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Wipro Enterprises onboards Sahifa Mehta as global communications leader
MUMBAI: Wipro Enterprises has named Sahifa Mehta as its global communications leader. Mehta will lead corporate communications for Wipro Enterprises for Consumer Care & Lighting and Wipro Infrastructure across key geographies globally.
In this role, Mehta will be handling external and internal communications for Wipro Enterprises. She will spearhead the corporate branding and communication initiatives for both Consumer Care & Lighting and WIPRO Infrastructure globally.
Mehta is a Public Relations and Corporate Communications professional with over 17 years’ experience in the field. She has worked across corporate and agency roles helping numerous Fortune 500 brands develop their Communication Strategies and deliver their brand and communications goals.
In her last role with Perfect Relations, a part of Dentsu Aegis Network, as an associate director based in Gurgaon, Mehta helped companies across diverse sectors such as manufacturing, technology, consumer, consulting, automobile, and infrastructure brands with their PR roadmap leading the internal and external communications. Some of the brands she has worked with across her career include Microsoft India, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Louis Berger, Emirates Airlines, and many more. She has worked at PaperBind Pte, Kodak India leading Marketing Communications and Weber Shandwick Public Relations.
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Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI:Â Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
