Mehta participated in the final of a ranking event for the first time at the 2013 Indian Open where he played Ding Junhui, but lost 0–5.

Mehta was born on 31 October 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and studied at Don Bosco High School, Matunga.

[8] Aditya won both a bronze and silver medal in singles and team events at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.

[9][10] In the 2011–2012 season, as a new player on tour, Mehta would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the main stages of all ranking events.

At the second event of the season, the Shanghai Masters, Mehta defeated Stuart Carrington 5–0, Rod Lawler and Jamie Jones both 5–4, before losing to former world number six Ryan Day 2–5.

He beat Sam Baird 5–3, James Wattana and Jimmy White both 5–1, but then lost out to Jamie Cope 4–5 in the final qualifying round.

[15] At the event he defeated Zhu Yinghui in the wildcard round, before winning 6–4 against Stuart Bingham to reach the last 16 where he played world number two Judd Trump.

[17] However, his run in the tournament matched the best performance by an Indian player in a ranking event set by Yasin Merchant over two decades earlier.

[20] After the season ended, Mehta took part in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games competing as an independent athlete.

[27] In the first round of the event held he made a break of 127 in the deciding frame against Peter Ebdon to win 4–3 and then beat Hammad Miah 4–1 to reach the last 16 for the second time in his career.

[33] A month later he was beaten in the quarter-finals of the minor-ranking Antwerp Open 4–0 by Jack Lisowski and finished 29th on the Order of Merit, just outside the top 25 who reached the PTC finals.

[36] Mehta made his first maximum break in his second round loss against Stephen Maguire at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic PTC event.

[38] He reached the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time this year by defeating Sydney Wilson 4–0 and world number five Barry Hawkins 4–2 at the Welsh Open, but Alan McManus beat Mehta 0–4.

[36] Mehta qualified for the 2015 International Championship, but lost in the wildcard round 6–4 to local amateur player Wang Yuchen.

[44] At the end of the season, he gained a two-year pass to retain his place on tour after finishing 53rd on the European Order of Merit.

[52] At the third ranking event of the season, the Riga Masters, Mehta defeated Rory McLeod 4–2, before losing to Jamie Cope by the same scoreline in the second round.