TWO DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ISLAMIC fINANCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE POSSIBLITIES IN INDIA.
Conducted jointly by Chair for Islamic studies of Calicut university and Indian Association for Islamic Economics (IAFIE) Kerala Chapter.
February 29th and March 1st of 2016
At Calicut University Campus
Expected guests and speakers:
PK Kunhalikutty (Honourable Minister for Industries Kerala)
Mohammed Basheer (Vice Chancellor)
Thomas Isaac MLA
C P John (member Kerala planning board)
T Balakrishnan IAS
Dr. Shariq Nisar Mumbai
H Abduraqeeb ICIF Delhi
Dr. KV Pavithran etc.
Technical sessions:
Islamic finance; concept and practice
Islamic finance in India; recent trends and expectations
Islamic financial ventures in India
Entrepreneurial venture and Islamic finance- challenges and prospects
Islamic finance for inclusive growth
Empirical, Conceptual, Research-in-Progress and Case Studies are invited on the following and related
topics of seminar. The topics include:
Islamic venture capital
Islamic microfinance
Islamic investment opportunities in India
Potential and scope of Islamic finance in India
Financial inclusion and Islamic finance
Alternative finance in India
Islamic investment finance
Interest and its role in economic development etc.
The abstract of the research paper must be mailed at seminar.cu16@gmail.com on or before 5th
February 2016 and full paper (in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, Font Size 12, Heading 14 and
Line spacing 1.5) should reach us latest by 20th February 2016. The abstract must clearly indicate the
Title of the paper, name of the author, address, Email and contact number. The research paper must
include Introduction, objectives of the study, primary or secondary data used, tools of analysis and
results of the analysis. Brochure will be forwarded later.
For more details contact,
Dr. A I Rahmathullah Director of the seminar and Visiting professor of Islamic chair
Email : ahmedrahmathullah@gmail.com
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