He invented the Padoko charger that was critical in assisting people to be able to charge their gadgets just from peddling a bicycle.

He is the Executive Dean of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Professor of Immunology.

In terms of management, Professor Mandala has served as Director of the Research Support Centre at College of Medicine for two years and also served as Associate Director of the MLW.

He also served as the Grant Director of Wellcome Trust funded SACORE and has served as the Malawian Board member on CARTA Board He is a Biomedical Engineering student at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (2016 - 2021) [8] has won numerous awards: National Bank of Malawi excellency Award;[9] Finalist in 2021 Envision the Future Dell Technologies Graduation Project Competition (pending);[10] Finalist of the 2020 Africa Biomedical Engineering Consortium Design competition.

(January 2021); Awarded Higher Education Partnership in Sub-Saharan African (HEP SSA of the Royal Academy of Engineering) innovation award by Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural resources (August 2020).