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The Islamic Knowledge Management Faculty of Imam Sadiq University (ISU) and The Scientific Association of Islamic Knowledge Management Students in partnership with Office for Academic and International Cooperation and The Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran held a meeting on the morning of Tuesday 17 June at VIP Saloon of Public Relations Department about Islamic Capital Market (ICM).
Special guests were:
This meeting had two parts. The first part was a friendly meeting between professors of the faculty and special guests. First Dr.Tohidi welcomed the guests and introduced himself and his colleagues, Dr.Hasan Zadeh and Dr.Qavam. Then, Dr.Qavam explained the method of teaching Islamic Banking in ISU and an independent search project on Iranian Banks by undergraduate students. After that, the guests started to introduce themselves and talking about their careers. Also, they had a small discussion about some topics like the lack of work on ICM and its importance.This friendly meeting was about 30 minutes.
The meeting officially started by Holy Quran recitation. Then, guests started to give their speech. First, Dr.Amin Mohseni Cheraghlou started to talk. He emphasized that there is too much focus on theories and fundamentals. but, there should be a balance between this and practicing. He mentioned the student should think about the issues in society and try to come up with solutions. if they do not use this method, so, their knowledge will hurt then instead of helping them. Then, a student asked him about opportunities for studying abroad. Dr.Mohseni strongly recommended him to complete his Islamic studies in Iran because it is the base of Islamic studies. Also, he mentioned that some problems are universal and they are in all universities.
Then Mr.Mohammad Azman Noor started his speech on ICM and how should Islamic Universities act in this field. He emphasized that professors should bring students to work and give them enough knowledge and confidence to solve the problems. Then, he mentioned that ICM and its tools could be different in different countries.
Then, Dr.Nasim Shah Shirazi presented about Microfinance and its clusters like price, product, regulation, clients and etc. First, he mentioned the problems and issues in each part and then, tried to give some solutions for them. After that, one of the students asked him about financing universities in other countries. Dr.Shirazi’s answered that universities usually have been financed by the government and fees that they receive from students. He also mentioned Waqf as an important way of financing universities.
Next, it was Dr.Irwan Abdalloh’s turn to give his speech. He talked about ICM and lack of innovation in it. He mentioned we need to think simple about the innovations and be focus on them. Also, he explained that innovations in different countries can be different from each other and each Islamic country may need its own tools and innovations in Islamic Capital Market.
After all the speeches, professors heard questions from students and their points. Finally, there was a 5 minutes clip about Imam Sadiq University.
At the end, the faculty gave the guests some gifts and memorials and appreciated them for their presence.