Prof. L. Augustin Amaladas is the HOD of Commerce at St. Joseph`s College of Commerce, Bangalore and an Associate member of the Institute of Costs and Works Accountants of India. He secured his master degree from Loyola College, Chennai. He is an enthusiastic teacher and is an expert in various subjects like Mergers and Acquisitions for Corporate Executive MBA programs, Research Methodology and Apparel Costing, Cost and Management Accounting, Business Statistics, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Advanced Accountancy, Financial Management, International Finance etc. He has also been Co-coordinator and faculty member of professional courses like CA PE-I & PE-II, (CPT & PCC) and CFA. He is a renowned author and has taken the initiative to formulate and prepare the entire syllabus and course material, in a form of a book called Corporate Knowledge Integration, a new subject which has not been taught anywhere in India. He also prepared the modules an author for Infosys Training Program and Training module for certification in Business Accounting in 2009. He is an author of a book titled "Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring" by Kalyani Publishers. He has gained a lot of experience by sharing his professional knowledge at different levels starting from the school level to the level of corporate executives. Many institutions like Welingkar Institute of Management, BVB, TASMAC, Symbiosis, NIFT, NIFTY, St. Anne`s Women College, Sacred Heart College for Women, Bethany High School, Presidency College, Jyoti Nivas College in Bangalore city, have been benefited, inspired and have been thankful to service rendered by Prof. Augustin. He had been a placement officer for nine years (1999-2007), an NSS officer for three years, an external Board member in The Board of Studies of Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore (2006-2008) and an academic advisor to the Presidency College, Bangalore. He is a subject-oriented educationist and is always willing to help anyone who is seeking his professional advice. Visit the website today: ww.professoraugustin.in and contact [email protected] or [email protected].