Zakat Council consists of members who are experts in any one of the fields: Islamic Finance, Zakat Management, Law, Marketing, Media, Public relations, Strategic planning, Health, Nutrition, Social services, Education, Sports, Youth, Women empowerment, Environment, etc. The Council makes sure that the day-to-day management is carried out effectively. It ensures that the organization is run well and operates responsibly, so that the charity would continue to be effective, credible and sustainable.
Mr. Kazi Mohammed Riyazuddin is qualified Fellow Member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Certified Treasury Manager from Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
He is Project Head of AMP Zakat Fund (AZF) which is run by Association of Muslim Professionals with its headquarters in Mumbai and Chapters in 100+ cities in India. Mr. Riyazuddin dreams of evolving a Zakat Compliant Society and seeks to fulfill this dream through establishing a network of Zakat Markaz in each and every town of India.
H Abdur Raqeeb, General Secretary of Indian Centre for Islamic Finance, Convener, National Committee on Islamic Banking and has been promoting the concept of interest-free banking throughout India.
Was Born in Vaniyambadi, currently stays in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has done B.Sc in Chemistry, holds a Diploma in Leather Technology and completed M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication
He Hails from Leather Industry of Chennai, a well renowned Leather technologist, Tanner and Exporter of Leather Garments.
Written several articles on technology & trade in leather Industry and received awards from Council for Leather exports & Commerce Ministry for Exports.
Also the Editor of Tamil fortnightly ‘Samarasam’. He was awarded ‘The best Journalist Award’ by Islamiya Tamil Islamic literary organization
Current Associations
Activities related to Islamic Finance and Banking
Conferences Attended Attended 100+ International and National Conferences
Written several articles in media and journals, appeared in TV debates and involved in social media to create "Financial Literacy in the Community" as well as creating awareness among the masses the need & relevance of Islamic Finance & Banking in the country.
A Mechanical Engineer and Postgraduate in Advance Computers. 15 years in Information Technology Banking and Financial Services in senior management positions. Worked across International locations – US and Switzerland for the last 13 years.
Director and Co-Founder of a Fintech company – Digital landing platform for Asset finance. www.ecarworld.in | www.assetify.in. Associated with AMP (Association of Muslim Professionals www.ampindia.org) on educational initiatives.
An accomplished finance professional with 20years of experience in financial service industry. Muzna has worked with major MNC companies like SS&C Globeop Financial Services, Citibank AG, Deutsche Bank and most recently being Northern Trust.
She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and currently India lead for process controls in her present organization. Muzna is passionate about public speaking and is a certified corporate trainer and NLP practitioner. She belives in contributing back to society in a result oriented way.
She devotes part of her time towards working with the youth guiding them towards education and professional accomplishment. Most recently she has also picked up on fine arts and painting as her other interests.
Nida Khan is the developer of education smartphone apps that were pioneers in the Islamic finance industry. She is presently working as a Doctoral researcher in the Services and Data Management Research Group in Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust in the University of Luxembourg.
She is also the CTO-Advisor for OneAgrix, a Singapore-based blockchain startup in the Halal economy, where she will take over as the CTO from July 2020. She is the recipient of the prestigious FNR grant, given by the government of Luxembourg for innovative industrial projects.
She is also contributing as a team member of Masdin, an associate team between the University of Luxembourg and Inria, France for management of software-defined infrastructure. She is credited with the development of a new consensus mechanism, FAST, for high performance blockchains and a blockchain-based dapp for Zakaat in Ethereum.
She has dealt with blockchain-based micropayments, blockchain governance, privacy-preserving blockchains and usage of differential privacy in blockchains. Her work appears in diverse publications and she speaks regularly on emerging technologies.
Nida Khan is the developer of education smartphone apps that were pioneers in the Islamic finance industry. She is presently working as a Doctoral researcher in the Services and Data Management Research Group in Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust in the University of Luxembourg.
She is also the CTO-Advisor for OneAgrix, a Singapore-based blockchain startup in the Halal economy, where she will take over as the CTO from July 2020. She is the recipient of the prestigious FNR grant, given by the government of Luxembourg for innovative industrial projects.
