Dr. Nadir Sidiqi earned his B.S. in Horticulture Science from the Agricultural University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989. On April 28th, 2000 — while a graduate student in Plant Sciences at California State University, Fresno — he was involved in a very serious accident. He remained hospitalized for more than two years, discharged in July 2002.
Despite lasting physical limitation (a wheelchair) and constant pain, his determination to pursue education prevailed. He earned his M.S. in Plant Sciences from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2003, a second M.S. in Biology from New Mexico State University, and then his Ph.D. in Agriculture Science from Atlantic International University.
He served as CEO/President of Organic Ecocare Inc. from July 2008 to December 2014. Since 2005 he has been an Agricultural Adviser Licensee with the State of California Department of Pesticide Regulation, providing seminars and continuing education on its behalf.
His research centres on natural healing and holistic nutrition through natural products — developing sustainable distance-learning education and integrated approaches to health through diet, exercise and a positive attitude, while minimising the public’s exposure to harmful chemicals.
From September 2012 to May 2013 Dr. Sidiqi hosted a program on Iman TV (Fremont, California) on health, nutrition and biology — from the benefits of quitting smoking and vitamin C to medicinal mushrooms, onions and food allergens. He is an author, writer and an invited speaker at several international conferences, and finds joy in research, reading and connecting with cultures around the world.