Dr Tariqullah wins award for pioneering, impactful work

Prof. Dr Tariqullah Khan from Morder Upper Chitral is among three renowned international professors declared as winners of the 2022 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics for their significant and influential contributions in the field of Islamic economics and finance.

The winners – Prof. Habib Ahmed (first prize), Prof. Mansur Masih (second prize), and Prof. Tariqullah Khan (third prize) – are internationally recognized academics who produced pioneering and impactful scholarly works.

Prof. Habib Ahmed, the Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance at Durham University, Durham, U.K., was selected for the first prize in recognition of his pioneering and innovative work in Islamic economics and finance that pushed forward knowledge and influenced policymaking for the use of Islamic finance in socio-economic development.

Prof. Mansur Masih, a Senior Professor at Universiti Kuala Lumpur Business School, Malaysia, won the second prize for his original and pioneering contributions to econometric applications of Islamic finance.

Prof. Tariqullah Khan, a professor at the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Istanbul Zaim University, Turkey, won the third prize in recognition of his work to integrate Islamic economics and finance with sustainable development and circular economy.

About the award, Dr Tariqullah in a social media post said: “Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) thank you for recognizing my humble work over the last 3 years in integrating sustainability management in Islamic economics and finance through circular and regenarative models. In such a short time, recognition of the humble work shows the importance of sustainability management as the pivot for Islamic economics and finance.”