Mehrotra was born in Kanpur, India. At an early age, Mehrotra began expressing interest in math and science. As a teenager, he began taking mechanical courses in school and eventually transferred over to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, a top-ranking high school in New Delhi. At the age of 18, Mehrotra moved to the U.S. and earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988 and served as president and CEO from 2011 until 2016. On May 8, 2017, Mehrota was appointed CEO of Micron Electronics. While CEO at Micron, Mehrotra was appointed 2019 chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, the primary advocacy organization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.