Born in the Nuwakot district of Nepal on 5 November 1959, Mahat has had an active political career of more than three decades.Since 2002, Mahat was working as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Nepali Congress, major Democratic Party of Nepal till 2021 when he lost election for the post of party general secretary in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.He was also a member of National Planning Commission from April 2002 to October 2002 and an advisor to the prime minister of Nepal from September 2001 to May 2002.He was Member Secretary of High Level Committee constituted by Nepal Government in 1999 for the Resolution of Maoist insurgency.He was also entrusted with the responsibility to negotiate with different agitating groups in Nepal as one of the members of Government Dialogue Team from August 2007 to June 2008.
Dr. Mahat during his visit in New Delhi on 12 September 2016.
