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Softline launches festive campaign to promote India’s ‘First Comfort Fit Pocket Leggings’
MUMBAI: This festive season, to showcase its differentiated and innovative product proposition, Softline the premium women wear brand from Rupa & Company Ltd has rolled out a special campaign to promote India’s ‘First Comfort Fit Pocket Leggings’ with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma in the lead.
In line with its brand philosophy ‘Effortless You’, the TVC will emphasise on the benefits of Pocket in women’s daily wear. With the launch of Softline Comfort Fit Pocket Leggings, the brand aims at empowering the women with enhanced mobility and convenience.
Along with the TVC, the brand has also launched an interactive online game called ‘Softline Pocket Game’, which will a pivotal role in creating saliency for the product. The users can compete virtually with other players and the highest scorer will get an exciting gift hamper from Softline.
Commenting on the campaign, Rupa & Company Ltd president and brand director Vikash Agarwal said, “We are introducing a new category to women’s daily wear and trying to create conversation around Softline Comfort Fit Pocket Leggings by engaging with the consumers in a meaningful way. The festive season always calls for an effortless style statement and with the inclusion of pockets in women’s daily wear we aim at empowering them with enhanced mobility and convenience. To create awareness about the product we have chalked out an aggressive marketing plan touching all the promotion avenues and we are confident of striking the right chord with the audience.”
In addition to that, Softline has also introduced another customer engagement initiative to promote India’s First Comfort Fit Pocket Leggings. As part of the offer, customers of Softline Leggings and Outerwear will be eligible for an assured free gift of Nivea Crème worth Rs. 50 and will stand a chance to win a Smartphone worth Rs. 12,900.
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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.
