About the Author

Dr. Satish B. Mathur, Ph.D. (Business Management), C.A.I.I.B., has

recently retired as a Professor of Finance and Accounting at the Indian
Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow. He is currently running a
consultancy firm: Mathur Management Consultants, and is organising
tailor-made company-specific In-Company Management Development
Programmes (MDPs) in the areas of finance and accounting, organisation
behaviour and business law. Before joining IIM Lucknow, he was a Senior
Member of Faculty at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI),
Hyderabad (198895). Earlier, he was with the State Bank of India for over
27 years (196188), wherein he had held several senior executive positions
in the areas of policy and planning, training and administration. By virtue
of having such a vast and varied executive and teaching experience with
the senior executives of the banks and industries, he has developed credible knowledge and expertise in
the area of Business Law, with deep understanding and insight into the various practical legal aspects
pertaining to the various Acts, dealt with in the book. Besides, with his long, vast and varied on-the-job
experience, while working with the State Bank of India, as also by virtue of directing several Management
Development Programmes (MDPs) in the area of corporate finance and management accounting at the
Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, he has developed a pragmatic and realistic understanding
and proficiency in the area of corporate finance and management accounting.
He has published several articles/papers in the national and international journals of repute, some of
which have been used by the UNICEF in their International Management Development Programmes. His
books titled, Sickness in Small Scale Sector: Causes and Cures (Concept Publishing Company, 1999,
New Delhi), Working Capital Management and Control (New Age International Private Limited Publishers,
2002, New Delhi), Understanding Balance Sheets and a textbook on Financial Management (Macmillan
India Ltd., New Delhi, 2005 and 2009, New Delhi) have been received very well by the academicians
and students, as also by the practising executives, in the banks and industries. His other three books in
the organisation behaviour area titled, The A to Z of Managerial Excellence (Global Business Press,
1995, Delhi), The A to Z of Management Mantras (Jaico Publishing House, 2002, Mumbai), and The A
to Z of Strategic Sutras (Rupa & Co., 2006, New Delhi), have gained immense popularity over the years.
The Hindi transcription of his book The A to Z of Managerial Excellence (Global Business Press, 1995,
Delhi), has been published by Hind Pocket Books Private Limited, 2009, New Delhi), under the title
Uttam Prabandhan Ke Saar, and has gained great popularity soon after its publication. His other
textbook on Management Accounting (again by Tata McGraw Hill) is expected very soon.