Divyanshu Sharma Author

Prashant Das, Ph.D. teaches Master′s and Bachelor′s level courses in real estate finance and investment. His research interests include REITs, commercial real estate (hotels, apartments and offices in particular), Google searches and sustainability. He has a special interest in real estate markets in India. His papers are published in such journals as the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management and Journal of Property Research among others. Also, Prashant recently authored a book on Real Estate Finance in India for SAGE publications. Prashant has been invited to speak on real estate topics by Doordarshan (National TV channel of India); the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI); and institutions such as Beijing Hospitality Institute (BHI), China; Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. Earlier, he worked on managerial and engineering roles with multinationals in India and took up short term engagements with reputed real estate firms in the US. He has earned four best paper awards at international levels and a teaching excellence award in Atlanta. Divyanshu Sharma is a founding partner at realism.IN, an India-focused real estate research and consulting firm. In addition, at Captain Real Estate (Guam, USA), he advises his clients on commercial real estate as an appraiser. His research papers on Indian real estate have been presented at the American Real Estate Society. He specializes in real estate process, capital structuring, feasibility analysis, market analysis, and quantitative modeling of data. He has worked as a freelance architectural consultant in New Delhi. Earlier, he has worked with Consulting Engineering Services, as a multidisciplinary consultancy provider in India. He has been a part of various real estate projects of international repute. He acquired a master’s degree in real estate from Texas A&M University, College Station, USA, and a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.