Dr Mohammed Obaidullah is the Founder of IBF Net: The Islamic Business and Finance Network, the International Institute of Islamic Business and Finance (IIIBF) and the Manara Development Initiative, India. He currently serves the International Association for Islamic Economics (IAIE) as its Secretary General.

Dr Obaidullah has also served the Islamic Economics Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and taught at the International Islamic University Malaysia and the Xavier Institute of Management, India. His areas of interest include: Islamic Finance, Security Markets, and Development Finance. 

Recent Publications (Books and Monographs)

• Islamic Financial Services, Scientific Publishing Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2005

• Islamic Financial Markets, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, 2004

• Rating of Islamic Financial Institutions, Scientific Publishing Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2005

• Teaching Corporate Finance from an Islamic Perspective, Scientific Publishing Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (forthcoming)

Recent Papers in Refereed Journals & Conferences

• Zakah on Equity Stocks, Journal of King Abdulaziz University (Islamic Economics), 2004

• Capital Adequacy Norms for Islamic Financial Institutions, Islamic Economic Studies, IRTI, IDB

• Financial Engineering with Islamic Options, Islamic Economic Studies, IRTI, IDB

• Contracting in Currency Markets, Journal of King Abdulaziz University (Islamic Economics)

• Strategies in Islamic Funds Industry, Proceedings of  the Fifth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, 2002

• Regulation of Stock Market in an Islamic Economy, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Islamic Economics, Loughborough University, 2000

• Designing Islamic Contracts for Islamic Project Finance, Proceedings of  the Third Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, 1999

• Islamic Risk Management, Proceedings of the 10th Islamic Banking Seminar organized by Iran Banking Institute, Central Bank of Iran in Tehran, 1999

Dr Obaidullah is also the author of "Indian Stock Markets: Theories and Evidence" published by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Hyderabad. His research papers have been published in a wide range of refereed journals as the Islamic Economic Studies (Islamic Research and Training Institute, IDB, Jeddah, Journal of the King Abdulaziz University (Islamic Economics), Jeddah, Journal of Objective Studies, Security Analysts Journal (Security Analysts Association of Japan), Securities Industries Review (Singapore Securities Research Institute), Vikalpa, Decision, iimb Management Review, Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, Finance India, Indian Journal of Quantitative Economics, and Indian Management.