Gp Capt Mehta is a Post Graduate from BHU and M. Phil from JNU. He was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1983 and served in various parts of the country. He received his prestegious Gallantry award of Shourya Chakra from the President of India for his acts of exceptional bravery, while serving at Air Force Station Tezpur in 1995 and received commendations from the Chief of Air Staff , twice in his illustrious AF career. As Director Airforce Works (P&C and Spl Projects) at Air HQ, he was deeply associated with the conceptualization and formalizing of Airforce infrastructure work on the eastern border including revival of DOB runway and other advance landing grounds under China Contingency plan. He also served at The College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad as SO to Cmdt CAW and instructor, Staff Officer/ADC to the Deputy Chief of Airstaff at Air HQ, Dy Camp Commandant at Air Headquarters RK Puram and Chief Administrative Officer at Airforce Station Jammu and a major Airforce Equipment Depot at Bangalore. After his stint in the IAF, he joined the Amity University, Noida where he served for eight years simultaneously esearching BRI's impact on South Asia and IOR as well as continued being a Visiting Faculty later in the department of History. He is the Founding Member and Vice President of IIRF and on the Editorial Board of IIRF Strategic Yearbook.