About Webonautics

Senior Technology Studio.
Since 2000.

Twenty-five years of building complex digital systems — aviation regulatory infrastructure, government platforms, enterprise software, and entertainment platforms — across two continents and three decades of technology change. We have watched every major shift since 2000. We are still here, still building, and still getting better at it.

  • Founded 2000
  • Locations Mangalore & Mumbai, India
  • Founded by Suma Srinivas & Lathesh Suryakantha
  • Prior web division name Creative Fusion Studio
  • Website webonautics.com

The Studio

Not a large team.
A complete one.

Webonautics was founded in 2000 by Suma Srinivas and Lathesh Suryakantha in Mangalore, India. Between the two founders, the studio covers the full project lifecycle — from client engagement and scoping through documentation, UI design, technical architecture, testing, and implementation.

Where backend development was needed, the studio worked with a trusted, NDA-bound development team for PHP and MySQL execution. The direction, the design, the architecture, and the IP have always remained with Webonautics.

The studio has always operated as Webonautics. Creative Fusion Studio was once used as the web division name during the Australian chapter and early Indian years. In 2008, all services were consolidated under the Webonautics name.

The people who scope your project are the people who build it. No handoffs. No translation loss. No project managers between you and the work.

We have built software for regulated, mission-critical environments — DGCA-approved aviation infrastructure, government-funded education platforms, national civic accreditation systems — and charged India-based rates for it. That last part we are correcting.

We have turned down acquisition offers that didn't reflect the value of what was built. We have held IP when others wanted it for nothing. We have sustained client relationships measured in decades, not months. That is the studio.

Alongside the web and technology work, Webonautics has always had an infotainment division — using the internet to provide accurate information and entertainment, with all content written by Suma. This division produced Ethnic India and Indian Divinity — an online repository of India's divine pantheon, sacred scriptures, and cultural heritage, launched in 2001 and still active. Indian Divinity is cited as a reference by universities and appears as a source on Wikipedia. In spirit, this division is the creative ancestor of the Suma & Lathesh studio that exists today.

The Founders

Two people.
Every discipline covered.

Co-Founder · Projects Director

Suma Srinivas

BBA · Higher Diploma Software Engineering (FoxPro / C / C++)
Masters Interactive Multimedia · Sydney, Australia
UI Design · HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Documentation

Suma leads every project from the first client conversation through to delivery. Scoping, documentation, UI design — all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript built entirely by her — testing, client management, and implementation. The project does not move without Suma understanding it completely.

Her background spans business administration and software engineering before the Masters in Interactive Multimedia in Sydney — a combination that means she understands the commercial context of every brief, the technical constraints of every solution, and the user experience implications of every decision.

Suma wrote the complete technical documentation for Techlog — the field specifications, integration protocols, and operational procedures for a system interfacing with four live aviation platforms across four aircraft types. She has written scope documents, proposals, and user manuals for every major Webonautics platform. The documentation is part of the product.

Suma is also an author, artist, and co-founder of Suma & Lathesh — the creative studio operating across visual art, music, and cinematic storytelling at sumalathesh.com. Future books publish under Suma Srinivas at sumasrinivas.com.

Co-Founder · Technical Director

Lathesh Suryakantha

BSc Computer Science
Masters Interactive Multimedia · Sydney, Australia
Technical Architecture · Technical Consultation

Lathesh directs the technical architecture of every Webonautics system. Where the system needs to go, how it should be structured, what it needs to integrate with, how it will perform under load — these decisions sit with Lathesh. The NDA-bound development team that executed the PHP and MySQL work did so under his technical direction.

His background is in computer science — a degree before the Masters in Interactive Multimedia in Sydney, which grounded the creative and interactive work in rigorous technical thinking. The combination is visible in the systems Webonautics has built: technically sound, operationally reliable, and designed to last.

The aviation work — Airvionics DMS running for 18 years across three international airlines, Techlog operating inside Jet Airways for five years — reflects the quality of technical decisions made at the architectural level. Systems that survive this long are built right from the start.

Lathesh is also a composer and visual artist, and co-founder of Suma & Lathesh — the creative studio where his music and cinematic work are published through CreativeFusionStudio on YouTube.

How We Work

The same way
we always have.

01

Direct engagement

You work with the founders — not an account manager, not a project coordinator, not someone translating your brief to someone else. The people who understand your problem are the people who solve it. That has been true since 2000.

