21 December, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar titled, ‘The Time-Varying Nature of Spatial Dependencies in Commercial Real Estate Prices: A Behavioral Explanation’, on December 26 (Wednesday), 2018, from 02.30 pm, at Classroom K11. The talk will be delivered by Professor Prashant Das, Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland.

Prashant Das is an Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland and currently serves as the acting director of their proposed ‘Finance, Real Estate and Economics Institute’. At EHL, he developed and teaches courses in real estate finance, valuation and investment. He has delivered masters’, executive and undergraduate level courses in Switzerland, the United States, China, India and Romania. Earlier, he served on managerial and engineering roles with several firms/organizations including HCL Infosystems Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services. Recently, he was invited to serve on the advisory board of an Atlanta (USA)-based hotel investment fund.

His research interests include commercial real estate (REITs, CMBS, and property valuation), sustainability, sentiments, Google searches and real estate in India. Prashant has earned seven internationally competitive best research paper awards from the Journal of Real Estate Research, the American Real Estate Society and the Asian Real Estate Society. He also earned a teaching excellence award from Robinson College of Business, Atlanta. At EHL, he has been nominated every year for ‘researcher of the year’ and ‘teacher of the year’ awards.

He has authored a book on real estate finance in India (SAGE Publications), and edited a book on real estate in South Asia (Routledge UK). In addition, he authored two book chapters, several case studies and refereed research papers for such journals as Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics and Journal of Property Research, among others. He serves as a referee for several leading academic journals in the areas of real estate, finance, urban economics and hospitality.

He has been invited to speak on public forums such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and leading educational institutes globally. He often writes opinion editorials for popular media (magazines, newspapers, newsletters) on topics related to real estate finance and has been quoted/interviewed by international trade magazines and the national TV channel of India. Prof. Das 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).

In his free time, he dabbles in oil painting on canvas, cooking, sculpting in wood/clay and writing short stories.

Personal website: http://www.prashantdas.com

Topic: The Time-Varying Nature of Spatial Dependencies in Commercial Real Estate Prices: A Behavioral Explanation

Speaker: Professor Prashant Das, Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland

Date: December 26 (Wednesday), 2018

Time: 02.30 pm onwards

Venue: Classroom K11