1. Name

2. Father's name

Abdul Karim Chapra
 

3. Date of birth

February 1, 1933
 

4. Marital status:

Married (to Khairunnisa Jamal Mundia in May 1962) with four children (Maryam, Anas, Sumayyah and Ayman)
 

5. Nationality:

Pakistani/Saudi Arabian
 

6. Address

Postal: P. O. Box  9201, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia
Tel: Off: 6466139/Res: 6941946
Fax: Off: 6378927/Res: 6944150
E-mail muchapra@isdb.org & muchapra@hotmail.com
 

7. Education

1. High School: University of Sind (1950)
   Stood first in the whole University among 25,000 students
2. B. Com. (=B.B.A.): University of Karachi (1954)
3. M. Com. (=M.B.A.): University of Karachi (1956)
4. Ph. D.: University of Minnesota  (1961)
   major: Economics
   minor: Sociology

8. Professional Life

Fifty-two years of professional life, of which, 2 years in Pakistan, 6 years in the U.S.A. and 44 years in Saudi Arabia, as detailed below:
 

(i) Teaching and Research

:

1. Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota (1957-60)
2. Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1960/61)
3. Senior Economist and Associate Editor of the Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Karachi (1961-62)

4. Reader in Economics at the Central Institute of  Islamic Research, Karachi (1962/63)

5. Associate Prof. of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville (1963/64)

6. Associate Prof. of Economics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (1964/65)

7. Economic Advisor and then Senior Economic Adviser at the  Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency,  July 1965- October 1999)
8. Research Advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah (November 1999).

ii) Editorial and Refereeing

He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of, or has acted as a referee for, a number of professional journals, including: The Economic Journal (the Royal Economic Society), The Pakistan Development Review, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford University), Islamic Studies (Islamabad) Review of Islamic Economics, Journal of Islamic Economics, (King Abdul Aziz University), Islamic Economic Studies, Hamdard Islamicus, Journal of Objective Studies, The Kashmir Economic Review, Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, The Journal of Development Studies, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (USA).

9. Awards Received

a) Received gold medal from the University of Sind for standing first in the High School Examination in 1950 among 25,000 students.
 

b) Awarded a gold medal from the Memon Educational and Welfare Society for being one of the five most outstanding scholars of the Society.
 

c) Received an award for being recognized as one of the ten most outstanding students of the Government College of Commerce and Economics, Karachi, at the 40th anniversary of the College in February 1986.
 

d) Received the Islamic Development Bank award in 1989 in recognition of his contribution to Islamic Economics.
 

e) Received the King Faisal International Award in 1989 in recognition of his contribution to Islamic studies.

f) Received a gold medal in 1995 from the Institute of Overseas Pakistanis for his meritorious services to Islam and Islamic Economics.

g) Shield from the Islamic Council of North America (ICNA) at its 2009 Annual Convention in Hartford, CA for his "commitment and profound contributions to Islamic economics and finance"