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Kyoorius unveils its jury, Karen Welman to be foreman
MUMBAI: The jury for the fifth edition of the Kyoorius Design has been unveiled. The jury sessions will take place on 15 and 16 September, 2017 at the Ecole Intuit Lab in Mumbai. The Kyoorius Design Awards is the foremost awards for design and visual communication in India. All design work commercially released between 1 January 2016 and 31 March 2017 are eligible to be entered.
The Kyoorius Design Awards have a wide-ranging list of categories, planned to identify individual components as well as entire projects/campaigns that exist on various platforms and channels and aims to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design oriented companies in India. Kyoorius Design Awards receives entries from design studios, advertising agencies, freelance designers, brand consultancies as well as corporates from across India.
A specialist jury has been carefully selected comprising of the top designers from India and across the world. They will gather to review, debate and elect the best of the best over two intensive days. The jury will be chaired by award winning graphic designer and founding creative partner at Pearlfisher (London), Karen Welman along with some of the leading names in the advertising and design space.
The other jury members for Kyoorius Design Awards 2017 are:
• Leanne Kitchen, Designer – Johnson Banks
• Darshan Gandhi, Head Design – Godrej Consumer Products Limited
• Scott Lambert, Design Director – The Partners | Founder – The Typefaces
• Ambrish Arora, Founding Principal – Studio Lotus
• Jay Dutta, SVP of UX Design – MMYT | Advisor – SAIF Partners
• Neha Tulsia, Founder & Creative Director – NH1 Design
Kyoorius CEO Rajesh Kejriwal said: “These awards are an initiative to acknowledge and reward the true talent in the field of creativity, innovation and design. It’s an honour to have such highly acclaimed jury on board this year. Our jury members represent the best talent in the industry, across a range of creative disciplines to recognise exceptional work in the design industry.”
The Kyoorius Design Awards night will be the culmination of Kyoorius Designyatra and will be held on 14 October, 2017, at the Grand Hyatt, Goa, India. The Awards night will have a gathering of over 1500 people from the design, advertising and marketing community.
Important dates
Submission deadline: 30 August, 2017
Deadline for postal entries: 4 September, 2017
Judging: September 15 & 16 in Mumbai
Awards Night: 14 October at Grand Hyatt, Goa
Brands
Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI: 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.
