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Kyoorius unveils its jury and announces jury sessions for the 2016 Design Awards
MUMBAI: Kyoorius unveils its jury for the fourth edition of the Kyoorius Design Awards. The jury sessions will take place from September 02-04, 2016 at the école intuit.lab in Mumbai. Gabor Schreier, Executive Creative Director, Saffron Brand Consultants, will chair the jury at the Kyoorius Design Awards this year. He specialises in creative strategy, brand positioning and architecture, visual identity systems, branded environments, signing systems and sound branding. The Kyoorius Design Awards recognise, honour and award the most outstanding creative work in the Indian visual communications sphere.
This year, the Kyoorius Design Awards received a total of 468 entries across all categories, from design studios, advertising agencies, freelance designers, brand consultancies and corporate from across India. The Kyoorius Awards have a wide-ranging list of categories, planned to recognise individual components as well as entire campaigns and projects that exist on multiple platforms and channels. A specialist jury composed of the top creatives from across the world – will gather to review, discuss and elect the best of the best over three intensive days. All the voting is done in private and never by a show of hands.
Under the Kyoorius Design Awards, the jury also comprises of:
• Tnop Wangsillapakun, Founder & Design Director, TNOP Design
• Prasanna Sankhe, Co-Founder & Creative Head, Hyphen
• Sarita Sundar, Founder, Hanno
• Kurnal Rawat, Creative Director, Landor
• Katherina Tudball, Design Director, The Partners
• Ayaz Basrai, Co-Founder, The Busride Design Studio
Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius said ‘With our latest edition of Kyoorius Design Awards, we are delighted with the quality and range of entries received. The jury – a mix of international and Indian experts – will have some tough choices to make over the next few days. Kyoorius has an Open jury policy and people from the media and industry are allowed to attend these sessions to interact with the jury and be inspired by the exceptional entries received this year”.
The Kyoorius Design Awards night will be the culmination of Kyoorius Designyatra and will be held on October 01, 2016 at the Fairmont Hotel, Jaipur, India. The Awards night will have a gathering of over 1100 people from the marketing and communication industry.
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.
