Asha Kaul was a Professor in the Communication Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) from 2002 to 2025. She obtained her doctorate in stylistics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1990. At IIMA, she occupied some key administrative positions as Chairperson, Communication Area; Warden and Placement Chairperson at IIMA.
She has been the recipient of many awards. She was felicitated with the “Best Professor – Communications” award by the Golden AIM Awards in June, 2020, the citation for “100 Most Dedicated Professors”, 2019; “Prof. Indira Parikh 50 Women in Education Leaders” by World Education Congress, 2018. She has been recognized as one of the 50 Indian management thinkers who had made an impact on the theory of management and practice in the year 2015. She has won the A. P. Chowdappa Memorial Award for Excellence in Communication in the Academic Sector for the year 2014-15.
She is the author ofmany books, papers and cases published in peer-reviewed national and international journals. She was awarded the prize for being one of the best-selling authors of Prentice Hall of India for the book: Kaul, A (2009). Business Communication (2nd edition), New Delhi. Her co-authored book, Demystifying Leadership: Unveiling the Mahabharata Code, was adjudged as the Business Book of the Year 2022, by FICCI. Some of her co-authored cases have also won acclaim.
She has served as an Independent Director on the Board of OIL India Ltd. and was the Chairperson of their CSR and N & R Committees. She has also served as an Independent Director on the Boards of HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited and HPCL-Mittal Pipelines Limited. Presently she serves on the Board of Supreme Facility Management Ltd. She was a Member of the High-Level Committee for Centre of Excellence for recommendation of Institutions/University to the status of Centre of Excellence by the Education Department, Government of Gujarat and the Honourable President of India’s nominee to the Executive Council of Central University of Gujarat. She is also on the Academic Council of various Institutes.