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D:CODE 2022 by The Advertising Club: Industry experts to share insights on rapid transformation of digital industry
Mumbai: The pandemic era which we passed through has seen an interesting shift in consumer behaviour towards small businesses and homegrown brands. This has fueled the need and importance of digital marketing as a platform to connect and reach out to more consumers. Owing to this accelerated business and rapid consumer shift towards digital, The Advertising Club is once again back with its third edition of D:CODE 2022, India’s Annual Digital Review.
The Advertising Club’s third edition of D:CODE 2022, presented by Meta, will take place on 26 August 2022, at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Following the phenomenal success of the first two editions, the upcoming edition will see the best minds in digital, media, and marketing come together to address the evolving digital ecosystem.
D:CODE 2022 will see the following 10 industry leaders, including Dentsu Creative chief executive officer Amit Wadhwa; Google director-marketing partners Satya Raghavan; Hotstar executive VP and CMO Sidharth Shakdher; Jio Ads CEO Gulshan Verma; Luxury & Lifestyle Influencer and I-banking professional turned KOL Rizwan Bachav; Meta marketing director Avinash Pant; ONDC chief business officer Shireesh Joshi; S4 Capital chief executive officer-APAC Michel de Rijk; Starcom CEO Rathi Gangappa and Talented founder P G Aditiya. They will cover three areas in 10 minutes each: their own work they are proud of; the work of other brands that inspired them; and tips to crack the digital code in the year ahead.
Speaking about the third edition of the review, The Advertising Club president Partha Sinha, said, “The Advertising Club has been at the leading edge in driving several pioneering initiatives that truly define the current state of the media and advertising industry. With sustained efforts year on year, D:CODE has emerged as an engaging knowledge platform, providing a reason to “Inspire and be inspired”. We are excited to present our third edition of the show with leading industry stalwarts from India and APAC whose insights and learnings will continue to celebrate the rapidly changing dynamics of the digital industry. With D:CODE 2022, The Advertising Club looks forward to creating yet another benchmark in the Indian media and advertising landscape and paving the way to unleashing the true potential of digital.”
D-CODE chairperson Punitha Arumugam added, “We are excited to continue with the 10 minute per speaker format at D-CODE 2022. Our 10 speakers will showcase, in total, 20 digital case studies done in the past year and provide 30 tips to crack the digital code in the year ahead—all this in just one evening! We hope it will be a truly educative and immersive experience for the audience.”
“The D-CODE 2022 line up of speakers covers award winners from Cannes this year (Dentsu Creative, PG Aditiya), best of global digital publishers (Google, Meta, Disney+Hotstar, Jio Ads), new age orgs defining the future of digital agencies and e-commerce (S4 Capital, ONDC), digital forward media agencies (Starcom) and social influencers (niche KOL like Rizwan). With these 10 speakers, D-CODE 2022 covers a relevant spectrum of all things digital; not to mention the laughs the audience will have with our compere Anshu Mor, a tech professional turned stand-up comic,” said D-CODE co-chairperson Avinash Pant.
D-CODE 2022 is presented by Meta, co-powered by Times Network and Disney+Hotstar in association with MiQ & YOptima.
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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.
