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Goibibo.com celebrates fifth anniversary with its customers
MUMBAI: Goibibo.com, an online travel aggregator, is celebrating the fifth anniversary with the ‘Goibibo management team’ meeting the first 50 bookers in person and honouring them with a certificate of appreciation for showing faith and confidence, when Goibibo was just starting out, with a goCash gift voucher worth Rs 10,000.
Besides this, on a daily basis five lucky online bookers will get Rs 1000 in goCash, five weekly bookers have a chance to win Rs 5000 in goCash on bookings made during the week and the five mega winners will win Rs 50,000 in goCash on bookings made in the five-week period.
The journey that started in September 2009, goibibo.com has been growing by more than 100 per cent plus on a year-on-year basis. Traffic growth as per Comscore has been 97 per cent year-on-year (August 2014), making it the most rapidly growing online travel aggregator in the country. The business has constantly added applications and features: mobile apps, hotels, international flights, goCash, bus ticketing, online re-scheduling, instant refunds etc.
The company statement read, “Goibibo.com has had a very successful five-year stint in the market. We have carefully nurtured the brand to help it reach its present status as the most popular travel website in India. Our valued customers have played a very significant role in helping us reach this milestone. Through the five-week mega celebration we want to demonstrate our gratitude and appreciation for their loyalty by rewarding them with these incredible deals and offers.”
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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.
