Teach the scandal first
Satyam before standards, Harshad before SEBI. Why every accounting concept lands better after its most famous abuse.
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01 · The prospectus
E.&O.E. — N. MEHTA, PROPRIETOR
Commerce is life, itemised.
I joined commerce teaching by accident — a maths post was full — and stayed on purpose. Fifteen years later I've taught every corner of the stream: Accountancy that behaves like logic, Business Studies that behaves like gossip about real companies, and Economics that explains the news better than the news does.
My classroom runs a mock stock market with its own circuit breakers, an annual student-run company that has actually turned (small, honest) profits, and a wall of shame for creative accounting. The result: a 98.2% board average at peak, 41 CA-Foundation and CS rank holders, and alumni who send me their first audited balance sheets like postcards.
If your school wants a commerce department that fills its own seats — where students choose the stream instead of settling for it — let's talk terms. My notice period is shorter than a financial year.
Balance sheet of a teacherAS AT TODAY
15 yrs classroom goodwillOne weakness: chalk dust
41 CA/CS rank holdersPayable: more case studies
A commerce lab with a mock marketReserved: front bench for backbenchers
Patience (fully depreciated, renewed yearly)Owner's equity: every batch
TALLIED ✓ALWAYS BALANCES
02 · The portfolio
Holdings, audited
Three subjects, one desk — and every position is long-term.
ACCY98.2% avg
Accountancy
journal to consolidated statements, AS & Ind-AS basicsACCYCase bank: 300+
Business Studies
management, marketing, case-based answersACCYSpecialist
Economics
micro, macro & Indian economic developmentACCYFounder
Financial literacy lab
mock market, budgeting, student-run companyACCY41 ranks
CA/CS foundation mentoring
beyond-boards coaching for early startersACCYCertified
Tally & spreadsheets
computerised accounting, board practicals
03 · The case method
Debit the doubt, credit the concept
Commerce is the most real subject on the timetable — every student already runs an economy of pocket money, phone plans and canteen credit. I just make it visible. Journal entries become their own spending; elasticity becomes onion prices; the balance sheet becomes a mirror. Once the subject is about their life, the marks take care of themselves.
- Open the caseEvery chapter starts with a real firm, a real scandal or a real bill — never a definition.
- Argue it outHalf the class defends the CFO, half the auditor. Economics is a contact sport here.
- Post the entriesNow the theory: standards, formats and curves land on a story students already care about.
- Close the booksBoard-style practice under the clock, error logs, and a personal P&L for every student.
04 · Financial years
Fifteen years, fully reconciled
FY 2017 — PRESENT
Head of Commerce (PGT)
DPS, R.K. Puram Extension, Delhi
Lead a six-teacher department across three sections per grade. Built the commerce lab and mock stock market, lifted the stream's intake by 40%, and held the accountancy board average above 95 for seven straight years — peak 98.2.
FY 2011 — 2017
PGT Commerce
Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi
Grades 11–12 accountancy and business studies; started the student-run company programme whose third batch famously broke even on samosas and never let anyone forget it.
FY 2009 — 2011
Lecturer (Commerce)
Sri Ram College coaching wing, Delhi
CA-Foundation and Class 12 boards; learned to teach depreciation to a 7 a.m. batch, which qualifies as hazard experience.
05 · Capital
Education
2007 — 2009
First division
M.Com (Accounting & Finance)
Delhi School of Economics, DUFirst division
2009 — 2010
Distinction
B.Ed. (Commerce)
Jamia Millia Islamia, DelhiDistinction
2004 — 2007
First division · 84%
B.Com (Hons.)
SRCC, University of DelhiFirst division · 84%
06 · Audited
Certifications
UGC-NET (Commerce)Qualified · 2010
NISM Securities Markets FoundationSEBI/NISM certification · 2019
Tally & computerised accounting educatorTally Education partner cert · 2016
CBSE case-based assessment trainingCBSE CoE workshop · 2023
07 · Blue chips
Dividends declared
CBSE Teacher Award — CommerceNational-level recognition, senior secondary
202298.2% board average, AccountancyAll-India CBSE Gr 12, department record
202441 CA-Foundation & CS rank holdersMentored beyond boards, 2013 onward
2013–Published — 'The Samosa Standard'Teacher Plus, on student-run companies
2023
08 · The bulletin
JUN 2026 FEB 2026 OCT 2025
Notes to accounts
The samosa standard
What a student-run canteen company teaches about costing, GST and partnership deeds that no textbook can.
Read note →Case-based questions, decoded
CBSE's case questions reward argument, not memory. A marking-scheme-eye view of how to train for them.
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09 · Market sentiment
Analyst ratings
▲ STRONG BUY
My son chose commerce 'because it was easy' and now lectures the family on why our fixed deposit is a lazy asset. Sir, what have you done.
Aditya's fatherPARENT · GR 12▲ STRONG BUY
Our commerce stream went from the leftover option to oversubscribed with a waitlist. That is entirely his department's doing.
PrincipalDPS R.K. PURAM EXT.▲ STRONG BUY
I cleared CA Foundation in Class 12 because sir made us do 'one real balance sheet a week'. My articleship partner couldn't believe my speed.
VanshikaALUMNA · CA FINALIST
10 · For schools
The term sheet
📈 SESSION 2027–28 · ONE DEMO CLASS: BRING YOUR TOUGHEST GR 12 BATCH AND A BALANCE SHEET
Current employerDPS R.K. Puram Extension, Delhi
Current roleHead of Commerce (PGT)
Open toPGT Commerce · HOD Commerce · Academic coordinator (Sr. Sec.)
Expected salary₹12–16 LPA
Notice period60 days
Willing to relocateYes — Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru · CBSE / ICSE / IB DP
Principal, DPS R.K. Puram ExtensionCURRENT EMPLOYER · SHARED ON REQUEST
Vice Principal, Modern School2011–17 · SHARED ON REQUEST
11 · The counter
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