Meet Kaji Collab
We don’t speculate. We validate.
Kaji is led by academics, not executives with anecdotes. Our founders are MIT-affiliated professors whose work spans peer-reviewed research, applied economics, and consulting engagements across global and regional organisations.
That academic grounding shapes how we work. We apply the same standards we bring to research -- defined methodologies, validated data, and conclusions that can be interrogated and defended.
The result is advice your organisation can act on with confidence.
KAJI COLLAB
Driven by curiosity. Grounded in experience.
DR. MELATI NUNGSARI (CEO)
Melati Nungsari is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Asia School of Business (ASB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a collaboration between Bank Negara Malaysia (the Malaysian Central Bank) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. She is also a Research Affiliate at MIT.
At ASB, Melati currently serves as the Deputy CEO, the Deputy Dean of Research and is the Faculty Director of the ASEAN Research Center. Her research interests lie in applied microeconomics and qualitative and quantitative social science, with particular expertise in industrial organization, market design, labor economics, and public policy.
She has consulted for global and regional firms—including Bosch, EmKay Group, mudah.my, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, the Asian Development Bank, General Electric, Motorola, and Creador—and has provided research consulting for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ASEAN Korea Center, and Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM). Her reports have been cited in the Parliament of Malaysia.
DR. SAMUEL FLANDERS (CTO)
Sam Flanders is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Asia School of Business (ASB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a collaboration between Bank Negara Malaysia (the Malaysian Central Bank) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. He is also a Research Affiliate at MIT.
Sam’s research interests lie in AI research methods and applied microeconomics. His recent research revolves around using Large Language Models and Computer vision to process large scale datasets.
Sam has consulted for global and regional firms—including Air Asia, Sapura Energy, Carsem, Hong Leong Yamaha Motor, BJC, Maybank, and Mubadala Energy—and has provided research consulting for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and United Nations Development Programme.
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