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GoaFest 2017: Winners of Day 3 Creative Abby Awards announced
GOA: After three days of seminars and conclaves by industry experts, crazy parties, the last Abby awards evenings was filled with delegates screaming their throats hoarse in support of colleagues during the presentation in Goafest 2017. With a total of 421 metals given away this year across 11 categories, the event saw an increase in the number of gold and silver metals awarded this year as compared to last.
The Advertising Club (TAC) and the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) felicitated the works of the advertising agencies with the Creative Abby Awards 2017 on Friday.
Mobile Abby
In the Mobile Abby category, JWT India – Bangalore bagged one gold and two silver metals, emerging as the winner in the category. The agency received a gold for their ‘The Hindu’s ‘#SpiritOfBangalore’ campaign in the Thumb-stopper Award.
Apart from them, Taproot Dentsu- Gurgaon took home a gold metal for Airtel’s ‘Lifesaving Wallpapers’ campaign in the Mobile/Tablet App’d Cause related category.
Film Craft
Early Man Films came out as the winner in this category with five metals, including one gold and silver each and three bronze. It received the gold trophy for its ‘CAR’ campaign for Godrej Security Solutions.
Second winning agency is Breathless Films with four metals, including one gold for their Google Search’ ‘Google Shayari’ campaign in the Casting category.
Film Single
In this category, Taproot Dentsu received a gold and a silver metal each, taking its total for Day 3 to two metals. The agency bagged a gold for their ‘Odds by Adidas’ campaign in the Clothing, Innerwear, Footwear and Accessories category.
Rishtey Cineplex bagged the majority of metals in the category consisting of one silver and two bronze metals.
Design
Open Strategy and Design bagged four gold and silver each and three bronze metals taking its total to 11 metals. The agency received two gold for their Tohsin Chocolaterie and Patisserie brand campaign titled ‘Masterstroke’ in the Corporate Brand identity and Best Integrated Design Category.
It won two other gold trophies for their Mumbai Press Club and Imaginarium brands for ‘In The News’ and ‘Think it. Print it’ campaigns, respectively.
The second winning agency with one gold metal is Viral Pandya for their Osho’ ‘Unzip the potential’ campaign.
Ambient
Taproot Dentsu emerged as the leader in this category with one gold metal for its Lifesaving Wallpapers’ campaign for Airtel.
Integrated
In this category, JWT India bagged two metals, a gold and a silver. The agency received a gold for its NestAway’s ‘Homes That Don’t Discriminate’ campaign in the Business and Home Services. Star India won a Gold for its ‘Nayi Soch’ campaign in the Corporate category.
Out Of Home
Social Street emerged as the winner in this category with a total of 6 metals. It won two gold metals for Wildlife Conservation Trust in the Public Service, Appeals and Charity category.
Second winning agency is JWT India with one gold, two silver and three bronze metals taking its total tally to six. It won the gold for their Apollo Tyres campaign in the Automatic Vehicles and Accessories category.
Gender Sensitive
Star India won a Gold for its Hindi Entertainment channel Star Plus’ for its famous ‘Nayi Soch- Cricket’ campaign. Cellar Door Productions and JWT India bagged a Silver metal for their ‘UrbanClap: Men’s Day’ and ‘My daughter will’ campaign, respectively.
The Young Abby award this year goes to FCB Interfaces’ Ketan Sudhir Kadam and Adith Francis Fernandes for their ‘Ads that actually saved water’ for Drop Dead Foundation.
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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.
