His current research and writing focuses on social entrepreneurship and, more broadly, on organizations’ attempts to balance social and economic demands simultaneously. Imran completed his graduate studies in France, obtaining a master’s degree at INSEAD (Fontainebleau) and his Ph.D. from ESSEC Business School (Paris). A native of Queens, New York, Imran is also a graduate of Hunter College (City University of New York) and Stuyvesant High School. Prior to embarking on an academic career, he worked in the field of public health and biotechnology in Malawi, Uganda and the United States, including several years at the noted social enterprise the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.