[icernet] Govt may take over Media Lab Asia

[Arul Selvan]

After failing to draw sufficient investments for its functioning, the 
much-touted Media Lab Asia project may be wound up with the department 
of information technology planning to make it a purely government-aided 
research and development outfit. The objective was to conduct ICT 
(information technology, communication, and telecom) research relevant 
for the common man, ensure successful implementation of research project 
in villages and make India a leading innovator in bringing emerging 
technologies to the service of the poor. It appears nothing so far has 
been achieved, sources said. In the proposed structure, there would be 
an academic mode of funding government R&D together with industry's 
participation rather than a business mode of private sector funding, 
they said.


Source:
http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/apr/25medialab.htm