[icernet] Cabinet to decide on Media Lab Asia soon

[Arul Selvan]

  Government said the future course of action in the case of Media Lab 
Asia, the joint venture between IT department and MIT of US, would be 
decided by the Cabinet while ruling out closing down the research 
project. ‘‘The draft Cabinet paper has already been prepared by the 
department and I hope the Cabinet would find time to deliberate on it 
soon’’, Arun Shourie, Minister for IT and Communications said. He, 
however, said Media Lab Asia is certainly not being shut but it would be 
restructured in every way. ‘‘Whether it is going to be exclusive 
relationship with MIT or anybody, how much private funding is going to 
be available, greater participation in decision-making for people who 
will be doing or directing the research, the staff of media lab Asia, 
there would be restructuring in all these areas, ’’, he said.

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