Chairman, Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB)

Member, Executive Committee, Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh(CSBIB)

Professor Dr. Mohammad Gias Uddin Talukder was born in the traditional house of Bangaji in the Lalanagar village of Rangunia Upazila of Chittagong district. His father, Dr. Moslem Uddin Talukder, was both a government primary school teacher and a renowned homeopathic physician.

He started his early education at Alam Shah Para Kamil Madrasa. In this madrasa, he studied from children’s class to Kamil. At various levels of madrasa education, he had a brilliant signature of merit. In the Alim examination of 1974 under the Bangladesh Madrasa Board, he got 3rd place in the combined merit list, and in the Kamil (Tafsir) examination of 1989, he got 1st place in 1st class.

Then in 1991, he was admitted to King Saud University in Riyadh to study for a higher diploma and teacher training in Arabic language and Islamic culture with a scholarship from the Saudi government. After studying in that course for 4 long years, he returned to the country and obtained a master’s degree from the Arabic department of Chittagong University with first place in the first class. He later received his Ph.D. from the same university, studying the miraculous teachings of the Qur’an.

Professor Gias Talukder joined Rangunia Alam Shah Para Kamil Madrasa as a lecturer soon after the Kamil examination. But he did not stay in the post as he went to Saudi Arabia with a government scholarship to pursue higher education. He later returned to the country and joined the madrasa as the chief commentator.

In 1995, he was appointed as the first lecturer in the Department of Quranic Science and Islamic Studies, the International Islamic University, Chittagong. He later became the director of the Institute of Modern Arabic Language at the university. For 11 long years, he held various posts in the university and was awarded various ranks. He joined the Department of Arabic at the University of Chittagong in 2006 and is currently working as a Professor in that Department.