After completing his education in then most prestigious Mission high School, he jumped into the fray and joined the professional trade of houseboats running and organized travels and tours to the far off corners of the valley. With little resources but using brains and brawn and subsequently going through the mill, he succeeded in establishing a name in the travel circles and created a fleet of deluxe houseboats, attracting wide recognition. To keep in tune with the march of times, great guts, sharp intellect and keen perception, timely innovations, and additions and alterations were made to face with the construction of the Most Fabulous and Fantastic 06 Bed Room Houseboat his lifelong dream come true.

Being closely connected with the travel trade, which was fast growing, a most prominent and Pioneer Travel Service was established. He did succeed in creating fame and name on National level. He visited Europe in 1952 and traveled in a HAMILTON car right from Kashmir to Europe, the first Kashmiri to take such a rendezvous trip.

In the interest of protection of wild life many camps were organized in Kashmir and LADAKH. In lieu of meritorious services rendered, he was felicitated and presented a Gold Medal in Switzerland in 1979.

He was a man of great charm, and dignity and loved humor very much.

Now after Mr. Siah his son AKRAM KHAN SIAH is taking care of the setup under the name of MEENA GROUP with the same charm as it used to be at the time of his father.