She has a DPhil from University of Newcastle, England. She was an Associate Member of London Mathematics Society. She was also a member of Athena Swan Committee at Newcastle University that work for the promotion of gender equality and diversity in research and academia. She has been a motivational speaker in various conferences at Newcastle namely on Women in Mathematics and Physics where she addressed the problems with their solution of underrepresentation of women in science in developing countries. Her area of interest are in group theory, automata theory and formal languages. Siddiqua is fond of travelling and photography. She has high interest in exploring cultures in her leisure time.