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Curriculum Vitae

Name: MEHBOOB UL HASSAN

Present Position: Professor of Economics, Senior Researcher of Islamic Banking & Finance

Office Address: 1st Floor, Building No. 67. College of Business Administration,

King Saud University, Riyadh,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel. Office: +966 1 46 74 110 Cell: + 966 592 877 490

Electronic mail: mehassan@ksu.edu.sa

Skype ID: mehboobsan

Personal Profile

An academician that demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a

good track record of academic curriculum and program developments, graduate and post-

graduate teachings, research and supervision. Worked with excellence as Dean, Head of

Department that emphasis on integrity, social values and morals and eagerly accepts new

challenges for promoting knowledge among the academics and society.

Core Duties include, but not limited to the followings:

Academic teachings and research supervision at graduate and post-graduate levels.

Contribution in the qualitative and quantitative achievements of institutional objectives and goals.

Preparation and development of academic courses and programs at university level.

Ensuring the course delivery and transfer of knowledge and practical skills in compliance with the

cultural and institutional merits.

Contribution in developing strategic plan for academic growth and financial sustainability.

Editor of Islamic Banking Center’s Bulletin of Islamic Banking

Reviewer of renowned research journals.

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Academic and Administrative Positions

Present

Professor at Department of Economics and Senior Researcher at Shaikh Saleh Kamel Islamic

Banking Center, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

form August 2015-till date.

Previous

Professor and Associate Dean School of Business Administration at Al-Dar University

College, UAE from May 2013-August 2015.

Professor and Dean of Business Administration at Sindh Madressatul Islam University,

Karachi-Pakistan 2012-2013.

Foreign Professor under FFHP of HEC, International Institute of Islamic Economics,

International Islamic University, Islamabad and Applied Economics Research Center (AERC)

University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan for the period 2010-2012.

Research Experience

Senior Researcher H.H. Shaikh Saleh Kamel Islamic Banking Center, King Saud University,

Riyadh. From August 2015-till date.

Project Research Member, Kyoto Center for Islamic Area Studies (KIAS) Islamic Economics

and Finance Wing at Kyoto University Japan 2008-to date.

Project Research Member for Islamic Banking and Finance Studies, Institute of Developing

Economies (IDE), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Tokyo, Japan 2008-2010.

JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University,

Kyoto, Japan on Islamic Banking and Finance. 2008-2010.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University, Japan 2007-2008.

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Research Dissertation and Thesis Supervision at Post-Graduates and Ph.D.

Approved Supervisor for M. Phil and PhD level research Higher Education Commission

(HEC), Pakistan.

External expert for PhD theses evaluation and dossiers for the appointment and promotion of

faculty at the Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QAMS, Quaid-i-Azam

University, Islamabad-Pakistan.

External Examiner for PhD Thesis, Birla Institute of Technology, India.

External Examiner for PhD Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Achievements in Academic Curriculum and Program Developments

Worked for the improvement and development of PhD (Economics) program at Department of

Economics, King Saud University.

Developed the Bachelor and Master level programs in Business Administration and Islamic

Banking & Finance at Al-Dar University College and Al-Khawarizmi International University

College, United Arab Emirates.

Developed the BBA and MBA (Regular and Executive) Programs and the curriculums at Sindh

Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Accreditation of the Institutes and Programs

Worked as member team worked for achieving the AACSB and National Accreditation

Certificates of Saudi Arabia.

Worked for licensing and accreditation of of BBA Program by the Ministry of Higher

Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) at Al-Dar University College, UAE.

Al-Khawarizmi International University College, got approval and the accreditation of BBA

Program by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) United

Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Member of Professional Research Bodies

Member, World Economics Association, UK

Member, The Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics, USA

Member, The Saudi Economic Association, KSA

Member, Islamic Economics and Finance Studies Society, Kyoto University, Japan

Member, Nagoya Society of Economics, Nagoya City University, Japan

Member, Islamic Banking and Finance Studies, Karachi, Pakistan

Member, Islamic Banking and Finance Studies Wing, Kyoto University, Japan

Member, Pakistan Society of Economics, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Member, Academic Council, Al-Dar University College, Dubai, UAE

Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Al-Dar University College, Dubai, UAE

Editor and Editorial Board Member

Chief Editor, Islamic Banking Bulletin, Quarterly publication of Islamic Banking Center, King

Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Editorial Board Member, Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics (PJAE), Applied Economics

Research Center, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Editorial Board Member, The Lahore Journal of Economics (LJE), Lahore School of

Economics, Lahore, Pakistan.

