Previously Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi and Director, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, Dr Mehta did his M.D. from All India Institute for Medical Sciences, DNB in 1982 and FRCA (London) in 1984 from Queens University Hospital, Nottingham, UK. He then worked for 3 years at Odense University Hospital, Denmark. He was awarded FAMS by National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in March 2002. He was awarded with FIACTA (Honorary), Fellow in TEE by Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists in 2009 and FICCM (honorary) by Indian College of Critical Care Medicine. He has been a visiting consultant to Uppsala Cardiothoracic Department many times. He is on editorial board of many journals. He has to his credit over 200 publications and 250 presentations at conferences. He is National Co-ordinator for Dr. RosenthalÕs International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) and has many international publications in ICU sepsis. He is a teacher and examiner for Fellowship in Critical Care and Cardiac Anaesthesia, National Board of Examinations and ISCCM & IACTA fellowship in India. He was Vice President of ISCCM Delhi branch and has been ISCCM executive committee member for two terms. He was the President 2004-05) of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists (IACTA).