Maniram Singh Mahat worked as an Executive Director (2015-2020) and Director (2011-2015) in the Town Development Fund (TDF), GON. Earlier, he worked with GIZ as a planner, senior finance expert, advisor, and coordinator from 1993 to 2010.

He has worked extensively in urban policy-making, planning, urban development, PPPs, property tax management, local economic development, project development and appraisal. He has completed several research works on local economic development, urban development strategy, urban finance, conflict transformation and development, housing finance, property taxation, public-private partnerships, and agricultural land use management.