[1] In 1981, Siddiqi completed his Master of Science in chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

[2] Afterwards, his research, under the guidance of prof. Franklin Stahl, focused on genetic recombination in bacteriophage, which was the topic of his dissertation.

His research has shown a lot of promise and progress in the areas of meiosis, gametogenesis and apomixis (asexual reproduction) in plants.

[4] The fact that the seeds of high-yielding hybrid plants often fail to produce the same beneficial traits of the parent plants has been a limiting factor in revolutionizing agriculture, as it inhibits the hybrid traits from propagating through seeds.

[6] He was also responsible for the formation of a plant genetics research group and heads Siddiqi's lab at CCMB.