Madan Mohan Upadhyay is an alumni of St. Stephen's College and belongs to the Indian administrative service and allocated to Madhya Pradesh cadre.

During his postings in madhya pradesh, he has served as chairman of public sector undertaking, agriculture production commissioner, principal secretary of many departments in the state.
He was divisional commissioner in bilaspur, now in chhattisgarh state and jabalpur division of madhya pradesh.

He has been Collector at Indore, Ratlam, Chhatarpur, Jabalpur and Mandsaur.

He has received the krishi kaman award from the honourable president of india for two consecutive  years for the outstanding performance of madhya pradesh in agriculture production.

He has also been awarded by the common wealth association for public administration and management CAPAM for his innovative health sector initiatives in madhya pradesh, at  the biannual conference in Barbados.
He is a member of the governing council of the INTACH NEW DELHI and also convener INTACH Bhopal Chapter.