vol. 23, No. 2, July- Dec 2022. DOI: 10.51768/dbr.v23i2.232202206
- Sk Esteher Ali (2018), Locational Factor and Market Flexibility of Cluster : A case Study of Shuttlecock Cluster, Howrah, West Bengal. MEETHAQ, ISSN 2395-132X, April, Kashmir, pp. 1-8.
Book Chapters
- Sk Esteher Ali & Gopinath, P. (2024) Possibilities of Innovation Practices in Informal Manufacturing MSME Cluster, India’s G20 Presidency: Scope for Strengthening Peace and Sustainable Development, Nirmala Academic and Research Publications, ISBN – 978-81-966264-0-2, Vol. 1, 2023, Kerala, pp. 33-65.
- Sk Esteher Ali & Gopinath , P. (2018) Decent Work and Socio-Economic Mobility: A case Study of Shuttlecock Cluster, Howrah, West Bengal. Development and Exclusion in India, (eds) Rajarshi Majumder and Suchismita Mondal Sarkar, Segment Books, ISBN – 978-93-81513-15-5, August, New Delhi, pp. 45-71.
Selected/Presented papers for Conferences
Esteher, Sk, & Perumula G. (2023). Possibilities of Innovation in Informal Manufacturing
MSME Clusters. In National Seminar on India’s G20 Presidency: Scope for Strengthening
Peace and Sustainable Development, Oct. 2023, Kerala
Esteher, Sk. (2023). Accessing Higher Education: Social background of Muslim Youths Pursuing Education at Premier Institutions in India. In Education in Muslim Societies: Implications for Policy, Pedagogy, Training, and Development. Nov. 2022, Washington D.C.
Esteher, Sk. & Perumula G. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 to the MSMEs Cluster Workers: An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurship Cluster. In International Conference on Sustainable Strategies for the New Normal, Mar 2022, Bangalore
Esteher, Sk. & Perumula G. (2022). The Empirical Study on Role of MSMEs Cluster to the Local Economic Development. In XXIII Annual International Conference (Entrepreneurship, Employability & Sustainable Development), DSPSR, Jan. 2022 Delhi.
Esteher, Sk. (2018). Struggle of Local Industrial Cluster with MNC’s: A Contemporary Study of Traditional Industrial Cluster and their Stakeholders in Developing Countries. In Political Economics of World Science (PEWS), Apr. 2018, University of Fairfield.
Esteher, Sk. (2017). Accessing Higher Education: Social Background of Muslim Youths
Pursuing Education at Premier Institutions in Mumbai. In Youth in the Globalizing World: Appraisal of the Issues and Strategies in Contemporary India, Aug 2017, Western Regional Centre.
Esteher, Sk. (2016). Locational Factor and Market Flexibility of Cluster : A case Study of Shuttlecock Cluster, Howrah, West Bengal. In Sustainable Development and Social Wellbeing, Dec 2016, Burdwan.
Esteher, Sk. (2016). Decent Work and Socio-Economic Mobility : A case Study of Shuttlecock Cluster Howrah, West Bengal. In Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference, Nov. 2016, Guwahati
Workshops/Training Programmes/FDPs/MDPs
Feb, 2025 Short-term course on Application of Econometrics for Management Research, NIT Jalandhar, India
Feb, 2025 MDP on Data Science and Entrepreneurship Development, Ministry of MSME, India
Jan, 2025 FDP on Quantitative Data Analysis, Gokul Global University, India
Aug, 2019 BRICS NU Winter School, UNICAMP, BRAZIL
Dec, 2017 Training Programme on Research Methods on Gender Issues in Labour, V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA.
Nov, 2017 Faculty Development Programme on ‘Data Science and Decision Making Processes’ SCMS Institute, Cochin, India
Understanding Discrimination and Coping Mechanism among Vulnerable Youth in Mumbai and Kolkata (CO-PI)
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