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Salman Ahmed

C-***, Jinnah Complex, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi.

MOB: +92 - 334-***-**** RES: 022*-******

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Career objective

To get exposure to the contemporary thoughts and recent research in the field of Financial Economics in particular and social sciences in general and share my experiences and viewpoints with renowned scholars and researchers in the field enabling me to refine my own research and furthering the progress towards providing the society with practicable models that help cure our socio-economic ills holistically.

Profile

Salman Ahmed Shaikh is currently working as Research Associate & Faculty member at Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan. He is pursuing PhD in Economics. He did graduation with honor Cum Laude from Bahria University and MS from Szabist. He is a published author with a book, 14 published research papers (three more are forthcoming) along with more than 150 research articles published in more than two dozen different magazines. He recently authored Proposal for a New Economic Framework Based on Islamic Principles . He has taught courses in Finance at undergraduate and graduate level at various national universities in Pakistan. He had been a visiting faculty member at Szabist, PAF-KIET and Biztek. He has supervised 18 Masters Theses to date & is Referee to Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance. He appears on TV Channels & gives his analytical views on Economics & Finance. He has participated in road shows as speaker and has lectured in various international and national level conferences. He is also Project Director for an academic research project, Islamic Economics Project which was started in 2010.

Experience

Institute of Business Administration February 2011 – To date

Research Associate, Economics & Business Research CentreCo-coordinating research activities, projects and assignments. Teaching Economics and Finance related courses.

BMC Pakistan May 2010 – January 2012

Project Director, Halal Tamweel (An Exclusive Islamic Finance News Agency in South Asia)Financial Research Analyst & Executive Editor. JD included writing analytical articles, focused market research reports, editing & approving content to be delivered on website and in newsletters.

Bankers Academy, USA August 2010 – To Date

External Reviewer

Review training modules & technical content on Finance and Banking on project basis.

Biztek January 2011 – August 2011

Visiting Faculty Member

Teach Economics, Accounting & Finance related courses.

PAF-KIET January 2011 – August 2011

Thesis Advisor

Supervised graduate level thesis related to finance of all students registered in a one year thesis project.

SZABIST July 2010 – April 2011

Visiting Faculty Member

Taught Advance Research Methods course & supervised 4 MBA Thesis & 12 Research Papers.

HIAST (Affiliated with University of Sindh) July 2010 – To Date

Visiting Faculty Member

Teach Principles of Economics & Managerial Economics.

MEEZAN BANK LIMITED August 2008 – April 2010

Senior Officer - II, Islamic Financial AdvisoryWorked in Product Development Department as Research Analyst in Financial Advisory unit. Expertise in SME, Credit, Trade Finance & Customer Services, Capital Markets, Research, Project Evaluation & in Islamic banking standards followed under AAOIFI & OIC Fiqh Academy etc.

ABN AMRO BANK LIMITED June 2007–July 2007

Internee in Finance DepartmentCompleted Financial Statement Analysis amid acquisition of Prime Bank by ABN AMRO Bank.Documented a Proposal on Asset Securitization in improving Asset/Liability Structure.

CITIBANK N.A July 2007–September 2007

Internee in Treasury Operations DepartmentWorked on Citibank’s globally used ERP Business Recovery Plan .Learnt Deals Verification Process on Bank’s ERP & the complex derivatives transactions. Awarded internship extension and excellent evaluation from the supervisor.

FINOSYS (PRIVATE) LIMITED July 2006–September 2006

Business Relationship ManagerParticipated in planning accounting structure of Geo, Honda, and Iffco etc in their ERP.Trained accounting staff of Geo, Honda etc in using the ERP made by Finosys.

GHAZANFAR ACADEMY PUBLISHERS July 2006 – December 2010

Freelance Author

Written Books at I.COM, B.COM and M.A. Economics level on subjects like Micro/Macro Economics, Business Maths, Business Statistics, Accounting, and Mathematical Economics.

