Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Associate Professor, Finance & Control Area, and Coordinator of IIM Bangalore-Century Real Estate Research Initiative, has been appointed as member of the advisory committee of the World Economic Forum on real estate.

Panchapagesan is expected to provide insights on the initiative called ‘Emerging Horizons in Real Estate – an Industry Initiative on Asset Price Dynamics’ and will help with the initial report at the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos in January 2015.

The report will aim to provide an understanding on how real estate bubbles develop, identify suitable key indicators to detect bubbles and discuss potential action, a press release said.

The advisory committee consists of global experts drawn from real estate, infrastructure, urban development, investors and financial services sectors.