VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University

Adjunct Faculty Profile

Dr. Humayon Dar
University of Cambridge, UK

Ph.D. (Specialization in Islamic Finance)

Course Personnel

 

Muhammad Humayon Abbas Dar

Commonly known as

Dr. Humayon Dar

Founder & Director General, Cambridge Institute of Islamic Finance

 

Qualifications

 

International Islamic University BSc (Hons.) Economics Islamabad, Pakistan specializing in Islamic Economics

Apart from conventional economics, studied Islamic economics, Islamic banking & finance, Usul al-Fiqh and Fiqh al-Muamalat al-Maliya

 

International Islamic University MSc Economics specializing in Apart from conventional Islamabad, Pakistan Islamic Economics economics, studied postgraduate courses in Islamic economics, Usul al-Fiqh and Fiqh al-Muamalat al-Maliya

 

University of Cambridge, UK MPhil in Economics Studied conventional economic theory

 

University of Cambridge, UK PhD My doctoral research was on a comparative study of sharecropping in agriculture and profit loss sharing in Islamic banking and finance

Work Experience

 

Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, Head of Economics Department 21⁄2 years Pakistan

 

Loughborough University, UK Research Fellow in Islamic Economics & 21⁄2 years Finance

 

Loughborough University, UK Lecturer in Islamic Economics and 5 years Finance

 

University of York, UK Visiting Professor of Corporate Finance 1 semester

 

Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UK Visiting Faculty of Islamic Economics and over a Finance period of 7 years

 

Universitas 21 Global Singapore Adjunct Faculty in Economics and Finance for 4 years

 

Cass Business School, City University Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow in Islamic April 2007 – London, UK Finance March 2011

 

University of Durham Honorary Fellow in Islamic Finance - 2008

 

UiTM, Malaysia Visiting Professor of Islamic Finance – 2009-16

 

INCEIF, Malaysia Adjunct Professor January 2012 – January 2014

Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Research Professor Since March Leicester, UK – since 2013