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Media Lab Asia was promoted by the Department of Information technology (part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the government 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 and 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 government agencies. The projects can be sponsored by corporate bodies, government (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.

for more detail please visit http://medialabasia.in

• Media Lab Asia – IIT Kanpur Media lab asia, India
• Media Lab Asia – IIT Kharagpur Media lab asia, India

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