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DataWind receives Amity Leadership Award for Business Excellence
New Delhi, 16 January: DataWind Innovations which specializes in affordable internet access has been awarded with “Amity Leadership Award for Business Excellence by leveraging IT in Designing Innovative Mobile for Education” in Noida.
The award was presented by Amity School of Engineering and Technology Founder President Dr Ashok K Chauhan during the 6th International Conference on Cloud System and Big Data Engineering Confluence 2016 in Amity University Campus, Noida.
The award recognized DataWind’s revolutionary and innovative approach to bridge the digital divide for the forgotten billions with its launch offree internet access on low-cost smartphones and tablets.
Amity University had organized Confluence 2016 in association with EMC Corporation where IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK), IETE (The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, USA) and CSI (Computer Society of India, India). The academic partners of the Confluence were University of Massachusetts, USA; Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada; Purdue University, USA; University of Cape Town, South Africa; Cloud Lab University of Melbourne, Australia.
It was stated that DataWind’s products break the affordability barrier and deliver internet access across traditional mobile networks as the company executes a vision to empower the next three billion internet users. The DataWind Pocket Surfer smartphones and tablets incorporate the most powerful technology thatallows fastest internet access on the remotest locations of India’s mobile networks.
DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said “It’s a great honor to receive the Leadership Award from one of the most renowned education institution in India today. Our Pocket surfer Smartphones are the most economical and technology advance devices which comes bundled with free internet browsing for one year on Telenor and Reliance networks.”
Tuli added that in order to help close the gap of the existing ‘digital divide’ in classroom education we have recently launched new Ubiclass Application which shows our commitment towards education on bringing the socio- economic and educational benefits of the Internet to emerging markets around the world.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
