Abdur Rashid Siddiqui gained an honors degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Bombay and has a law degree from the same University. He completed his postgraduate study in Librarianship in London and was elected to the Associate ship of the Library Association. He worked as an Information Librarian at the University of Leicester from 1966 until his retirement in 1997. He is the author of number of books and articles on a variety of subjects