Dr. Syed Ahmed Salman is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University, Malaysia's Faculty of Business. He brings with him over ten years of experience in teaching and research. Dr. Syed Ahmed Salman is a Ph.D. holder in Islamic Banking and Finance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia, and a researcher in Islamic finance, especially Takaful. He has done a post-doctorate from the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance. Dr. Salman actively participates in research and has received several research grants. He has published over ninety research papers in scholarly journals and authored “Implementing Takaful in India: Prospects, Challenges and Solutions” and “Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic banks.” Fifty published documents are under Scopus, ERA, and WOS. He has presented more than seventy papers at local and international conferences. He has been the chairperson of some conference sections and keynote speaker at the 18th International Conference on Islamic Accounting and Finance ICIAF. Dr. Salman has received several awards for his research excellence. Award for International Award, India Prime 100 Researchers Award, Best Paper Award for “Simultaneous Relationship among Market Performance, Risk and Disclosure Quality: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Listed Banks” at International Islamic Accounting and Finance Conference Organized by Universiti Teknologi Mara in 2012 in Malaysia, “Proposed Best Practices of Financial Information Disclosure for Zakat Institutions: A Case Study of Malaysia” at the International Conference on Innovation Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research and Practice (ICMRP) in 2013 in Malaysia, and “Insurance as the Backbone of Risk Management at the International Conference on “Trends in Multidisciplinary Business and Economic Research” in 2014 in Thailand. Moreover, he received 2nd Winner for “Integrating Zakat, Waqf and Sadaqah: Myint Myat Phu Zin Clinic Model in Myanmar” at the 1st International Conference on Islamic Wealth Management ICIWM Tazkia Institute for Research and Community Empowerment in 2013 in Indonesia. Dr. Salman is actively involved in professional organizations. He is a Shari’ah Complaint Officer at Eco-Ethics Business Consultancy in Canada and has been providing his service to Global Illuminators as a scientific review committee member. Also, Dr. Salman was a program committee member at the 27th and 30th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference 2016. He has been providing his services to a few journals as a reviewer. Dr. Salman has actively participated in research projects and grants since studying at the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking Finance. He was the co-principal researcher for “Determining Factors of Adoption and Rejection of Takaful by Malaysian Youths.” Also, he was a co-principal for “Towards Providing the Innovative Takaful Products in Malaysia: The Perception of Consumers, Shari’ah Advisors, and Takaful Operators.” Furthermore, he has participated in many research grants such as “Invisible Hands behind the Corporate Governance Practices in Malaysia, Critical Review of Shariah Screening Guidelines for Islamic Equity Market,” “Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic Banks, Integrating Zakat, Waqf and Sadaqah: Myint Myat Phu Zin Clinic Model in Myanmar” and “Takaful in India: Prospects and Potentials, Enhancing independence of takaful operators from retakaful operators in Malaysia: A Critical Approach, Shariah governance framework in the capital market.” Moreover, Dr. Salman was involved in several projects and events, namely, an Industry research commissioned project for the Centre for Entrepreneur Development and Research at SME Bank Berhad, Islamic financial Institutions, Auditing and Risk, Module Writing “Introduction to Financial Accounting and Reporting for Islamic Financial Institutions,” Implementation of Shari’ah Auditing in Islamic-Based Business Model: A Study of the Malaysian, Shari’ah Advisors’ Opinions on the need of Shari’ah Governance Framework for Islamic Capital Market in Malaysia and Towards Providing the Innovation Takaful Products in Malaysia: The perspective of Consumers, Shari’ah Advisors, and Takaful Operators.

Dr. Amiya Bhaumik is the Founder and Former Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University College. He is purely from the field of education. Dr. Bhaumik is Executive Vice President of the International Education Consulting Group, St. Louis, USA since 1999. Dr. Amiya Bhaumik was Research Fellow of UNESCO, Paris. During this tenure, Dr. Bhaumik has traveled extensively to Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has served as Professor of Business Administration in University of Lucknow, India and in University of Malaya and many other places. Dr. Amiya Bhaumik is a very dynamic personality. He has authored numerous book chapters and has huge number of publications in many national and international journals. He has also edited several books. Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9188-2269 Scopus Id: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57209775120 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Dr.+Amiya+Bhaumik&btnG=

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