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Meenal Banga

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Doctoral Student at The University of Texas at Austin
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Meenal Banga is a Ph.D. Candidate in Management at the McCombs School of Business, UT Austin. Her research focuses on strategy in high-uncertainty environments, specifically studying counterfactual imagination in the emerging space economy. She attended the Brandeis School of Business and Economics for her masters degree.

Outside of her academic pursuits, Meenal values building meaningful connections and friendships through scholarly conferences. In her personal life, a recent highlight was welcoming her new pup, Dora, into her family at the beginning of 2024, an experience for which she feels deeply grateful.

Her dissertation on the commercial space race was shortlisted as one of eight finalists for the prestigious 2025 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Doctoral Student
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
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Space Economy Strategy
Her doctoral dissertation, “Creating a Road to Space,” focuses directly on strategy and imagination within the commercial space industry.
Imagination in Business
Her core research centers on "counterfactual imagination," exploring how firms can strategize effectively in environments marked by deep uncertainty.
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Career

Work history

8-2020
Doctoral Student
The University of Texas at Austin
8-2019 - 5-2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Brandeis International Business School
9-2018 - 8-2019
Research Assistant for Prof. Peter A. Petri
Brandeis International Business School
8-2018 - 3-2019
Research Assistant for Prof. Aldo Musacchio
Brandeis International Business School
4-2017 - 6-2018
Innovation Manager
Time Of Sports
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Education
2020 - 2026
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
2018 - 2020
Master's degree
Brandeis School of Business and Economics
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