MEET ASHA KAUL

Asha Kaul is Professor in the Communication Area, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She obtained her doctorate in stylistics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1990. She is the author of Effective Business Communication (2000), The Effective Presentation: Talk Your Way to Success (2005), Business Communication (2nd edition, 2009) and is the co-editor of two books: Management Communication: Trends and Strategies (2006) and New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity (2013).

Her current areas of interest include genderlect, politeness, managerial, corporate and digital communication. Currently she is working on Indian cases to comprehend the intricacies involved in corporate decision making for enhancing reputation.

Areas of Interest/Research

• Communication -Oral and Written
  
• Corporate Communication
  
• Emails
  
• Gender, Personal Identity and Upward/Downward Influence
  
• Gender and Politeness
  

Academic Affiliation

• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
  
• Times School of Marketing, New Delhi
  
• International Management Institute, Delhi
  
• Department of Management Studies, IIT, Delhi
  
• MBA Department, Lucknow University
  
• Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
  
• Academic Staff College, Lucknow
  
• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
  
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  
• Visiting Faculty at Chuo University and Doshisha University, Japan
  

Books

• Kaul, A & Desai, A (2014). Corporate Reputation Decoded. Sage: New Delhi
  
• Kaul, A & Singh, M (2012). New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity: Theory and Best Practices. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India
  
• Kaul, A (2009). Business Communication (2nd edition), New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India (Awarded the prize for being one of the best selling authors of PHI)
  
• Kaul, A & Gupta, S (2006) (Edtd). Management Communication: Trends and Strategies New Delhi: Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company
  
• Kaul, A (2005). The Effective Presentation: Talk Your Way to Success, New Delhi: Response Books(One of the best selling books with a request from the publishers to translate it in regional languages)
  
• Kaul, A (2000) Effective Business Communication New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India