Faculty CV Form
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College: Business Administration
Department: Economics and Finance
Name: Dr. Mohammad Selim
Rank: Assistant Professor
Email: msalim7000@gmail.com
Research Interests: Monetary Policy, Common Market and Trade Financing, Islamic
Finance, Macroeconomics, Public Policy, and Poverty Elimination.
7. Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
M.Sc. in Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bngladesh.
B.Sc. Honours in Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
8. Experience:
Taught at Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University, Mount Saint Vincent University,
(all are in ) Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada from 1991 to 1995.
Taught at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada from 1995 to 2000.
Taught at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada from
2001 to 2006.
Taught at the Royal University for Women, West Riffa, AlMuasker Highway 942, Kingdom
of Bahrain from 2007 to August 31, 2014.
9. Membership in Professional Societies:
Atlantic Canada Economics Association.
10. Hon ors, Award and Grants:
Dr. Selim was given an award recognizing him as the best faculty member in the Faculty of
Business and Financial Sciences in 2008-09 by the Students’ Council of the Royal University for
Women.
Awarded "Chancellor's Gold Medal "for the Inter-University Essay Competition titled
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"Manpower Planning and Development Activities" .
Awarded Gold Medal for securing First place in order of merit in Higher Secondary Certificate
(H.S.C.) Examination.
Awarded University Grants Commission Scholarship for securing First position in the first class
(combinedly) in B.Sc.(Honours) Economics with highest marks in the Faculty of Social Science.
Awarded successive merit scholarships--one for each of the following examinations: (i)
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) (ii) Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) and (iii) B.Sc.
(Honours)--and on every occasion the scholarship continued for the entire duration of the next
program of studies.
Awarded merit scholarship from the foundation of Professor Kartsakils Memorial Scholarship
at Dalhousie University in 1992/93.
On the occasions of National Day Celebrations of Bahrain in December, 2008, the Student
Council of the Royal University for Women, on behalf of its students, presented an award to
Dr. Mohammad Selim for being a wonderful role model to all Business Students in the Faculty
of Business, Royal University for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Research Grants:
1. Awarded research grants from the University of New Brunswick for conducting
research on “The Impact of Air Pollution on Health and Healthcare Costs”. This
project was funded by the University of New Brunswick during the period of
October 2002 to April 2003.
2. Awarded research grants from the University of New Brunswick for conducting
research on “The Impact of Healthcare Expenditures on Life Expectancy” in 2002-2003.
Research Award:
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1. RECEIVED RESEARCH AWARD OF BD250 FROM ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN FOR the publication of the
article, titled, “The Relative Effectiveness of Anti-Recessionary Monetary Policy in Conventional and
Sharia-Compliant Systems” in Journal of Islamic Finance and Business Research, Vol. 2, Number 1,
September.
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2. RECEIVED RESEARCH AWARD OF BD250 FROM ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE
ARTICLE: Eliminating Interest Costs in Financing Trade Deficits by Pursuing and Maintaining Fully
Convertible Domestic Currency in Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, vol. 9, No., 2,
11. Professional Development Activities (within the past 5 years only):
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1. Selim,M.,(2010). The Relative Benefits and Costs of Producing Biofuels from Byproducts Compared to Principal Crops. Paper presented at the Atlantic Canada
Economics Association (ACEA) Annual Conference, Cape Breton University,
Sydney, Canada, October.
2. Selim,M.,(2010). Privately Supplying Public Goods By Issuing Sukuk. Paper
presented at the Atlantic Canada Economics Association (ACEA) Annual
Conference, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada, October
3. Selim, M. (2009). The Power of Media and Advertising in Creating product
Demand, and Market Share: The Case for and Against Regulation. Paper
presented at the Royal University for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain, March.
4. Selim, M., (2013), “Providing Insurance Products by Issuing Sukuk with Joint Ownership
and Risk Sharing”, paper presented at the Research Forum Seminar, Royal University
for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain.
