Professor Arun C Mehta worked in the Government of India’s premier institution, namely the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi for almost forty years during which he had written extensively on different aspects of educational planning, EMIS, use of indicators in education, projections and forecasting of enrolment. His entire list of contributions can be seen at Education For All in India.

Post superannuation, Prof Arun C Mehta continued to write on different aspects of school education in India and data analysis as and when a new data set is released.  He has extensively written on Unified District Information System for Education+, especially after the responsibility of the same is assigned to the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.