Shariq Nisar
Dr. 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. He co-founded TASIS (Taqwaa Advisory and Shariah Investment Solutions), a
shariah advisory institution, related to finance, based in
Mumbai, that screens stocks for Shariah compliance. His first major work was the launch of India's first Shariah Index in association with the
Bombay Stock Exchange (i.e. "
BSE TASIS Shariah 50"). Later on he worked with the
National Stock Exchange to launch Shariah index for them. He is advisor to Kerala Government's Islamic Finance venture [https://www.cheraman.com/ Cheraman Financial Services] Ltd. He also helped Government of India owned
General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) establish its Retakaful division in 2009. During 2013 and 2014, he served as a senior visiting fellow at
Harvard Law School. He was invited to share his views before the Select Committee of Indian Parliament on the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill (2015). He served as a
non-executive independent director at
Octaware Technologies from November, 2015 to December 2018, India's first shariah compliant
publicly listed company. Dr. Nisar has also authored various books in the area of Islamic Finance with International as well as Indian perspectives. He has been awarded [https://bharatinclusion.ciie.co/research-fellowship.html Bharat Inclusion Research Fellowship 2020]. Since 2017, he teaches a course at the
University of Luxembourg.
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