Editorial Board Member, The Islamic Culture, Sheikh Zayed Islamic Research Centre,

University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, The International

Association of Islamic Banks Karachi, Pakistan.

Editorial Board Member, Tourism Spectrum, bi-annually refereed journal of Maharaja Agrasen

University, India.

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Academic and Professional Qualification

Post Doctorate

Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & Technology

(JSPS) at Graduate School of Asian & African Area Studies, Kyoto

University, Japan

2008-10

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

2004-07

Master of Economics (M.A.)

Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

2002-04

Post-Graduation Research Diploma

Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

2000-02

Studies in Management (Not completed)

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

1997-98

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

1995

Courses Taught at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels

Principles of Economics Business Economics Financial Economics

Comparative Economics Micro and

Macroeconomics

Monetary Economics

Development Economics Leadership and Business

Management

Ethics and Moralities in Business

Managerial Economics Advanced Economic

Analysis

Islamic Banking and Finance and

Takaful and Insurance

Research Methodology in

Economics and Business

Consumer Behaviour and

Microeconomic Analysis

Social Behaviour and

Macroeconomics Analysis

Achievements of Academic Grants and Financial Awards

JSPS Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of

Science (JSPS), Japan for the period 2008-2010.

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Travel Grant for participation in Harvard Islamic Finance Forum USA from ASAFA,

Kyoto University, 2010.

Travel Grant for Research Studies, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo 2009.

Travel Grant for participation International Conference, New Horizons in Islamic Area

Studies: Identities, Coexistence and Globalization, held at Cairo, Egypt, from Kyoto

University, Japan 2009.

Travel Grant for Research Studies to UK from Graduate School of Asian and African Area

Studies, Kyoto University, Japan 2009.

Travel Grant for Research Studies to Pakistan from Nagoya City University, Japan 2006.

Travel Grant for Research Studies to UK from Nagoya City University, Japan 2004.

MEXT (Merit-Based) Scholarship from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and

Technology, (Monbusho / MEXT) Japan 2004-2007.

Merit-Based Scholarship at Nagoya City University from Nihon Gaishi Kabushiki Kaishya

(NGK, Insulation Co.), Japan 2003-2005.

Merit-Based Scholarship from Istanbul Metropolitan Corporation, Turkey 1997-1998.

Research Papers Published in National and International Journals

1. Shujaat M. S., Fadillah M., Imamuddin, Mehboob-ul Hassan & Ghulam M., (2017) “Islamic

Finance a Commercial Funding or Finance as worship?”, Pakistan Business Review (PBR),

Vol. 21 No.1. (Accepted for publication in April 2019).

2. Mehboob-ul Hassan, Nauman K., Md Fouad Bin Amin, Imran Khokhar (2017), “Measuring

the Performance of Islamic Banks in Saudi Arabia”, International Journal of Economics and

Management (IJEM, Scopus Index Journal) Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 99-115.

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3. Mehboob-ul Hassan (2017). “Islamic Banking: from ethical premises to secular

achievements,” Al Dar Research Journal of Sustainability, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 21-27.

URL: http://adrjs.aduc.ac.ae/Current.aspx

4. Meraj, N., Tariq K. & Mehboob-ul H. (2014). “An E-procurement usage analysis: a study on

Indian Automobile Industry”, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Management Review,

Vol.3, No.10, pp. 49-69.

5. Mehboob-ul Hassan, Muhammad Usman (2013). “Building the Entrepreneurship Through

Non-Banking Institution: An Empirical Study on the Contribution of GEAR for Economic

Development in Islamic Way”, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 15, No. 10,

pp. 1353-1362.

6. Omar Javaid & Mehboob-ul Hassan. (2013). A Comparison of Islamic and Capitalist

Conception of Economic Justice, International Journal of Islamic Economics, Management

and Accounting, Vol. 21 (1), pp. 1-31.