5. Selim, M., (2013), “Does the Diminishing Musharaka-Ijara based Financing offer Lower
Risk of Foreclosures of Homes and Bankruptcies Compared to Interest based
Conventional Financing?”, paper presented at the Research Forum Seminar, Royal
University for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain.
6. On 29th April 2014, I took my students to Bahrain Bourse and the students had an
excellent exposure to stock market and its functioning. They became very interested in
stock market and they learnt a lot.
7. Also attended and actively participated and contributed at the following workshops
and professional activities:
FBFS Workshop of Alignment of ILOs to T&L Part One, AB 22, RUW
18/09/2013
SHARAKA’S Women’s Economic Empowerment Seminar, AC 01, RUW
1/10/2013
FBFS Workshop of Alignment of ILOs to T&L Part Two, AB 22, RUW
10/10/2013
29/10/2013
UOB Workshop ‘’Development of Outcome Based Assessment Framework’’, SC 107, RUW
UOB Workshop ‘’Outcomes Assessments Methods & Tools’’, SC 107, RUW
31/10/2013
UOB Workshop ‘’Course Portfolio Development”, SC 107, RUW
5/11/2013
UOB Workshop ‘’Program Self Evaluation Report”, SC 107, RUW
7/11/2013
UOB Workshop ‘’Program Self Evaluation Report”
10/11/2013
( CONTINUATION), SC 107, RUW
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FBFS Capacity Building Workshop (Preparation for Program Review),
11/11/2013
SC 107, RUW
Workshop on Course Folder Checklist & Assessment of Results, AC 01, RUW
5/12/2013
Workshop in preparation for the program review site visit in 10/04/2014
Workshop in preparation for the program review site visit in 17/04/2014
Workshop in preparation for the program review site visit in24/04/2014
Program review briefing in 08/05/2014
12. Institutional and Professional Service Activities (within the past 5 years only)
1. Worked as Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, Royal University for
Women.
2. Worked as Quality Assurance Unit Head for the Royal University for Women.
3. Worked as Acting Dean, Faculty of Business and Financial Sciences, Royal University for
Women.
4. Worked as Chairman for the Senate committee on Graduate Studies and Research.
5. Worked as Adviser for students.
6. Worked as member for Adhoc committee to write Research Policy for Royal University
for Women
7. Worked as members for Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning, Library and
Graduate Studies and Research.
8. Worked as Activities Coordinators and organized Seminars and mini conference on
Islamic Finance
9. Worked as active member, participated and prepared documents for the Program
Review of the Faculty of Business and Financial Sciences, Royal university for Women
for two times.
10. Worked as Supervisor for around 50 students for supervising their final year projects
on BUS400 at the Faculty of Business and Financial Sciences, Royal University for
Women.
11. Participated in Bahrain TV Arabic special Program on Islamic Economics, titled
“Tujjar”. In this program I made comments and suggested how interest payments
can be eliminated in international trade deficits through cooperation and
development.
12. Worked as member of Adhoc Committee to develop KPI for the Faculty of Business
and Financial Sciences (FBFS), Royal University for Women.
13. Publications (within the past 5 years only):
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Selim, M.,(2013), “The Relative Effectiveness of Anti-Recessionary Monetary Policy in
Conventional and Sharia-Compliant Systems” Journal of Islamic Finance and Business
Research, Vol. 1, Number 1, September.
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Selim, M.,(2011), “The Effects of Using Food Crops for Biofuel Production –Are there
any Alternatives?” Middle East Journal of Economics and Finance, 2011.
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Selim, M.,(2013), “Eliminating Interest Costs in Financing Trade Deficits by Pursuing
and Maintaining Fully Convertible Domestic Currency” Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking
and Finance, 2013.
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Selim, M., (2009), ‘The Impact of Media and Advertising on Product Demand, Market
Share, and Social Welfare, published in New Media: New Technologies for a New World,
PP137-148, April 2009, University of Bahrain. Bahrain.
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Selim, M., (2010), “Financing Foreign Trade Deficits without Incurring Interest Costs”,
Middle East Journal of Economics and Finance, 2010.
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