Dr. Narayan Bhattarai, FHEA, CMBE, is a lecturer in business and management in the School of Business and Creative Industries at the University of the West of Scotland. He possesses a PhD in Entrepreneurship from Royal Holloway, University of London. In addition, he has an MBA, MPhil from Tribhuvan University, and the Programme in Skills of Teaching to Inspire Learning (inSTIL) from Royal Holloway. Earlier, he taught at Leeds Trinity University (GBS), Royal Holloway University, and Tribhuvan University business and management programmes. He is a well-recognised contributor in promoting research, teaching, administrative work, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, consultancy, and enterprising activities within and beyond the United Kingdom. His work includes supporting sustainability initiatives alongside helping small and medium firms, particularly in the effective utilisation of digital innovation. His teaching interests lie in business and management, particularly entrepreneurship, digital business, sustainability, ethnic minority, diaspora and immigrant entrepreneurship, strategies, and international business.

Dr Bhattarai is engaged in research activities including but not limited to Professional Entrepreneurs, Migrant Entrepreneurship, Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, Diaspora Entrepreneruship, Digital Transformation and Digital Business, Entrepreneurial Talent Adaptation, Digitally Empowered Entrepreneurs.

Dr Bhattarai has a strong desire to expand research on entrepreneurship, strategy and international business. Best practices in the process of Business Digital transformation and major challenges in the real entrepreneurial world. Collaboratively work with entrepreneurs through research projects and help them resolve business problems as well as link business practices into the academic world. Start-ups and firms with limited resources, diasporic and transnational entrepreneurship, migrant and ethnic minority entrepreneurship.