Dr. Sajit M Mathews is an Assistant Professor in the area of Business Communication at IIM Jammu. He holds a PhD in English, with specialization in Language Teaching and Assessment, from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

His work involves the assessment and teaching of English as a second language in the Indian multilingual context. His PhD project implemented pedagogical tasks to measure the complexity, accuracy and fluency of speech. He used task-complexity, planning time and interlocutor to promote optimum performance among tertiary level second language learners of English. This quantitative study focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of speaking assessment, and derived practical implications for teaching and assessing English language in the Indian context.

His primary area of research is Task-Based Language Teaching and Assessment. He is also interested in second language acquisition and the use of first language in the teaching of second language. Dr. Mathews has published his research in many journals, and has presented his research in national and international conferences. He has two book chapters to his credit till date.

He has taught at the University of Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (Andhra Pradesh) and Malabar Christian College (Kozhikode), and was a tutor at IIT Kanpur during his PhD. He has students from many age groups, proficiency levels and nationalities. He has taught subjects like English for Communication, Business Communication, Research Writing in English, Communication Skills, Technical Writing, Copy and Content Writing, Creative Writing and Publishing, and Big History. He has also worked with corporate companies like Skillsoft (SumTotal), Hyderabad and Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad in the area of e-learning and publishing.