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Tata Nexarc onboards Kapil Ohri as head of performance marketing
Mumbai: Tata Nexarc on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kapil Ohri as head of performance marketing and customer success. He brings over 15 years of experience in digital media across digital transformation, D2C, media planning, programmatic advertising, and content marketing, working for companies like Mindshare, Ogilvy, Nnnow.com, Afaqs etc.
Ohri shared about joining his new role at Tata Nexarc via a LinkedIn post. He posted, A “New Start,” After several years in the CPG sector, it’s time to reboot. It’s time for a “New Start” and become part of Tata Business Hub team as Head of Performance Marketing & Customer Success (Engagement Marketing). It’s time for a fresh mission – Enable emerging businesses to grow, solve challenges and optimize processes. And with this change, I have also moved out of Delhi NCR. Namaskara Bengaluru.”
Prior to joining Tata Nexarc, Ohri was the deputy general manager at Dabur India. He joined the company as head of digital marketing.
Ohri founded ‘afaqs! Campus,’ a digital marketing education venture that has coached over 2,000 marketing professionals from leading companies and institutes. He is the author of the series of books titled “The Curious Digital Marketer.”
His LinkedIn profile read, “He has won around 35 awards (including team awards as well) at national and APAC level for digital marketing work for brands.”
The Top 100 Digital Marketer Awards in India featured Ohri twice. In 2020, he received the Top 100 Smartest Digital Marketer award from ET NOW & World Marketing Congress. He has also won the title of Top 100 Digital Marketer from Paul Writer PluralSight in 2017.
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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.
