Abrar Ali Saiyed

Biography

Abrar Ali Saiyed earned his Fellowship in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). His specialization is in entrepreneurship and international business.He has teaching experience of 8 years in reputed Government and Private business schools and education institutes in Gujarat State. He has taught at Center for Environment and Planning Technology, Nirma Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Pandit DinDayal Petroleum University, B.K.School of Business Management (Gujarat University), Ahmedabad Management Association. He taught courses on Strategy, International Business & Entrepreneurship. His papers have got selected in European Academy of Management, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Eastern Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, European International Business Academy, and Indian Academy of Management. He got the best paper award in IIMA Doctoral Colloquium in 2013. He served as a consultant to Industrial Commissioner and Industrial Extension Bureau (Gujarat Government), ASL Logistics, Qua Nutrition, I-Tiffin. His research interests are in Internationalization process in New Ventures, Entrepreneurial firms, SMEs in emerging markets. Currently, he is helping one of start ups in France. It is into solar technology, and it is looking for a manufacturing partner in India to produce low cost, good quality solar energy products for African Markets. He also has been working as a consutlant to center for heritage management, Cooperative Fedration ( of handicrafts) of Self Employed Women Association (SEWA is the biggest self employed women NGO in India) and many other organizations into heritage, art, and culture. He is also a resource person teaching strategy in Management Development Program in Crafting Luxuary and Lifestyle Businesses in IIMA. He has keen interests in social work and promoting local heritage and culture. He spends few hours in a week to improve school level education among schools run for underprivileged students.

Research Interest

Entrepreneurship and Internationalization in Emerging Markets Context: Strategic choices and issues in new ventures, New venture and SME internationalization, Innovation in new ventures, Early internationalization in social enterprises, Entrepreneurship in art, culture and heritage related ventures