Kasturi Gakul is associated with the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam as an Assistant Professor of Law. She is engaged in the teaching of  Property Law, Labour and Industrial Law, Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate programme of the University. She has graduated in Education from Cotton College, Guwahati. She has done her graduation in law from University Law College, Gauhati University and LL.M. in Human Rights Law from Gauhati University.  Prior to her joining NLUJA, Assam she has served as a guest faculty in University Law College and Department of Law, Gauhati University. She is a UGC-NET (Law) qualified.
She is the Faculty Co-ordinator for the Centre for Gender Justice and the Faculty Advisor to the Literary and Debating Committee. She is also the member of the Legal Aid Cell of the University.
She has acted as a Resource person in NIPCCD Regional Centre, Guwahati; Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati and Mind India, Guwahati. She is actively involved in gender sensitization programme on Protection against Sexual Harassment at Workplace and has been invited as a Resource Person at awareness programmes on protection against sexual harassment in different colleges in Assam.
She has attended International and National Seminars, Conferences and Workshops and has publications in peer-reviewed referred multidisciplinary journals. She is a Life member of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV). Her area of research and academic interest is Women and Law, Child and Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the Department of Law, Gauhati University and her research area is Child Adoption Laws.