EESL executive chairman Saurabh Kumar resigns

State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) executive vice chairman Saurabh Kumar on Tuesday tendered his resignation citing personal reasons, sources said. Kumar confirmed the development but declined to comment.

EESL’s Kumar became the face of energy efficiency programmes in the country as he spearheaded the world’s largest non-subsidised distribution programme of LED lamps under the ‘Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All’ (Ujala) scheme.