Dr. Jaya Jacob M. is an Assistant Professor, St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, an affiliated college under M.G. University, Kerala. She obtained Masters of Commerce degree from M.G. University, Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Madras, Master of Philosophy from Bharathiar University, Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation from GIFT, Thiruvananthapuram and obtained Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Specialised in Taxation) from the M.G. University, Kerala. She has been associated with the academic and research field over the past 10 years and had authored textbooks Quantitative Technique for Business Research and GST – The Essentials of Goods and Services Tax. And also done a World Bank funded project undertaken by the Local Self Government of Government of Kerala. Her dominant areas are Taxation, Finance, Accounting, Project Management and Law. She has been teaching the subject Taxation to the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Commerce for more than a decade. She has written many articles on taxation, local self-governance and trade and also involved in organising seminars and workshops in taxation. She is an approved Research Guide of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.