7. Mehboob ul H. (2011). Meeting with History: A Conversation with Prof. Khurshid Ahmad;

an Islamic Economist and Activist, Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol. 4 (1), pp.

74-123. URL: http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/pdf/kb3_2/11mehboob.

8. Mehboob ul H. (2010). Searching for Customers’ Perceptions and Behaviors towards Islamic

& Conventional Banking in Pakistan, Review of Islamic Economics, Vol. 14 (1), pp. 77-102.

9. Mehboob ul H. (2010). Islamic Approach of Economics: Some Discourses on Khurshid

Ahmad’s Vision of Socio-Economic Order, Self-Reliance and Economic Development,

Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 216-240

URL: http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/pdf/kb3_2/11mehboob.

10. Mehboob ul H. (2010). Islamic and Conventional Banking: Analysis of Patronage Behavior

and Perceptions of Pakistani Customers, The Islamic Culture. Vol. 22, pp. 1-43.

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11. Mehboob ul H. (2009). Prospect for Islamic Banks for Financing in Small and Medium

Enterprises via Pakistan Post Offices in Rural and Suburban Areas, Journal of Islamic

Banking &Finance, Vol. 26 (1), pp. 79-96.

12. Mehboob ul H. (2008). Microfinance in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in

Pakistan: Practices and Problems in the Prevailing System and Prospects for Islamic Finance,

Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol.2 (1), pp. 213-23

13. URL: http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/pdf/kb2_1/14mehboob.

14. Mehboob ul H. (2008). The Islamization of the Economy and the Development of Islamic

banking in Pakistan, Journal of Islamic Banking &Finance, Vol. 25 (3), pp. 16-40.

15. Mehboob ul H. (2008). Bank in Focus: Meezan Islamic Bank of Pakistan, An analytical study

from Account Holders’ Perspective, Journal of Islamic Banking &Finance, Vol. 25 (1), pp.

79-104.

16. Mehboob ul H. (2008). The Islamization of the Economy and the Development of Islamic

banking in Pakistan, Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol. 1 (2), pp. 92-109. URL:

http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/pdf/kb1_2/09mehboob.

17. Mehboob ul H. (2008). Establishment, Development and Market Sharing of Islamic Banking

in Pakistan: An experience of Meezan Islamic Bank, OIKONOMIKA, Vol. 44 (3-4), pp. 209-

234.

18. URL: http://www.econ.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/~oikono/englishtopoikono/oikonolist/vol44

19. Mehboob ul H. (2008). Perceptions of Selected Representatives towards the Impacts of

Interest on the Different Segments of Economy and Society: A fieldwork Study on Pakistan,

OIKONOMIKA, Vol. 44 (1), pp. 59-69.

20. URL: http://www.econ.nagoyacu.ac.jp/~oikono/englishtopoikono/oikonolist/vol44

21. Mehboob ul H. (2007). Peoples’ Perceptions towards the Islamic Banking: A Fieldwork

Study on Bank Account Holders’ Behavior in Pakistan, OIKONOMIKA, Vol.43 (3-4), pp.73-

87. URL: http://www.econ.nagoyacu.ac.jp/~oikono/englishtopoikono/oikonolist/vol43

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22. Mehboob ul H. (2005). An Explanation of Rationale Behind the Prohibition of Riba in the

Doctrines of Three Major Religions, OIKONOMIKA, Vol. 42 (2), pp. 153-176.

URL: http://www.econ.nagoyacu.ac.jp/~oikono/englishtopoikono/oikonolist/vol42

Research Papers (in progress)

Nauman K., Md Fouad A., Imran K., and Mehboob-ul Hassan, (2018) A Comparative

Efficiency Measurement of Saudi Islamic and Conventional Banking Industry, Submitted to

International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies.

Chapter(s) in Book(s)

Mehboob-ul Hassan (2017), The Primacy of the Human in Islam, in Islam and Human Capital

Development, edited by Dato’ Dr. Syeikh Afifi Al-Akiti (TBC), Muhammad Hakimi Mohd

Shafiai and Suhaili Ama’amun, Malaysia.

Mehboob-ul Hassan and Mufti Noman Shaikh (2014), Waqf (Islamic Endowment Fund), a

Proposed Approach for Sustainable Development”, is selected to include as a chapter in a

book/proceedings to be published by the Qatar Foundation, Qatar.

