His areas of interest are Sustainable Urban Settlement Systems, Migration, Urban development, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS). He has several publications in National and International journals. Dr. Faridi holds Ph.D., M. Phil, M.Sc and B.Sc(Hons.)degrees from Aligarh Muslim University and Certificate courses from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS, Dehra Dun).He has authored a book on Select Cities of North India. He is also active in promotion of online learning of Geography.