Nan Noorhidayu Megat Laksana is currently a lecturer at the Department of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM. After completing her education at a secondary school, she continued her studies at the Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Negeri Terengganu for four years where she obtained the Tahfiz certificate (Jayyid Jiddan) at the end of 2003. She proceeded to further her studies at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with the Bachelor of Usul al-Fiqh in 2011.
In 2009, she entered the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM, where she obtained Master's in Fiqh in 2011. Her Master's programme was sponsored by ISRA, Bank Negara for two years. During her Master's programme, IIUM offered her a position as academic trainee for the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge. In 2011, she continued her studies at Ph.D level in Islamic Banking and Finance, IIUM for three years.
As a student, she was involved with debate competitions and in 2008, she won first prize for IIUM Inter -Kulliyyah Arabic debating. She also won the first prize in choral speaking competition as well as public speaking competition in IIUM. As her academic achievements and awards, she was given the Sarjana Terengganu Awards by Yayasan Terengganu in January 2011, Shari'ah Scholarship Award from International Shari'ah Research Academy (ISRA) under Bank Negara Malaysia in March 2010, Invitation for the Bright Sparks Programme, Bright Sparks Unit, University of Malaya in February 2010 and the Rector's List in Recognition of Academic Excellence in October 2009.

• Economics, Business And Management ~ Economics, Business And Management ~ Finance ~ Insurance - takaful, fiqh and usul al-fiqh

Completed

2018 - 2022	Formulating an Islamic Health Protection Retirement Plan (i-HPRP) for Government Servants in Malaysia
2015 - 2017	A Comprehensive Guideline on Corporate Governance Issues in Purification of Non-Halal Income in Malaysian Islamic Banks
2015 - 2018	Developing a Sustainable Model of a Waqf-Based Takaful for Flood Victims in Malaysia

On-Going

2016 - Present	Effective Communication and Its Roles in Empowering Shariah Governance Practices of Malaysian Takaful Operators (TOs)
2016 - Present	Ownership of Takaful Benefit in Family Takaful in Malaysian Takaful Practice

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Article

2022	Moderating effect of gender, income and age towards an Islamic health protection retirement plan (i-HPRP). American Journal of Economics and Business Innovation (AJEBI), 1 (1) pp. 19-29
2020	Developing a sustainable model of Waqf-based Takaful for flood victims in Malaysia. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, () pp.
2020	Examining the feasibility of waqf (Islamic endowment)-based takāful model from the Malaysian legal perspective. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 4 (1) pp. 118-125
2020	Retirement schemes, its challenges and ways of reformation: a cross-border study. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 10 (9) pp. 507-520
2019	Aplikasi Maqasid Syariah dalam sistem pendidikan di Malaysia: Pembelajaran Abad Ke-21. International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, 18 (6) pp. 81-90
2019	Kedudukan ilmu sains dan teknologi dalam menentukan hukum ‘iddah dan kesannya terhadap Maqasid Syariah. International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, 18 (6) pp. 70-80
2018	Awareness of flood victims in the East-Coast region of Malaysia towards the takaful flood policy: a crosstabulation analysis based on demographic variables. Management & Accounting Review (MAR), 17 (1) pp. 45-58

Conference or Workshop Item

2019	Financial planning on health protection for retirees: a cross-border comparative study. In: 1st International Conference on Financial Markets (ICFM 2019),
2018	A STUDY ON BAY'TAWARRUQ (MONETIZATION) FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NATIONAL BANK MALAYSIA AND AAOIFI STANDARDS: MALAYSIAN PRACTICE. In: The Internationaf Conference on Economics and Social Sciences ( ICESS),
2018	A Study on Monetization (Tawatuq) from the perspective of Bank Negara Malaysia and AAOIFI Standards: Malaysian Practice. In: lnternational Conference on Economics and Social Sciences,
2017	Examining the Feasibility of Waqf (Islamic endowment)-based Islamic Insurance Product from the Malaysian Legal Perspective. In: International Conference on Social Science, Arts, Business and Education,
2017	HIBAH IN TAKAFUL BENEFIT: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS. In: International Academic Conference On Business And Economics 2017 (IACBE 2017),
2017	New recourse to flood victims in Malaysia: a proposal on permanent Waqf flood evacuation centre. In: Conference on Philanthropy for Humanitarian Aid (CONPHA) 2017,

Book

2017	Retakāful operation in Malaysian practice: issue and solutions. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-553-4

Book Section

2022	Waqf flood evacuation centre: new recourse to flood victims in Malaysia. In: Plagrave Macmilan, ISBN: 9783031068898, pp. 151-170
2018	Alternative models of waqf-based takaful products for flood victims in Malaysia: an assessment from practitioners’ perspectives. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 245-270

Monograph

2018	Developing a sustainable model of a waqf-based takaful model for flood victims in Malaysia. In: ,
2017	Ownership of Takaful Benefit in Family Takaful in Malaysian Takaful Practice. In: ,