She is also contributing as a team member of Masdin, an associate team between the University of Luxembourg and Inria, France for management of software-defined infrastructure. She is credited with the development of a new consensus mechanism, FAST, for high performance blockchains and a blockchain-based dapp for Zakaat in Ethereum.
She has dealt with blockchain-based micropayments, blockchain governance, privacy-preserving blockchains and usage of differential privacy in blockchains. Her work appears in diverse publications and she speaks regularly on emerging technologies.
38-year-old software wiz Khalid Saifullah founder of the Missing Voter App and CEO of the Hyderabad based RayLabs undertook a study to find out how many Muslim and Dalit voters existed or were missing from the voting list.
Earlier, Mr. Saifullah was the Research Associate and COO CRDDP, Khalid Saifullah, Research Associate and COO of CRDDP, The Centre for Research & Debates in Development Policy.
Asif Khaitri is an independent brand consultant possessing 25 years of experience in branding, marketing and communication. He provides consultancy services to small and medium sized advertising agencies and also works independently on various brand assignments under his maiden venture ‘BrandPloy Consultancy LLP’.
His services include providing strategic solutions to an Organisation’s brand, marketing and/or communication needs and problems. He has been been successful in delivering 360° marketing campaigns across TV, Print, Radio, Digital, OOH and BTL. He has worked for a gamut of clients across varied industries – FMCG, Cookware, Agriculture, Education, NGO, Heavy Engineering, Satellite TV Channel, Retail, Insurance, Aviation, Real Estate, Internet Services, Banking, Electronics, Music, Mobile Services, etc.
His work experience also includes creating and designing direct response communication materials, conceptualising and executing promotions and events for domestic and multinational clients. He has a Master in Marketing Management (MMM) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). Academically He is a Science Graduate having majored in Physics from K C College, Mumbai. As additional qualifications, he has to his credit a Certificate in Photography, Diploma in Fashion Designing and an Advance Diploma in Computer Arts.
Hails from Hyderabad and comes with hardcore experience in Advertising. He specializes in Design Thinking & Strategic Planning.
His core competency lies in Brand Management & Brand Identity Manuals. Has rich experience dealing with clients from 10 different industries. In the past 15 years as an entrepreneur he provided his services to MSMEs with focus on education, retail & real estate.
In his long career spanning 22 years he has served more than 400 clients including 100 startups. Moving forward, expanding his portfolio, he is also working on organizational development which includes but is not limited to organizational structures, hierarchies, policies and strategic business plans. He also has interest in psychology, culture & geopolitics.
Zaeem is an accomplished Global Business Strategist and an avid Marketing Technologist. Having worked with category-leading companies including iProspect, AmoebaCom, Qatar Airways, and Google, Zaeem brings scale and efficiency to global business and marketing operations.
Under his leadership, he has managed multiple teams and portfolios across 20+ languages, 80+ countries, and 150+ cities. He has managed marketing budgets exceeding $100m and driven multibillion-dollar revenue year on year. On the social front, Zaeem consults multiple organizations towards management, fund-raising, and cause- and non-profit marketing.
He is a Marketing Academy graduate from INSEAD, Singapore and aspires to accomplish a PhD in Marketing Technology. He is a Mumbai University ranker, a graduate in mass communication from the St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai, IN), and secured his post-graduation in advertising management from MICA (IN). Armed with his credentials and experience, he independently mentors, invests, and harbours a desire to create entrepreneurs out of passionate professionals who have great technology, product, or social impact ideas.
His passion to continually learn allows him to facilitate media and business school programs, conduct corporate workshops, and speak at notable industry conferences on topics ranging from e-commerce strategy, online brand management, non-profit marketing, to digital transformation, and marketing at scale.
An ardent digital consumer and marketer, when not fighting a deadline, Zaeem likes slow travelling, unwinding with a book, painting, discussing new business opportunities, or simply spending time with family and friends.
Zaeem blogs @www.zaeemmirza.com, tweets @zaeemmirza, and feel free to connect with him on his Linkedin profile here www.linkedin.com/in/zaeemmirza