Obaid Siddiqi

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Obaid Siddiqi
Born	7 January 1932 (1932-01-07) Basti, Uttar Pradesh
Died	26 July 2013(2013-07-26) (aged 81)
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University University of Glasgow University of Pennsylvania
Awards	Padma Bhushan (1984) Padma Vibhushan (2006) FRS (1984)
Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Doctoral advisor	Guido Pontecorvo
Notable students	Veronica Rodrigues

Obaid Siddiqi FRS (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) National Center for Biological Sciences. He made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the genetics and neurobiology of Drosophila.