Mehboob-ul Hassan, Omar Javaid (2012), “The concept of Justice and its Implication in

Islamic Economics”, a chapter for the book published jointly by the International Islamic

University, Malaysia (IIUM) and Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah,

Saudi Arabia.

Mehboob-ul Hassan (2010) “Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Its way of Establishment, Progress

and Future outlook) パキスタンにおけるイスラーム金融の発展と現状”, Institute of Developing

Economies (IDE) adjacent to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan.

URL:http://www.ide.go.jp/Japanese/Publish/Download/Report/pdf/2008_04_07_ch4.

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Mehboob-ul Hassan (2009), Islamic Banking and Financial Industry of Pakistan: its Potential

and Future, in Hamada M., Fukuda S., (edit) 2010. Islamic Finance: Emerging from Middle

East to Europe, Institute of Developing Economics (IDE), pp. 141-164, Japan.

Presentations in International Conferences with Proceedings (English)

“Changing Trends in Global Development Agendas and Prospects for Islamic Finance in

Achieving the Socio-Economic Development and poverty Alleviation”, presented at Global

Forum on Islamic Finance (GFIF 2017), organized by COMSATS Institute Lahore, Pakistan,

March 21-22, 2017.

“Brand Naming Conventions in Pakistan: Islamic Banks versus Conventional Banks,”

presented at Global Forum on Islamic Finance (GFIF 2017), organized by COMSATS

Institute, Lahore, Pakistan, March 21-22, 2017.

“Islamic Social Financing Institutions: A Proposal for Achieving the Poverty Alleviation and

other objective of Shari’ah”, presented at Global Forum on Islamic Economic Banking and

Finance (GFIBF 2017), organized by the Institute of Islamic Banking, University of

Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, January 25-26, 2017.

“Achieving Socio-Economic Justice and Human Development through Islamic Non-

Commercial Institutions: An experiment from Pakistan”, at 11th International Conference on

Islamic Economics and Finance (ICIEF) at International Islamic University, Malaysia,

October 11-13, 2016.

“The potentials of Islamic Non-Profit Micro-Financing Institutions for Achieving the

Sustainable Development: The Maqasidul Shari’ah”, 10th Kyoto–Durham International

Workshop in Islamic Economics and Finance. Organized by Kyoto Center for Islamic Area

Studies (KIAS) and Durham Business School, Durham University, United Kingdom, August

3-4, 2016.

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“Integrating the IBFIs and Waqf Institutions for Achieving the Moral Objectives of

Shari’ah”, International Conference on Islamic Finance, Islamic Economic Development and

Sustainability, Organized by Center for Excellence in Islamic Finance (CEIF) IMSciences

and Durham Business School, Durham University, United Kingdom, July 25-26, 2016.

Research Paper title: “Does Failure of Islamic Banking in Achieving the Moral Objectives

of Sharia Demanding to revitalize the Awqaf Institutions: An Analytical Discourse in the

Context of Pakistan”, Accepted for SASE 28 Annual Conference on Moral Economies,

University of California, Berkeley, United Stated of America, June 24-26, 2016.

Research Paper title: “Access to Finance: Is this a Right of the Poor or Benevolence from the

Bank?” presented at 1st International Conference, “Towards Financial Inclusion:

Development in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance”, Peshawar, Pakistan, January 27-

28, 2016.

Research paper Titled: “Waqf” (Islamic Endowment Fund), a Proposed Approach for

Sustainable Development: An Analytical Study on Alamgir Welfare Trust International,

presented in 3rd International Conference on Islamic Economics, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-13th

September 2013.

Research Paper Tilted: “A Comparison of Islamic and Capitalist Conception of Economic

Justice” Mehboob ul Hassan & Omar Javaid, at 2nd International conference of Organization

of Islamic Countries (OIC), Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, January 29-30, 2013.

“Developing Entrepreneurship Thorough Islamic Microfinance: An Empirical Study on the

GEAR”, 2nd International Conference on Management and Economics, Organized by

University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, March 2013.

Research Paper Title: “Concept Approach and Potential of Islamic Microfinance in

Economic Development”, presentation at 3 Days International Conference: The Emerging

Issues of Social Science in Pakistan, Organized Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,

Pakistan, 2012.

