Professor Dato' Dr. Sidek Baba was born in Malacca in 1946. His earlier schooling was in Malacca and later entered Teachers Training College in Tg. Malim. He did his first Degree in Malay Studies at the University of Malaya and Diploma in Islamic Studies at the National University of Malaysia. Later he completed his Masters and Ph.D. in the areas of Comparative Education and Policy Studies in the United States of America.

He was a teacher for 18 years and worked as a lecturer in Aminuddin Baki Institute, Genting Highlands for 5 years. He joined International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 1992 as Deputy Dean Academic Affairs and later as the Dean of the Matriculation Centre. In 1994 he was appointed as the Deputy Rector of IIUM (Student Affairs) cum the Acting Dean for the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences. In August 2002 he was made the Full Professor in the Kulliyyah Of Education.

Since 1973 till today he is extensively involved in educational works all over the Muslim communities. He delivered his talks and papers in USA, U.K and Canada , Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Iran and many others. His subjects are on Islam, HRD, Comparative Education and Civilization, Philosophy, Policy Analysis and Strategic Thinking. He developed “I Theory” dealing with IHSAN and INSAN in managing self and the system.

He has written almost 500 articles and working papers and produced ten books on knowledge and education, ethics and civilization. He was made the Secretary to develop the curriculum for Islamic Civilization Programmes for Higher Education and the Centre for Asian Civilization in the University of Malaya. He is also the Board Members of IKIM, Darul Quran Jakim, KUIS, Educational Board on Integrity Malaysia, Board of Majlis Agama Islam Selangor,MUAFAKAT MARA and many others.

He can be reached at http://www.facebook.com/sidekbaba