Prashant Das

Prashant Das is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). At IIMA, he is a member of the Misra Center of Financial Markets and the Center for Transportation and Logistics.

Earlier, he served as an Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance and the acting Director of Real Estate, Finance & Economics (REFE) Institute at EHL Lausanne, Switzerland. At EHL, he served on the Academic Board beyond teaching Master’s and Bachelor’s level courses in real estate finance, appraisal and investment.

He has been a visiting faculty at various universities in China, and Romania; and an executive education consultant in Switzerland and the UK.

Since 2020, he has been serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Property Research (Taylor & Francis, UK) and the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate (American Real Estate Society). His research interests include commercial real estate (private equity, REITs, CMBS, hotels and apartments in particular), behavioral real estate and sustainability. He has a special interest in real estate markets of India.

Prashant received his Ph.D. (Business/ Real Estate) from Georgia State University, Atlanta; M.S. (Land Development) from Texas A&M University (College Station, USA) and B.S. (Architecture) from IIT Roorkee (India). Earlier, he served on managerial and engineering roles with several firms/organizations including HCL Infosystems Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services.

Educational Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Business / Real Estate Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA 2013

Master of Science in Land Development Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 2008

Bachelor of Architecture Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India 2005

Professional Affiliation

• Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance

  • Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2020 – now

• Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance

  • EHL Lausanne, Switzerland, 2018 – 2020
  • Acting Director: Real Estate, Finance & Econ. Institute
  • Member: Academic Board
  • Executive Education Course Leader
  • Visiting Faculty
  • Bucharest Univ. of Economic Studies (ASE), Romania
  • Jaypee Business School, India
  • Beijing Hospitality Institute, China

• Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance

  • EHL Lausanne, Switzerland, 2013 – 2017

• Graduate Teaching Associate (Independent teaching responsibility)

  • Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA, 2010 – 2013

• Associate (National) Product Manager

  • HCL Infosystems Ltd., New Delhi, India, 2007– 2007

• Assistant Systems Engineer

  • Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Mumbai, India, 2005 – 2007