Shariq Nisar

Shariq Nisar is an Indian finance professional, academic and activist.He received PhD in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University, one of the oldest universities in India .[1] He co-founded TASIS ( Taqwaa Advisory and Shariah Investment Solutions), a sharia advisory institution, related to finance, based in Mumbai, that screens stocks before inclusion in "TASIS Shariah 50" an index of sharia compliant stocks launched by the Bombay Stock Exchange,[2] from 2008 to 2015 he was director of research and operations there.[3][4] During 2013 and 2014 he was Senior Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School.[5][6] From November, 2015, he is a non-executive independent director at Octaware Technologies, India's first sharia compliant publicly listed company.[7] Dr Nisar has also authored various books in the area of Islamic Finance with International as well as Indian perspectives. Some of his books are:

1.Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance: Challenges and Opportunities, (Shariq Nisar and S Nazim Ali) ISBN 978 1 78536 335 1, Edward Elgar, UK, 2016[8].

2.Islamic Finance and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Law School, University, 2014, 350p. ISBN 097028358X (Shariq Nisar, S Nazim Ali and U. Oseni).

3.Islamic Banking, Finance and Capital Market, used by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Institute as text book for online Islamic Finance Certification Program, 2013 (Shariq Nisar and Mohd Ayub Khan).

References

  1. ↑ "'Islamic banking will help develop entrepreneurship'". Frontline. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  2. ↑ TwoCircles.net. "TCN Awards presented at Mumbai | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Bombay Stock Exchange launches Islamic index". BBC News. 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  4. ↑ Vizcaino, Bernardo. "RBI allows non-bank Islamic finance firm". Reuters India. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  5. ↑ Bureau, Our (2017-02-20). "Insurance penetration will improve if regulations are reduced: New India chief". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  6. ↑ TwoCircles.net. "Harvard organises a roundtable on Islamic Finance in India | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  7. ↑ "Shariq Nisar: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  8. ↑ "Takaful and Islamic Cooperative Finance". www.e-elgar.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.