Mahendra Mehta holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the MBM Engineering College, University of Jodhpur (now known as Jai Narain Vyas University), Jodhpur and an Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institutes of Management Ahmedabad, India.
He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), a subsidiary of Sterlite Industries India Limited. from 15 November 2005 to 30 June 2010. Mehta joined Sterlite Industries in 2000 and served as senior Vice President of copper business from October 2001 to November 2002. Since November 2002, he was responsible for the marketing of base metals (copper, aluminum, lead and zinc), copper concentrate procurement, zinc concentrate export and tolling and coal procurement as the Commercial-Director (Base metals) before joining in HZL.
