Jamil bin Osman

Jamil bin Osman (; born 5 March 1950) is a Malaysian scholar, professor of Islamic Economics, pioneer of Islamic banking and finance in Malaysia, Rector and CEO of Insaniah University College. Prior to working at Insaniah, he served as Dean of Admissions and Records Division (1989-1999) and Deputy Rector Academic Affairs (1999-2003) at International Islamic University Malaysia.

Biography He was born in 1950 in Kepala Batas, Kedah. Young Jamil received his early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kepala Batas, and Sekolah Kebangsaan Padang Garong, Kota Baharu, Kelantan. In 1962 he was named as the overall best student in the state of Kelantan. In 1969 he joined Institut Teknologi Mara (ITM) where he pursued a four-year program in statistics. In 1985 he received a diploma in Islamic studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Osman obtained his PhD in Economics and Finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), New York (1988), MSc in econometrics from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (1981) and Undergraduate degree in statistics from Central London Polytechnic (now University of Westminster) and was a lecturer in a University of Nottingham. He is married to Datin Zuraidah Binti Ahmad Murad and has four children.

Career

Research Officer of MARDI, Serdang, Malaysia Lecturer, Institute Technology of MARA, Malaysia Founding member of KENMS, IIUM Deputy Dean of Economic Kulliyyah, IIUM Head of Economics Department, IIUM Dean of Admissions and Records, IIUM Deputy Rector (Academics), International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) Representative of East and South East Asia (Director), IIIT Honorary Senior Fellow, IIUM Technical Adviser, Universal Crescent standard center (UCSC) President of Malaysian Institute of Statistics

Honours

Awards Professor Emeritus from International Islamic University Malaysia in 2016. International Gold Medal Award Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences in Doha, Qatar (2012)