Abhiman Das is a Professor in the Economics Area of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics, Cambridge, US. He completed his Ph. D. (Population Studies) from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Bombay.

He is a macroeconomist and his areas of research include Macro/Monetary Economics, Banking, Applied Econometrics, Real Estate, Survey Data Analysis, Measurement of Macro-Economic Indicators and Economic Development. His current research interest includes Transmission of Monetary Policy, Measurement of Inflation Expectations, Financial Inclusion, Economic Development and Efficiency & Productivity of Banking. He has published over 70 research papers in national/international journals.

He has worked in various capacities in the Research Department of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for over two decades. Before joining the IIMA, he was holding the post of Director (General Manager) at the RBI. He has worked as a member of several important Committees/Working Groups set up by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India. He is an Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Economics and Associate Editor of Journal of Indian Statistical Association (JISA). He is also a Member of the Indian Econometric Society.

He was also the Chairperson of IIMA's Doctoral Programme and the RBI Chair Professor in Finance and Economics at IIMA. Further, he was holding the Chair position of the Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy, IIMA and was the Chairperson of IIMA's flagship MBA Programme.

Prof. Das has been the recipient of Prof. C. R. Rao National Award in Statistics for Young Statisticians (2012-13) in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of Statistics, Government of India and the Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis Medal (2008) by the Indian Econometric Society for outstanding contribution in Quantitative Economics.

Prof. Das is a Member of the Faculty Selection Committee of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) and was also a Member of the Governing Council of Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL). He is also an external member of the Academic Council of Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). He is an independent Board Member of the Financial Benchmark India Limited (FBIL). Also he is a member of Research Advisory Committee of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and a member of the Governing Council Member of Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD).

Currently, Prof. Das is the Professor-in-Charge (Administration) and Chairperson of the Economics Area of IIMA. He is also holding the ICICI Bank Chair Professor in Finance and Strategy of IIMA.