Md Siddique E Azam

Dr. Md Siddique E Azam is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Management at the Qasim Ibrahim School of Business, Villa College, Maldives, and a scholar of halal industry management, ethical marketing, and sustainable business. He is the author of "Halal Compliance Made Simple: A Practical Guide for the Food and Beverage Industry" (Routledge, 2027), which introduces the Halal Compliance Rating (HCR) framework to help food and beverage businesses, restaurateurs, certification bodies, and industry leaders strengthen halal compliance, sustainability, and business excellence. He is also a co-author of Halal Entrepreneurship (IIUM Press, 2022), a pioneering textbook on halal entrepreneurship. Dr. Azam holds a PhD and MBA from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, whose readership has exceeded 55,000 worldwide on ResearchGate, and has presented at international conferences, bringing together Islamic values, business innovation, compliance, and sustainable entrepreneurship.