Media Lab Asia

About Us
Media Lab Asia (MLAsia) has been set up by Department of Information Technology, MCIT, Government of India as not-for-profit Research & Development organisation under section 25 of Companies Act. After completion of the initial phase, Government of India has approved a full scope programme for MLAsia.
MLAsia works on the paradigm of collaborative research in the task of developing relevant and sustainable technologies and culturally appropriate solutions and bringing them to the daily lives of people. MLAsia works with Academic and R&D institutions, industry, NGOs and Government in this endeavour. The support for this unique endeavour from Government of India is amply demonstrated by way of constitution of a Board of Directors chaired by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology & Advisory Board chaired by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India. Other members of the Board and the committee are eminent personalities in the country in their respective areas of specialisation.
The list of collaborative partners for development is growing and the network of national laboratories for undertaking different types of development work is expanding. Faculty and research staff of these associates are core participants of the programme.
Many projects undertaken in the areas of ICT for Village Livelihood Generation, Healthcare Education, Empowerment of the disabled and Rural Connectivity are now undergoing test deployment and are being made ready for national / large scale deployment.
Media Lab Asia trade mark has been registered in the fallowing countries:
Indonesia
Japan
Singapore
China
Taiwan
South Korea
Malaysia
Combodia
Philippines (Application Filed)
Vietnam (Application Filed)
Thailand (Application Filed)
Media Lab Asia was promoted by Department of Information technology, MCIT, Govt. of India as a not for profit company in 2001. The objective of the company was set to bring the benefits of ICT to the common man. It started with the functional activity areas such as World Computer (Affordable, ubiquitous computing & access devices), Bits for All (Low Cost, High bandwidth connectivity) and Tomorrow's Tool (Rurally relevant applications). However it was later changed to application areas such as ICT for- Healthcare , Education , livelihood , Empowerment of Disabled , and Wireless Connectivity .Since then the company has taken up 75 development projects and some of the projects are now being rolled out at the national level. The company has a unique way of growth by working with an expanding network of research laboratories for undertaking development work. It started with creating a hub at some of the IITs and the list of such project partners has grown to more than 40. The partners are a combination of academic and R&D institutions, industry, NGOs and Govt. Agencies. The projects can be sponsored by Corporate Bodies, Govt. (Central/State) and Local Municipal Bodies/Panchayats etc.After development the technology is taken from lab to land for pilot testing/ large scale deployment through a unique scheme of provider/user membership under PPP model.MLAsia is poised for developing relevant & sustainable technologies and culturally appropriate solutions touching daily lives of common people in years to come.

MISSION
Media Lab Asia has embarked on an adventurous plan for meeting the grand challenges in brining the benefits of quality ICT technologies in the areas of Healthcare, Education, Empowerment of the disabled, Village Livelihood Generation and Rural Connectivity, keeping in view the need to operate in local languages and to support local culture and tradition, by empowering people at grassroot level forming collaborative efforts with R&D laboratories, Industry, NGOs and Government.

VISION
Through a network of national laboratories dedicated to bring the benefits of new technologies to the masses, Media Lab Asia will work with Industry NGOs and Government and facilitate the invention refinement and dissemination of the innovations to every village of India by combining the creativity of Indian Entrepreneurs with the technical know-how of universities to grow sustainable, culturally appropriate solutions.
http://www.medialabasia.in/

Contact Us
Media Lab Asia - Delhi
C-235, First Floor,Defence Colony,
New Delhi,India - 110 024
Ph Num : 91 11 5155 3692
Fax Num : 91 11 5155 3689

Media Lab Asia - Mumbai Samruddhi Venture Park,
Central MIDC Road #2,4th Floor,
Andheri (East),Mumbai,
MaharashtraIndia - 400093
Ph Num : 91 22 2831 2930/ 31
Fax Num : 91 22 2837 9158

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