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Research Paper Title: “Role of Zikri Sect in the Marine Fisheries Development of Pakistan”,

presented in Pakistan Congress of Zology, University of Punjab, Pakistan 2012.

Research paper, “Contribution of South Asian Muslims Scholars in Islamic Economics with

special reference to Prof. Khurshid Ahmad” Graduate School of Government, Durham

University UK and Center for Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009.

Research paper, “The Contemporary Practices of Islamic Banks in Pakistan: Achievements

and Problems to Overcome” presented at Global COE Program, NIHU Program of Graduate

School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Islamic Area Studies Center, Kyoto

University, Kyoto, Japan 2008.

Research Paper Presentation at International Workshop on Islamic Economics, Evaluating

the Current Practice of Islamic Finance and New Horizon in Islamic Economic Studies.

Jointly organized by Durham Islamic Finance Program, University UK, NIHU Program,

Islamic Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, July 23-24, 2009.

URL:http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/symposium.html#durham_080707

Research Paper Presentation at International Workshop Islamic and the Middle East:

Dynamics of Social and Political Transformation jointly organized by Islamic Area Studies

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, August 2-3, 2008.

Research Paper, “Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Development and Transformation”, presented

at Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University, Japan,

Durham University UK and International Islamic University, Malaysia 2007.

Research Paper Presented at International Workshop/Symposium on Islamic Economics:

Theoretical and Practical Perspective in a Global Context. Jointly organized by Graduate

School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Durham University UK and

International Islamic University, Malaysia. Held at Kyoto University, Japan, July 23, 2007.

URL: http://www.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kias/contents/symposium.html#durham_080707

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Invited International Talks/Discussant/Lecture (English)

“Islamic Capital Markets and Regulations,” at 1st International Conference on Islamic Banking

& Finance - Practice, Regulation and Sustainability (ICIBF 2017) organized by Institute of Business

Management, Karachi, Pakistan, November 29-30, 2017.

“Islamic Finance as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development,” at Two-days education and

training workshop on Islamic finance for academics organized by Center of Excellence in

Islamic Finance, Institute of Business Administration (CEIF-IBA), Karachi, Pakistan,

August 22-25, 2017.

“Shari’ah Implications in Securitization and its Application in Islamic Finance,” at Summer

School arranged by IMSciences, Peshawar-Pakistan, 09-12 July 2017.

“Towards Financial Inclusion: Development in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance,”

1st international conference organized by Center of Excellence in Islamic Finance, Institute

of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, January 27-28, 2016.

Keynote Speech, “Public Private Partnership for Developing Entrepreneurship Skills in the

Young Graduates”, at 2nd International Conference, “Business Strategy and Social Sciences”,

Dubai, UAE., February 16-17, 2015.

“Development of Islamic Banking and Finance in Pakistan,” at 2nd International Conference

on New Horizons in Islamic Area Studies: Identities, Coexistence and Globalization, Cairo,

Egypt, December 12-13, 2009.

Speaker and Discussant (Japanese)

1. パキスタンにおけるイスラーム金融の起源と社会における影響 (Establishment of Islamic

Banking in Pakistan and its potential Impacts on the Society) at Graduate School of Nagoya

City University, July 18-19, 2006.

2. パキスタン、イランとマレーシャにおけるイスラーム銀行の比較的研究 (A Comparative Study of

Islamic banking developments in Iran Malaysia and Pakistan), at Graduate School of

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Economics, Nagoya City University, May 16, 2005.

3. イスラーム銀行そしてイスラーム金融の解説 (An enlightenment of Islamic Banking & Finance

System), Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University, May 15, 2004.

Language Proficiency and Ability of Communication

Language Abilities and Proficiency

Arabic Good in Spoken and Understanding. Passed 1st (Advanced) level Diploma from

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

English Excellent in Spoken and Understanding

Japanese Excellent in Spoken and Understanding. Passed 1st (Advanced) level of Japanese

Language Proficiency Test 日本語能力試験 1級合格, Japan

Turkish Good in Spoken and Reading. Passed 1st (Advanced) level Diploma form

Istanbul University, Turkey.

Urdu Native Speaker

References are provided separately