Affiliations:

• Chairman, Nominations Committee, Computer Society of India, Vadodara Chapter, 2005-2006
• GIS Advisor to World Bank project EMCB-TAP, Gujarat Ecology Commission, 2001-2003
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) registered IT/ GIS Consultant (Registration# 017380)
• GIS/ MIS Advisor, Sardar Sarovar Punarvasvat Agency, 1997-98
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Expert at Irrigation Management and Training Institute: 1991
• Visiting Professor at M.S.University teaching Computer Applications in ME (Civil) for 4 years
• Life member, Computer Society of India
• Life member, SOciety for CLEan ENvironment (SOCLEEN), Vadodara
• Chairman, Organising Committee, Western Regional Conference, Computer Society of India, 2002
• Member, Execom, Computer Society of India, Vadodara Chapter, 2001-02
• Chairman, Computer Day Celebration Committee, Computer Society of India, Vadodara Chapter, 1991
• Secretary, Computer Society of India (CSI), Vadodara Chapter, 1993-94
• Member, Panel of Experts & external examiner: Computer Science Department (MCA & BE Comp Sc - M S University), Faculty of Management Studies (M S University), Environment Science Course (M S University), SVIT, Vasad, PIIT, Vadodara
• Member, Executive Committee, MSU Civil Engineers Alumni Association
• Advisor/ Consultant to several companies and the Government

Speaker @ Seminars/workshops:

• "GIS for utilities", at a Seminar on "GIS/ GPS Applications for Urban Planning", organised by Indian Society of Geomatics, M. S. University of Baroda and Vadodara Municipal Corporation - 2005.
• Trained hundreds of students, professionals, engineers, chartered accountants, managers and executives in Computer applications. Conducted corporate IT training in several organizations.
• Participated in panel discussions at Computer Society of India
• Conducted ZOPP workshop for NGOs, Environment Consultants, Government Officers
• Voted Best Speaker at Seminar on Application of Computers in Municipalities held by Operations Research Group (ORG) for Gujarat Municipal Finance Board (GMFB) 1991
• MIS Consultant for Database Management at Water and Land Management Institute, 1991
• Lectured on GIS topics at refresher programs of M. S. University under University Grants Commission (UGC)
• Seminar on GIS for oil & gas industry, ONGC, 2002.
• Organizer & Panelist, Panel Discussion on Gujarat's Environment, World Environment Day, June 2003
• Interviewed hundreds of candidates for recruitment, admission to Government IT courses etc.
• Project Guide for Undergraduate & Postgraduate studies: Students of Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) B.E. Comp. Science, Bachelor of Science (Environment Science), Master of Comp. Applications (MCA), Masters in Engineering M.E.(Civil), Master in Business Administration MBA(Finance) etc.

Seminars/workshops attended:

• ArcInfo ArcGIS 8 (ArcMap, ArcEditor, ArcCatalog, ArcTools), ArcSDE, ArcView & ArcIMS from ESRI India
• A workshop on Application of GIS & Remote Sensing for Critical Coastal Habitats, Integrated Coastal Marine Area Management, (ICMAM), Government of India, 2002.
• A workshop on Unified Modelling Language (UML5) by Myriad Solutions, Australia
• A short course on "Finite Element Methods with Engineering applications" imparted by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) expert.
• An international workshop on "Engineering Software, Applications and Research (ENGSAR) held at the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Kanpur.
• 6 month part time course on "Application of Finite Elements in Static and Dynamic analysis of Structures"
• "In Search of Excellence" conducted by Parimal Gandhi, a Kenneth Blanchard certified trainer in association with Nathan-Tyler Inc., USA.
• "Seven habits of highly effective people" by Himanshu Buch - a Stephen Covey certified trainer.

Articles:

• "Probable groundwater potential zones of Sasutan watershed, Gujarat - GIS approach" - Bhushan S. Deota and Manoj A. Limaye and Mandar Mehta
• "GIS based Environmental Information on Gujarat" - Mehta Mandar, Patil Sanjay, Prasad KSS (ESRI(I)) at 5th ESRI India User Conference January 2002
• "Computerised MIS for Water Management in Dangs District" at National Seminar on Water Resources - Dr. C.R.Shah, Dr. P.P.Patel, Mandar Mehta, 1988
• "Use of Multimedia in schools" - A paper presented at Western India Regional Workshop on "Computers in School Curriculum" at CSI, 1993.
• "NBFCs - under a squeeze", Financial Express, 1996.
• "Power Sector - A Remarkable performance" , Special issue on private sector participation in Infrastructure Projects, Financial Express, 1996.
• "Technology Banking" in a special issue on Focus on Banking and Finance, Indian Express/ Financial Express/ Loksatta, 1998.