Hamida Mubasshera is currently pursuing her phD in Economics in USA. Before that she has completed her Masters in Finance (majoring in Islamic finance) from International Islamic University Malaysia and Bachelor in Business Administration (majoring in finance) from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka. She has co-authored multiple papers on Islamic finance which have been published in peer reviewed journals. She has also attended and presented papers in international conferences on Islamic finance.