ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <title>Lateral Praxis</title> <link href="images/lplogoicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> <link href="lateral_praxis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="js/jquery-1.5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <link charset="utf-8" href="css/prettyPhoto.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" title="prettyPhoto main stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script charset="utf-8" src="js/jquery.prettyPhoto.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id="about"> <!-- *** Main container *** --> <div id="container"> <div id="down_bro"> <strong>Download:</strong> <a href="download/LPProfile.pdf" target="_blank">Company Profile</a> | <a href="download/LPCMS.pdf" target="_blank">LPCMS - A Brief</a></div> <div id="logo"> <img alt="Lateral Praxis" src="images/lateral.praxis.jpg" /></div> <!-- *** Main navigation *** --> <div id="nav"> <a href="index.html">Home</a> | <a href="about.html">About Us</a> | <a href="services.html">Services</a> | <a href="technologies.html">Technologies</a> | <a href="projects.html">Major Projects</a> | <a href="clients.html">Our Clients</a> | <a href="contact.html">Contact </a> </div> <!-- *** Second navigator *** --> <div id="nav2"> &nbsp;</div> <!-- *** Content Holder *** --> <div id="content_holder"> <div id="sidebar_lt"> <ul class="techno"> <li class="tech_hlt">About Us</li> <li><a href="about_logo.html">Our Logo</a></li> <li><a href="about_vv.html">Our Vision & Values</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- *** Main Content *** --> <div id="content_main"> <img alt="Welcome to Lateral Praxis" height="42" src="images/about.gif" width="125" /> <p class="content"> <strong>Lateral Praxis</strong> originally started as a proprietorship firm 10 years ago by Suniti Gupta, it is now a private limited company. </p> <p class="content"> We create elegant, field-proven software, addressing specific customer needs. Our solutions depend upon our software frameworks. These are built on learning systems and are powered by deep domain knowledge. We work in ASP, .Net, open-source client-side web based and stand-alone applications. Our server side frameworks use proprietary and open-source databases. Our field teams have developed expertise in hand-held biometric devices as well as GPRS / GPS communication protocols when writing to high-density databases.</p> <p class="content"> <strong>Primary areas of work</strong></p> <ul> <li>e-Governance: centralised & field-level rural implementations using cloud-based applications which are connected to remote biometric enabled location-aware devices</li> <li>Customised software applications for enterprises</li> <li>Maintenance of enterprise software including providing on-site teams</li> <li>Stand-alone enterprise applications in areas of compliance and audits</li></ul> <p class="content"> We service a public & private sector client base that spans the country in power generation, fertilizer distribution, corporate processes and rural employment solutions.</p> <p class="news"> Our experience</p> <p class="content"> <strong>Fertiliser Monitoring</strong></p> <p class="content"> Our centralized monitoring systems track the movement of every ton of fertilizer delivered state-wide throughout the country. Our solutions monitor the administrations for large power and chemicals companies. Our experience in dealing with an unforgiving rural environment has led us into crafting logical, simplified processes that are intuitive and efficient. In addition to creating and maintaining over 35 custom CRM, HR and purchasing business process applications , we now offer highly rated, rule-based frameworks which help in streamlining corporate governance and internal audits. Being intrinsically knowledge-driven learning systems, these products enable our customers to stay focused on their core business knowing that their systems of regulatory, governance and audit processes are being constantly monitored.</p> <p class="content"> <strong>NREGA </strong> </p> <p class="content"> NREGA is the largest employment demand scheme in the world, promising to pay every one of India s rural poor, perhaps 350 million people, a sum of a hundred rupees for a day s labour. Our biometric team travelled from village to village, adding identities to job cards using photographs and a fingerprint scanner. The Lateral Praxis team created a centralised software solution that ensures every worker would get paid accurately and on time. We used an always-on-line biometric device with GPS location, along with a localized web-interface. Our experiences are now recorded in a compelling video clip on Youtube.</p> <p class="news"> Strategic & project Alliances</p> <p class="content"> To deliver solutions that integrate with existing software, hardware, communication & field capabilities, we have partnered with several companies with complementary capabilities.</p> <p class="news"> Enterprise applications (ERP enabled)</p> <p class="content"> <strong>Compliance monitoring system</strong></p> <p class="content"> Enterprise tracking of Statutory, Regulatory and India-specific SEBI guidelines. Comes with customised legal knowledge base, allows on-line real-time dashboards with rule-based auto escalation. Presently operational in several large, multi-location enterprises.