Md. Niamot Ali is pursuing his PhD at Florida Atlantic University, USA. He served as a Research Fellow at SAIST. Besides, he taught sociology and development studies at North South University and Daffodil International University, Bangladesh. He earned his second MA  in Sociology from South Asian University, New Delhi, India. He also holds a bachelor's and master's in Development Studies from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research interests cover sustainable development, remittance, migration, Rohingya, education, nationalism, ethnicity, community development, and cultural studies.