EDUCATION

B.B.A., (4 years) majoring in FinancePhD Economics (in progress)ToEFL, 106 in iBT

2004–2008 Bahria University

2008–2010 SZABIST

2011–To date IBA, Karachi, Pakistan.GRE, 4.5 in Analytical, 740 out of 800 in Quantitative

AWARDS RECEIVED / ACHIEVEMENTS

Secured PhD Admission at IBA topping the merit list of all MS & PhD Candidates in Fall 2011.Completed MS from Szabist in class of 2010. (CGPA: 3.58).Graduated cum laude, BBA from Bahria University. (CGPA: 3.63) in 2008.Among top 2% authors of all time at Social Sciences Research Network with 22 research papers.Among top 5% authors of all time at Munich Public Research Archive.Ranked 3rd in Top Authors list from Pakistan in January & February 2010 at Econ Papers & MPRA.Commendation Certificate awarded by National Book Foundation on a work on Industries of Pakistan in 2008.Presented papers in various national and international conferences and road shows.Ex. Editor of Bahria Economic Journal from 2007 to 2008. Member, Editorial Panel for Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance. Lectured in a seminar on Game Theory at Bahria University in January 2007.2nd Prize in an interuniversity Advertising competition held at Bahria University.

TV ProgramsDeen o Danish (Issues in Calculation of Zakat). Dunya TV, October 03, 2010.Live Wire (Islamic Capital Markets). Business Plus TV, February 23, 2011.Emaan Pakistan (Interest Free Economy), January 30, 2012.Emaan Pakistan (Investment Risk & Faith), February 06, 2012.Emaan Pakistan (Islamic Finance), March 29, 2012.

Research Publications

Shaikh, Salman (2010): Proposal for an Islamic economic Framework based on Islamic Principles. Islamic Economics Project Publications: Karachi.

Shaikh, Salman (2007): Industries of Pakistan. National Book Foundation: Islamabad.

Published Research Papers

Shaikh, Salman and Jalbani, Amanat (2009): Risk Management in Islamic and Conventional Banks: A Differential Analysis. Published in: Journal of Independent Studies and Research, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 2009): pp. 67-79.

Shaikh, Salman (2011): An Ideal Islamic Economic system: a gone case? Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Vol. 7, No. 3, Jul– Sep 2011.

Hanif, Nadeem & Shaikh, Salman (2010): Central Banking & Monetary Management in Islamic Finance. Published in: Journal of Independent Studies and Research, Vol. 8, No. 2 (July 2010).

Salman Ahmed Shaikh, (2012), Lessons from the great recession: need for a new paradigm Journal of Economics & International Finance. March 2012, 4(6). pp. 131 – 136. DOI: 10.5897/JEIF12.006

Shaikh, Salman (2012): Islamic banking in pakistan: a critical Review. Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Accepted for publishing in December 2012 issue.

Shaikh, Salman (2012): Comparative Economic System: Abrief review Australian Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Accepted for December 2012 Issue.

Shaikh, Salman (2012): Examining theories of development & policy response based on them from islamic perspective. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 2012).

Shaikh, Salman (2011): Sources of Public Finance in Islamic Economy. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2012).

Shaikh, Salman (2011): Thesis of Religion: Normative Basis of Islamic Economics. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2011).

Shaikh, Salman (2011): Islamic philosophy & the challenge of postmodernism. Published in: Postmodern Openings 2011; 8(8):45-61.

Shaikh, Salman (2011): Critical analysis of MUDARABAH. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul-Sep 2011).

Shaikh, Salman (2010): Monetary Policy & Monetary Regime in an Interest Free Economy: An Alternate Approach In Monetary Economics. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2011).

Shaikh, Salman (2011): Microcredit using Equity Financing: an Alternate Approach to Equity Financing in an Interest Free Financing. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2010).

Shaikh, Salman (2009): Corporate finance in an interest free economy: An alternate approach to practiced Islamic Corporate Finance. Published in: Journal of Islamic Banking & Finance, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2011).

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