ALI EHSAN 730 High St, Easton, PA 18042, United States

+1 610 659 1754 | ehsana@lafayette.edu | ehsan@thinkersweb.org

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ehsanali1643 Website: ehsan.thinkersweb.org

EDUCATION

Lafayette College Easton, PA

A.B. Degree in Economics with Certificate in Financial Policy and Analysis on E. Maxham Scholarship June 2020

Key Coursework: Introduction to Microeconomics | Introduction to Macroeconomics | Multivariable

Calculus for Social Sciences | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations | Applied Statistics | Financial

Accounting | Intermediate Microeconomics

Leadership: Founder & President, Lafayette College Social Business Investment Club | Co-founder &

Mentor, Lafayette College Social Business Circle | General Member, Lafayette College Investment Club | Co-

founder and Trainer, Lafayette College Idea-storming Session | Curator at Ali’s Wall

Teamwork: team member of Lafayette College team at the AdamStart Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016 |

team member of the Lafayette College team “Zakat Management System” at the Ideas for Action Youth

Competition, 2016 | team member of the Lafayette College team “Team Marquis” at L'Oréal Brandstorm, 2017

ADROIT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGE Dhaka, Bangladesh

IAL Diploma on full merit scholarship May 2015

Honors Coursework: 4As in AS Level | 3As in Advanced Level

Leadership: Facilitator, Adroit International School Entrepreneurs Club | Organizer, Independence Day

event at Adroit International School and College, 2015 | Organizer, Proud to be Bangladeshi campaign

Teamwork: team leader for Dhaka College Science Festival, 2014 | organized and volunteered for the

ThinkersWeb Talent Scouting Survey

MAPLE LEAF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Dhaka, Bangladesh

IGCSE Diploma on full merit scholarship May 2012

Honors Coursework: 7A*s & 1A in IGCSE

Leadership: Co-founder & President, MLIS Patriot’s Club | Organizer, MLIS Intra School Science

Olympiad, 2012

Teamwork: team leader for Scholastica Inter-school Science Olympiad, 2012 | Team leader for Dhaka

College Science Festival, 2012

Awards & Distinctions

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, 2015 Cambridge University Press Bronze Medalist 2015

International Anti-corruption Logo Making Competition German Embassy Dhaka First Runner-up 2013

United Nations World Food Day Essay Competition United Nations South Asian Youth Network First Runner-up 2011 United Nations Essay Competition United Nations South Asian Youth Network First Runner-up 2008

National Astronomy Olympiad, 2012 Bangladesh Astronomical Society Fifth Place Winner (National Round) 2012

National Earth Olympiad, 2012 Bangladesh Youth Environmental Initiative Fifth Place Winner (National Round) 2012

National Genetic Engineering Olympiad, 2012 University of Dhaka Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology First Runner-up 2012

4th National Nature Festival Notre Dame College Nature Study Club Second Runner-up 2012

3rd Inter-School Bangla Language Festival, 2013 International School Dhaka Unofficial Winner (Quiz) & Leader – 2nd Place (Creative Writing) 2013

Macmillan International Assessment for Schools (IAS) The University of New South Wales High Distinction 2007

Quiz Competition: Think you Know Monash? Monash University Winner 2012

Kinshuk Art Competition Kinshuk Foundation First Place Winner (Junior Group – Dhaka Division) 2002

Daily Star Award, 2012 Daily Star 2012

Edexcel High Achievers Award, 2012 British Council & Edexcel 2012

Daily Star Award, 2015 Daily Star

2015

Edexcel High Achievers Award, 2015 British Council & Edexcel

2015

Elmer E. Maxham Scholar Lafayette College

2016

Dean’s List Lafayette College

Fall 2016

EXPERIENCE

ThinkersWeb Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh Co-founder & Chairman August 2012 – Present

Pioneered the Connector Organization Model & Niche-based Venture Incubation Model for Bangladesh.

Launched the ThinkersWeb Social Business Bond and is currently using it to manage the donation of 4 individuals and the CSR fund of a local company.

ThinkersWeb currently curates a network of 5 Social Business Funds, 3 VC firms, 2 Incubation Programs, 1

Accelerator Program, 1 Non-profit Sponsorship Fund, 1 Investment Club, 15 Business Entrepreneurs, 5

Research Entrepreneurs, 7 Social Entrepreneurs, 3 NGO Professional, 2 Marketing Gurus, 2 high-ranking

Government Officials, 1 Research Professional.

So far ThinkersWeb has sponsored 5 Civil Society Projects.