</p> <p class="content"> Internal Audit tracking system</p> <p class="content"> Enterprise-wide audit process tracking system. Event and time based audit framework, customised to enterprise audit processes. </p> <p class="news"> End-to-end solutions</p> <p class="content"> Software companies have often been accused of abusing the term  solutions . We stand apart. Our solutions inculcate deep expertise in corporate governance, rural transactions, business processes and legal domains. We architect, configure and implement our solutions and ensure long-term success through specialised user training. What drives our systems is an understanding of the knowledge behind the framework.</p> <p class="content"> Our software frameworks are elegant and un-intrusive, because we are happiest when the software is never noticed and people can get on with their core tasks.</p> <!--<p class="content"><strong>With Headquarters situated in the World Trade Center</strong>, Mumbai, Lateral Praxis provides Customized software solutions to its clients based on detailed System and Business Processes&#8217; study. These solutions are used extensively in the fields of monitoring, product marketing, engineering, resource planning, customer support, information management etc. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of every client by offering outstanding customer service, increased flexibility, and greater value, thus optimizing system functionality and improving operational efficiency. </p> <p class="content">Our skills include widespread field implementations of IT infrastructure in both rural and urban areas which could be a combination of hardware, connectivity, customized and standardized software. While our core development experts are based in Mumbai, we also have marketing and support office situated in Noida. Our team has an attitude &amp; appetite for innovation and has the ability to take on new concepts and operationalize the same. We have a keen understanding and experience of working in the rural, agri and fertilizer domains and a strong implementation team with capabilities for successful implementation in the hinterland. We have the privilege of being associated with the Central and State Governments and helping them achieve their goals using our technological as well as domain expertise.</p> <p class="content">We always attempt to use existing systems and data to unlock value and create one integrated environment with some additional development such that we are able to provide the best solution to our Customers.</p> <p class="content">The biggest challenge today is the collection of data from remote areas where the only means of communication which works with certainty is a mobile. Hence we have implemented projects and working on further enhancements to several SIM cards enabled hardware devices for the purpose of data collection and dissemination to the last mile and their integration with centralized web-based systems via the mobile network,</p>--> <hr /> <p class="content"> Click <a class="rm" href="#sumitra-review" rel="review" title=""><strong>here</strong></a> to read a review of our work from <strong>Ms. Sumitra Nair</strong> - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Science and Technology Studies, of <a class="rm" href="http://www.vt.edu" target="_blank"><strong>Virginia Tech USA</strong></a> when they conducted an in-depth review of our e-Muster project in Madhya Pradesh. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sumitra-review" class="hidden"> <p class="content"> Lateral Praxis&#39;s E-Muster as a solution that integrates diverse social and technological stakeholders is an active subject for researchers in fields that includes Science and Technology Studies, Engineering Studies, International Development, and Computer Supported Cooperative Work.</p> <p class="content"> Studies on E-muster have been presented at international forums such as the Oxford Internet Institute, European Association for Studies of Science and Technology, and Microsoft Research India. Research publications based on these presentations are forthcoming.</p> <p class="content"> Aspects of E-Muster and its information ecosystem that have generated immense interest, and offer the possibility of deeper engagement are as follows:</p> <ul> <li>E-Muster as a partner in public service delivery mechanisms with the ability to enable, enhance and optimize governance targets</li> <li>The space for domestic, independent technology innovation that E-Muster and its partners inhabit</li> <li>E-Muster as evidence of small but specialized skill agents in India&#8217;s information services sector that can offer unique insights for global information technology providers</li> <li>More broadly, perhaps most critically, governance-to-people technologies such as E-Muster and its partner products offer the promise of informed citizen-consumers with information available on their fingertips</li> </ul> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p class="content"> <strong>Ms. Sumitra Nair</strong> - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech </p> </div> <div id="footer_holder"> <div id="footer-cr"> © Copyright 2011 Lateral Praxis</div> <div id="footer-links"> <a href="feedback.html">Feedback</a> | <a href="sitemap.html">Site Map</a> | <a href="contact.html"> Contact Us</a> | <a href="terms.html">Terms &amp; Conditions</a> | <a href="policy.html"> Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="http://114.143.190.162/LPNet2" target="_blank">LP Mantra</a> </div> </div> <script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("a[rel^='review']").prettyPhoto({ hideflash: true, default_width: 700, default_height: 420 }); }); </script> </body> </html>