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Dr Shariq Nisar

Shariq Nisar is PhD in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University specializing in Islamic Finance. During his professional life spanning more than a decade, Dr Shariq has worked in the area of capital market, Shariah compliant product development, Islamic finance research, education and training. He is a Certified Professional of Capital Market from the University of Bombay. For his seminal work on Indian capital market and its Shariah compliance, he was invited by Harvard Law School for presenting his joint research paper (in association with Mr. M H Khatkhatay) at seventh Harvard University forum on Islamic Finance. Later on the research was published by Islamic Development Bank in its official journal Islamic Economic Studies.

Dr Shariq is credited with starting of Shariah screening of stocks in India. He has done project work for King Abdul Aziz University’s Islamic Economics Research Center and has been invited by Islamic Development Bank for presenting his research papers on Islamic Finance regulation, capital market and micro finance in various countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Iran. Dr Shariq is a Fellow Member of the Indian Association for Islamic Economics (IAFIE). He was joint editor of India’s famous Islamic Economics Bulletin for five years (2000-2005). Dr. Shariq has worked in Sri Lanka, Qatar and UAE where he carried on research activities related to Islamic finance.

After returning back to India in early 2007, he helped establish Bearys Amanah Investments Pvt. Ltd. (investment arm of Bearys Group) of which he was appointed the founding CEO. In 2007, Dr Shariq joined some other senior professionals of Islamic Finance industry in India in establishing a Shariah advisory firm TASIS, which is today India’s premier Shariah Advisory Institution with many firsts to its credit.

In 2008, Dr Shariq was invited by Aligarh Muslim University to join a committee which was chaired by eminent Prof. M N Siddiqi, to design and structure Islamic Finance courses with the intention of ultimately establishing a separate department of Islamic Finance under the aegis of the Faculty of Management Studies and Research.

At present Dr Shariq is Director (Operation & Research) Tasis. He is visiting faculty of Islamic Finance at Aligarh Muslim University, BS Abdurrahman University, Chennai, XIMR Mumbai and various other prominent management institutes and colleges in India.

 Major Works in Brief: 	Academic Work:  PhD Islamic Finance 2003  Editor Islamic Economics Bulletin 2000-2005  Editor in Chief Finance Islamicus 2010- till date  Presentation of Research in various countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UAE, Iran, USA)  Contributed articles and papers for all major international publications in Islamic finance fields  Interviewed more than two dozen top academicians, professionals, policy makers, regulators from IMF, World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and other top institutions and universities.  Structured Islamic finance courses for various universities and institutions

Professional Work:      Pioneered shariah screening of stocks in India 	Commissioned by the World Bank as knowledge dissemination expert for SME project in Indonesia

     Played key role in launching of; 	India’s first shariah compliant mutual fund scheme 	India’s first shariah compliant pension fund scheme 	India’s first shariah compliant Re-insurance scheme 	India’s first shariah compliant venture capital scheme 	India’s first Shariah Index with the Bombay Stock Exchange 	India’s first shariah compliant trading platform for National Spot Exchange of India