About
Manthan
Your Pathway to Professional Excellence
Manthan is a Sanskrit word for churning — the deliberate, collective working-through of a problem until something valuable comes out. That is how our workshops run: small groups, realistic de-identified scenarios drawn from practice, real-time discussion, a facilitator who has argued the point before the Tribunal.
Vyapar Pty Ltd trading as Manthan was approved by the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) as a CPD provider on 20 October 2026. We offer a focused catalogue of practical workshops for Registered Migration Agents, delivered live online (Zoom) now, with face-to-face and in-house sessions as they are scheduled, and one consistent process for enrolment, attendance and certification. We do not offer self-paced recordings as CPD activities. Every session is facilitated in real time.
Our current program covers the mandatory Ethical Standards and Code of Conduct topics, employer-sponsored practice (including labour market testing) and Ministerial Intervention. We will add further practice areas over time.
Our presenter
Vikas has over twelve years of legal practice, predominantly in Australian migration law. He is admitted as a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland, and as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. He regularly appears before the Administrative Review Tribunal (migration and refugee jurisdictional area), the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia.
A former Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0958336), he brings a dual perspective as adviser and litigator. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice (ANU), a Juris Doctor (USQ) and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (ANU).
He has been a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Migration Partner of the Year Awards four times (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) and currently designs and delivers CPD programs for migration professionals on legislation, ethics, compliance and professional practice.
Provider details
- CPD provider
- Vyapar Pty Ltd trading as Manthan (ABN 87 691 069 557)
- OMARA approval
- Approved under s 50 of the Migration Agents Regulations 2026 · 20 October 2026 to 20 October 2028
- Verify us
- OMARA updates its list of approved CPD providers periodically, so a newly approved provider may not appear on it straight away. You can confirm our approval with OMARA at mara.cpd@homeaffairs.gov.au.
- Our sessions on OMARA
- Each activity and session is created in the OMARA Portal, which lists it on OMARA's upcoming CPD sessions page and is how we report your completion. Our own reference numbers (MAN00001 and so on) are separate from the activity number OMARA assigns.
- Roles
- Vikas Jain (CPD Program Director; Lead Facilitator)
- Baljit Singh Sandhu (CPD administrator)
- Mohak Jain (Zoom technical host)
- Nidhi Nagelia (participant support officer)
- Independent immigration lawyers (peer review and moderation)
Quality assurance
- Independent peer reviewMaterials are reviewed annually by experienced immigration lawyers.
- Legal-currency checkA signed currency check against primary legislation, LEGENDCOM and departmental policy before every delivery.
- Verified attendanceIdentity and MARN checks, Zoom join/leave reports or signed registers, roll calls and timed participation checkpoints.
- Records & reportingCompletions notified to OMARA within 14 days of the workshop. Records kept for five years. Personal information handled under the Australian Privacy Principles.
- EvaluationEvery session is evaluated by participants and the facilitator, reviewed quarterly, with an annual internal compliance audit against the CPD Provider Standards.