After finishing class 4, Siddiqi decided to completely memorize the Quran.
Four years later, after the memorization, he earned the title Hafiz and went back to a regular school.
He earned MPIA (Master of Public and International Affairs) degree from University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and MBA degree from Kelley School of Business at the Indiana University Bloomington.
[3] Siddiqi started teaching at Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, where he served for 20 years.
[4] After an early retirement in 2010, Siddiqi joined BRAC University as a professor emeritus.