Koel Nath is an Assistant Professor at Centre for Social and Organisational Leadership at School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Her PhD. in the domain of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from Indian Institute of Management Shillong primarily focused on the interpretive exploration of institutional logics pervading organisations as gendered spaces vis-a-vis the performance of emotions at work. She has presented her papers at various conferences including PAN IIM World Management Conference and has published her work in reputed peer-reviewed Scopus, ABDC, and SSCI indexed journals.

Koel has also worked as a Teaching Assistant during her tenure as a Fellow at IIM Shillong and volunteered in facilitating several Management Development Programs (MDPs), including those on "Change Management" for PowerGrid employees and "HR Management for non-HR Executives" for employees of Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Prior to her foray into academics, Koel has worked in the industry for 5 years with TPG Telecommunications Pty Ltd., Australia.