Banjaran Surya Indrastomo

  • Dr.
  • University of Indonesia

Banjaran Surya Indrastomo is currently a lecturer at Islamic economics program, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia and a member of Board Advisor, Business Risk and Finance Working Group, School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D in Islamic economics and finance from Durham University in 2019, after obtaining M.A. in Islamic Finance from Durham University in 2013. Banjaran was an International Fellow at Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose (FSCIRE) in Bologna/Palermo Italy from 2020 to 2021 working on project Teologia, pensiero economico e prassi commerciali: feneratio, ribā e tasso d’interesse fra cristianesimo e islam' (Theology, economic thought and commercial practices: feneratio, ribā and interest rate in Christianity and Islam), co-funded by Banca d’Italia. He has published worked in peer-reviewed Journal, such as Heliyon and Journal of Business Ethics, and has numerous writings both in popular channel and in the form of policy briefs. Beside his academic work, Banjaran is currently involved in shaping Islamic economic and finance industry, acting as Chief Economist of PT. Bank Syariah Indonesia, Tbk, Indonesian largest Islamic/participatory bank and as member of Islamic Economic Board, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.