About

Dr. Imam Uddin brings more than 18 years of blended experience from industry, academia, and research. Currently, he is working as a Professor & HoD in the Department of Accounting & Finance, CBM-IoBM. He has earned PhD degree (2004-2008) in Islamic Business & Finance which is considered and recognized as one of the specializations under the umbrella of the Faculty of Management Sciences in the global arena. Being highly demanded in the contemporary Islamic banking industry, his area of specialization was the comparative analysis of the implications of the partnership modes of Islamic Financing on the structures of banking & non-banking financial institutions in the emerging markets.

Besides this, he has done a Specialization Degree in Islamic Jurisprudence, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), and Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking & Finance from reputable Institutions & got the status of approved PhD supervisor in the field of Business Management & Business Education by HEC.

Prior to joining the Institute of Business Management, he has had the experience to work for different institutions/universities in Pakistan. He served DHA Suffa University as an Assistant Professor as well as the Head of Department at the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences from January 2014 to Mid-2015. Before that, he served the University of Balochistan Quetta in the capacity of Assistant Professor in Islamic Banking and Finance from April 2012 to December 2013. Moreover, he served Mohammad Ali Jinnah University as an Assistant Professor, Department of Banking and Finance & Centre for Islamic Economics (CIE) as a Lecturer of Islamic Banking & Finance from Jan 2005 to July 2011 which is not only recognized worldwide for its Islamic banking and finance education but also a pioneer to develop Islamic banking industry in Pakistan.

As far as his industry exposure is concerned, Dr. Imam have the privilege to serve the Islamic Banking Industry in the capacity of Islamic Finance expert for many years.

Dr. Imam has extensive research work and published several Books/Chapters & research papers. Following are some of his research work which has been published by Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group (a British multinational publisher)
Book:
1. “Islamic Capital Markets, The Structure, Formation, and Management of Sukuk” 
Chapters:
2. "Issuance of Musawwamah based card by Islamic banks as an alternative to credit card” 
3. “The Fallacy of Conventional Benchmarks in Islamic Banking and Finance: Defining, Defending and Discussing with Evidence from Archival Data”