Social Business Youth Alliance - Global Dhaka, Bangladesh Facilitator & Ambassador – United States November 2016 - Present

Increase the literacy of Social Business in U.S. Colleges

Establish Social Business Circle, Social Business Clubs, and/or Social Business Investment Club at U.S. Colleges

Generate and evaluate innovative ideas to spread the idea of Social Business and aid intellectual discourse on Social Business

1 Social Business Investment Club and 2 Circles have been established. One more Investment Club is waiting to be recognized by the student government of its respective university (Drexel University in Pennsylvania).

Lafayette College Social Business Investment Club (SBIC) Easton, PA

Founding President December 2016 - Present

The world’s first Social Business Investment Club

Create a Social Business Fund to invest in Type II Social Businesses through Social Business Design Labs at Yunus Center. A fund of $3,000 has been raised so far.

Increase literacy on Social Business around campus among students and faculty members.

Conceptualize innovative investment techniques for Type II Social Businesses.

TigerBow Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh

Brand Ambassador January 2017 – Present

TigerBow empowers rural Bangladeshi artisan women and was the winner of the Social Venture Challenge at

The Resolution Project which was organized at the Harvard National Model United Nations Conference in Feb.

2014.

Invited by Wahid Hossain (CEO) to officially represent TigerBow Ltd. in social entrepreneurship conferences.

Will represent TigerBow and its poor artisan women in various social venture and social business conferences.

Yunus Center Nobin Uddokta Project Dhaka, Bangladesh

Type II Social Business Investor March 2016 – Present

Invested in two Nobin Uddokta Projects until December, 2016

Made announcement for investment in one New Entrepreneurs project from Grameen Shakti Samajik Byabosha

Have been encouraging people to invest in Nobin Uddokta Projects. Scholarship Management Program of Grameen Shikkha Dhaka, Bangladesh Student Angel & Fund Manager Date Not Decided Yet

Will launch a project named “Student Angels” at Lafayette College in Spring 2018 session.

The Student Angels will “deposit” their campus earnings in a Grameen Shikkha managed scholarship fund. The

angels will be able to recoup their money after graduation.

I am deposit all of my campus earning from my sophomore year (approximately $2,000).

NogorBalok.com Dhaka, Bangladesh Co-founder and Marketing Advisor September 2009 – August 2011

NogorBalok was the world’s first Bengali Social Networking Website

The first Bengali Social Network in the world; had 75,000+ active members before the company shut down.

Our team effort helped NogorBalok reach an alexa ranking of 9 in Bangladesh in July, 2010

The CEO of NogorBalok, Muntasir , represented Bangladesh in SE-kuwait, 2010 on Bangladesh Government Grant

National Olympiad in Software Innovation (2014-2016) Dhaka, Bangladesh Head of IT (NOSI, 2014) & Member of the Organizing Committee August 2014 – March 2016

The Olympiad was organized in International School Dhaka and was sponsored by US Embassy, EMK Center, Fortuna Group and many other companies.

Managed the online registration process for participants and designed posters, pamphlets, magazines for the audience of the promotional events.

Created the event posters and created the presentation for the award giving ceremony

National University Olympiad, 2015 Dhaka, Bangladesh

Head of IT (Dhaka Division) & Networking Partner (ThinkersWeb Ltd.) March 2015 – December 2015

The proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Education and the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, National University

The preparations for the divisional round have already started

Dhaka College and Smart Trends International Bangladesh will be organizing the Olympiad Lafayette College Social Business Circle Easton, PA

Co-founder & Mentor August 2016 – December 2016

Introduced the idea of Social Business at Lafayette College.

Educated more than 50 students on campus about the life and works of Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Convinced 5 faculty members from the Economics department (including the Head of the Department) of the necessity of staring a Social Business Investment Club on campus.

Trained 19 people on campus on Social Business using materials provided by Yunus Center.

Arranged “Building Social Business” book study competition.

Currently in-talks with Lafayette College Student Government to start a Social Business Investment Club.

Binpress Mountain View, CA Publisher July 2015 – August 2016

Published 4 software in the market place

Sold software worth $1,900 until December 2016 (the softwares are still sold in the marketplace).

The money from the sales was donated to the ThinkersWeb Social Business (Type II) Fund. Maple Leaf International School Patriots’ Club Dhaka, Bangladesh Founder & President June 2012 – December 2012

Went on to become the youngest president of any Maple International School clubs.

Organized the first ever intra-school Olympiad in Maple Leaf International School

The club organized the school’s first anti-bullying campaign

The club (name has been changed to MLIS Youth Club) has the highest number of registered members in any Maple Leaf International School club.

