[citation needed] His ancestors migrated from Baghdad first to Allahabad in north India, and then shifted south to Tekmal adopting this town as their permanent native place.

His eldest sister Ghousia Begum and her husband Mr. Syed Abdul Quader Hussaini, ex-Collector Gulbarga became his immediate guardians henceforth and he spent his youth at their home.

With an excellent educational record, he was sent then to England for further higher studies, where he received BSc(Hons) degree in Physics from Manchester University in 1933.

[citation needed] He won 7 Gold Medals as a part of the Aligarh Muslim University hockey and football teams in All India Championships.

After 1947, the government of India adopted this model and this exists in the form of the ITI (Industrial Training Institute) and Employment Exchange.

Syed Ahmed Quadri subsequently became a part of the Indian government and continued to function in a similar capacity in the Road Transport Department.

At the age of 58, he retired from Mysore government service in 1966, and opted to return to his native Hyderabad city.

In January 1967 United Nations Organization (UNO) obtained his valuable services as the "World Food Project Officer".

During this period, he was also appointed as UN Advisor to the developing countries of the Middle East of Yemen, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.

During this period, he developed a number of schemes which were approved and implemented by United Nations as well as the concerned countries.

Arrangement of wheel chairs for aged, elderly, weak and handicapped pilgrims for their rituals inside the holy mosque.

Construction of a number of roads to Mina and Mount Arafat instead of only one that existed then, by carving different obstructing hillocks to for ease of the ever-increasing Hajj traffic.

Syed Ahmed Quadri wrote a number of books on Tekmal, astronomy and numerology in Urdu and English.