02

Documentation first

Every project is scoped and documented before development begins. The scope document is the contract between understanding and execution. It catches ambiguity early, aligns expectations, and gives the development team clear, unambiguous instructions. Suma writes every document.

03

UI built in-house

All HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is built by Suma Srinivas. No outsourced frontend, no template adaptation — every UI is built from scratch to the design and to the brief. This is where the quality is most visible and most controlled.

04

Architecture with intent

Lathesh designs technical architecture with longevity in mind. The systems that have run for 18 years — Airvionics DMS — and the platforms deployed across multiple installations independently — SWIP and NAG — reflect architecture built to last, not to launch.

05

IP stays with us

The intellectual property of every system Webonautics has built — platform architecture, codebase, documentation, design — belongs to Webonautics unless explicitly transferred. We have declined acquisition approaches that undervalued our work. The IP position is non-negotiable.

06

Relationships over transactions

Sanjay Suri has been a client since 2004. Gul Panag since 2007. The aviation work ran from 2008 until the airline closed in 2019. These are not transactional engagements — they are working relationships built on trust, maintained through quality, and sustained across decades.

Twenty-Five Years

A studio built
one chapter at a time.

2000

Webonautics Founded

Suma Srinivas and Lathesh Suryakantha found Webonautics in Mangalore, India. The studio's infotainment division launches — Ethnic India and Indian Mythology (later Indian Divinity) — content written by Suma.

2002

Masters in Interactive Multimedia, Sydney

Both founders complete their Masters degree in Sydney, Australia. The studio's web division — Creative Fusion Studio — delivers 40+ international projects across US, UK, and Europe during the Macromedia Flash era.

2003

Australian Chapter Begins

Luke Byrne connects the studio to Jamie Harbison and Max Ciardi. Jamie leads to Mercury Rising Media and the Dusseldorp Skills Forum. CAPA work begins through Jamie's father Peter Harbison.

2004

Indian Entertainment Chapter

Sanjay Suri becomes the first Indian entertainment client. Rohit Roy and Gul Panag follow. DSF Xchange intranet launches — eight years of live operation.

2007

SWIP — Pilot Community Platform

Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots platform launches. Captain Attari introduces the studio to Manoj Arora at Jet Airways — the connection that opens aviation.

2008

Airvionics DMS — Jet Airways

First aviation deployment. DGCA-approved document management system goes live at Jet Airways. The product that would run for 18 years and reach 10,000+ users begins here.

2010

Oman Air · Future Group · SOAP

Airvionics DMS deployed at Oman Air — 4,000+ users. Future Group / FLDL web architecture. SOAP civic platform for Gul Panag's Gul 4 Change — 100 NGOs, 50 colleges.

2012

Techlog — Digital Voyage Report System

Techlog goes live at Jet Airways — four aircraft types, four live integrations, ~220 fields per aircraft. Five years of live operation. IP retained by Webonautics.

2016

TAAG Angola Airlines

Airvionics DMS deployed at TAAG Angola Airlines — 900+ users. Still operational in 2026. The third continent for the same platform.

2019

Jet Airways Closes

Jet Airways ceases operations. Airvionics DMS and Techlog remained operational until the airline’s final day.

2025

AI Services · New Chapter

Webonautics extends into AI consultation and integration. Twenty-five years of watching technology change — knowing which shifts matter and which fade — earns the right to say this clearly.

Now

Still Building

Mangalore and Mumbai. TAAG Angola Airlines still running on a platform we built. Gul Panag still a client. The studio is still here. Still getting better.

We have built systems for regulated, high-complexity environments. We have declined the offers that undervalued them. The IP has always been ours.

The intellectual property of every system Webonautics has built remains with Webonautics. Airvionics DMS, Techlog, the SWIP and NAG platform architecture — all of it. Multiple acquisition approaches, across multiple projects and years, were evaluated and declined when the terms did not reflect the actual value of the work.

This is not stubbornness. It is a clear-eyed assessment of what the work is worth — informed by eighteen years of live aviation operation, 10,000+ users across three international airlines, and a track record of building things that run, reliably, for longer than most software companies exist.

We priced our work at India-based rates for most of the studio's history. The quality was always international. The pricing is now being corrected.

If the work is worth
doing carefully,
let's talk.

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