Prashant Das, PhD is the Chairperson of the Finance & Accounting area and an Associate Professor of Real Estate at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). Earlier, he served as an Associate Professor and the Director of the Real Estate Institute at EHL Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been a guest faculty at universities such as Harvard, UC Irvine, Melbourne, etc. and a visiting faculty in China and Romania. He is cited frequently in mass media. At IIMA he developed an Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI) and an Art Price Index (IAIAI) for India.

He has authored over 30 research papers, 15 cases and three books. Two of his papers have earned the best paper awards from the Journal of Real Estate Research (USA). He has twice earned the Practitioner Research Award from the American Real Estate Society. He serves on several industry/academic/editorial boards or committees. His research interests include commercial real estate (private equity, REITs, MBS, and hotels), behavioral real estate, and sustainability.