Asad Zaman

Dr. Asad Zaman [BS Math MIT (1974), MS Stats (1976) and Ph.D. Econ (1978) Stanford] has taught economics and econometrics at leading universities like Columbia, U. Penn., Johns Hopkins, Cal. Tech. and Bilkent University, Ankara. He is spearheading an attempt to launch a unique Islamic educational process within the umbrella of Akhuwat University, which provides life-skills required to practice Islam in modern societies. He is also engaged in projects for decolonizing the social sciences, and rebuilding human knowledge on Islamic epistemological foundations. He has been the Vice-Chancellor of PIDE, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of SBP, and Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. His textbook Statistical Foundations of Econometric Techniques (Academic Press, NY, 1996) is widely used as a reference in advanced graduate courses. He is managing editor of International Econometric Review and on the board of editors of many international journals. His research on Islamic economics is widely cited, and has been highly influential in shaping the field. His publications in top ranked journals like Annals of Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Journal of Labor Economics, etc. have nearly 3000 citations as per Google Scholar