Dr Md Zakaria Siddiqui is currently working as an Economist at Department of Social Services, Government of Australia.
Prior to this, Dr Siddiqui served as an Associate Professor at GIFT and other prominent institutes such as BITS Hyderabad,Institute of Economics and Peace,University of South Australia and IDSK Kolkatta.
He has carried out Data driven Applied Economics and Public Policy research with themes such as Inclusive Growth, Public
Health and Nutrition; Informal labour, Women and Work; Political Economy of Energy Sector Policies;
Energy Poverty; Skilled Migration and Development; Positive Peace as a predictor of political/social
instability; and Development and Democracy.