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of Maple Leaf International School Dhaka, Bangladesh Advisor (unofficial) May 2011 – August 2012

Oversaw the partnership between Maple Leaf International School and Edward M. Kennedy Center

Advised the installation of multimedia classroom

Played an active role in the development of Maple Leaf International School Online Courses for the students of Maple Leaf International School.

Internships and Externships

Yunus Center Dhaka, Bangladesh Summer Internship 28th June 2016 – 12th August 2016

Worked as a Development Officer for the Yunus Center Immersion Program.

Helped improve the presentation for the Immersion Program.

Helped decide the required reading materials for the Yunus Center Immersion Program.

Was part of the organizing committee of Social Business Day, 2016 – but the event got postponed later.

Helped the General Manager of Yunus Center with his day to day activities.

Made a detailed plan for promoting Social Business in U.S. colleges.

Was a member of the editorial team of the YC Interns Magazine.

Yunus Center Immersion Program Dhaka, Bangladesh Externship 1st June 2016 – 26th June 2016

Intensive training on Social Business

Exhaustive study of all the available Social Business materials

Meeting with the executives of the Yunus Center and the Social Business Team

Meeting with 10 Social Business Companies

Field visit to 10 Social Business Sites

Participation in Yunus Center Social Business Design Lab

Social Business idea submission

Report creation for various Social Business projects

Grameen Bank Dhaka, Bangladesh

Externship 1st May 2016 – 31st May 2016 Received a month long intensive training on Micro-credit and Grameen Bank Model Meet with the executives of Grameen Bank and Grameen Trust. Went on a three-day field trip to various Grameen Bank sites. Visited various Field and Regional offices of Grameen Bank. Learned about the micro-credit bookkeeping technique. Learned about the various loan and savings product of Grameen Bank (including Micro-enterprise Loan, Credit Program for Self-employment of Higher Education Loan Recipients, Struggling Members Loan and Loan Insurances). Lead the discussion sessions on various topics related to Grameen Bank Model and its product. Prepared report on various Grameen development programs. Prepared reflection report for the program

Briefing about the history of Social Business

Meeting with the executives of Grameen Veiolia, Grameen Shakti, Grameen Telecom and Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing

Three-day trip to various Grameen sites

Prepared reflection report for the program

Volunteer Experiences

Bangladesh Astronomical Society Dhaka, Bangladesh Event Facilitator January 2013 – August 2016

Volunteered for Bangladesh Astronomy Olympiad 2014 & 2015

Volunteered in National Astronomy Camp 2013 Smart Trends International Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Physics Tutor July 2015 – April 2016

Taught Ordinary Level (IGCSE) physics to 5 students.

Taught Advanced Level (IAL) physics to 8 students.

HeForShe Dhaka, Bangladesh Volunteer Organizer July 2014 – Present

Raised awareness about domestic violence and women empowerment.

Worked to reduce misconception about feminism and gender equality.

Participation in Academic Programs and Conferences

6th Social Business Day, 2015

7th Social Business Day, 2016 (Postponed)

Yunus Center Regular Social Business Design Lab

Yunus Center Executive Social Business Design Lab

Social Business Pre-Academia Conference, 2016 (Postponed)

Innovation Xtreme, 2014

ITTW Conferences

TEDxDhaka

TEDxUIU

TEDxLafayetteCollege

Publications

“Analysis of Investment Effectiveness in Type II Social Business in Bangladesh” coauthored with Zayan Waziha Faiyad, work in progress, 2016

“Social Business Bonds” coauthored with Zayan Waziha Faiyad, work in progress, 2017

DhakaInsider – Newspaper Contribution • Contributed 7 articles on Connector Organization Model, Social Business Model, Grameen Bank Model and

entrepreneurship at Dhaka Insider. (Link: http://dhakainsider.com/author/ali-ehsan/)

Memberships

General Member, Citizens’ Climate Lobby

General Member, Bangladesh Astronomical Association

General Member, American Center Dhaka

General Member, Smart Trends International Bangladesh

General Member, Social Business Youth Alliance – Global

Endorsements

Brand Ambassador, TigerBow Ltd.

Ambassador - USA, Social Business Youth Alliance Social

Student Ambassador – Mozilla Firefox

Skills

Languages: Bengali (native), English (fluent), Hindi (proficient), Urdu (proficient) and Arabic (elementary) Analysis tools: Microsoft Office Suite, MediaLab

Interests: Travelling, Social Work, Blogging, Idea Formulation & Cricket Other Skills: Static Website Development, Dynamic Website Development (using PHP), CMS Website Development, Software Development, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects