CESC Limited Appoints Mr. Arjun Kumar as Non-Executive Independent Director

CESC Limited is an India-based company engaged in the generation and distribution of electricity. The Company’s operation spanning the value chain from mining coal, generating power and distribution of power. Its businesses consist of Kolkata operations as well as other generation and distribution ventures. Its Kolkata operations include distribution of electricity, with its own generation facilities, across its licensed area in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Its generation projects include operational thermal and renewables projects with a cumulative generation capacity of approximately 800 megawatts (MW), which are owned and operated by its subsidiaries. It has distribution license for Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh; approximately three distribution franchisees (DFs) in Kota, Bharatpur and Bikaner in Rajasthan; and its new DF in Malegaon, Maharashtra. Its subsidiaries include Haldia Energy Limited and Malegaon Power Supply Limited.