Media Lab Asia (MLAsia) has been set up by Department of Information Technology, MCIT, Government of India as not-for-profit Research and Development organization 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 Research and Development 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 and 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.

Indonesia                                      Japan                                     Singapore

China                                            Taiwan                                   South Korea

Malaysia                                         Combodia

Media Lab Asia had made an application for registration of trade mark in the following countries:

Philippines                                      Vietnam                                   Thailand