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Though Engr. Siddique served as a secretary of the govt. which is the top-tier govt. service position, his most significant achievement as an engineering professional is the establishment of LGED. Before LGED was established in 1992, he served as an engineering official for more than 25 years at many positions. In these jobs, he was responsible for planning, programming and supervision of rural and urban public works implemented by the municipalities and local bodies throughout Bangladesh, preparation of project proposals for Urban Works Programme and implementing rural and urban infrastructure development programme throughout the country. During this time, he diligently worked for rural infrastructure development which made him a role model of infrastructure development. His dynamic leadership and visionary administration during this time resulted in the enhancement and upgradation of LGEB which ultimately established the LGED, where Engr. Siddique joined as the founder chief engineer. He single-handedly developed LGED as an organization, which was the first government office in Bangladesh to use computer and LAN systems. To increase food productivity, he brought the Ruber Dam technology by which farmers can reserve water to cultivate IRRI in dry season. He took revolutionary step to establish Geographical Information System (GIS) to design base map of district, upazilla and unions of Bangladesh. He led and completed many projects with the assistance of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, JBIC, KFW, Saudi Development Fund and OPEC Fund. Various development works were undertaken at his initiative with the assistance of JICA, USAID, SIDA, SDC, DANIDA, NORAD and UNDP. In his career spanning over four decades, he attended many seminar and meeting and applied those experiences and knowledge, in infrastructure development of this country.

Apart from professional responsibility, Engr. Siddique was involved in many social works as well. He was an adviser of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital, President of Siddique Foundation, Kushtia, President of Begum Hamida Siddique Collegiate School, President of Kushtia District Committee, Vice President of Gulshan Society, Vice President of Bangladesh Eye Care Society (BECS), Adviser of Kazi Abu Mokarram Fazlul Bari Islamic Foundation Center etc. He was a life member of BMSRI and BIRDEM.

Engr. Siddique was very active in promotion and advancement of the engineering community of Bangladesh. He was instrumental in establishing Bangladesh Professional Engineers Registration Board(BPERB) of IEB in 2001 that awards P.Engg certification to professional and experienced engineers. And Engr. Siddique was the first to receive the P.Engg certification from BPREB. Owing to his dynamic leadership, he was immensely popular in the engineering community of Bangladesh. He was elected the President of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) for the period 2002-2003.

In recognition to his outstanding leadership activities and contribution to the society, Engr. Siddique received a number of awards from different organizations. He receive Bhashani Gold Medal in 1995, Poet Jasimuddin Gold Medal in 1995, Institution of Engineers (Bangladesh), Dhaka Center Medal in 1998, CR Das Gold Medal in 1999, Nominated by the World Bank for International Road Federation (IRF) "Person of the Year" in 1999, Abbasuddin Gold Medal in 1999, Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal in 2000, JICA Merit Award in 2000 and Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers (BACE) Silver Jubilee Award in 2000.

Engr. Quamrul Islam Siddique died of cardiac failure on 1st Sept. 2008 at the age of 63. His untimely demise marked the end of an era that saw how an engineer can rise more than his professional obligations and contribute to the benefit of the society through leadership, honesty, innovation and patriotism.