CESC Limited

Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited
Company typePublic limited company
NSECESC
BSE500084
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedKolkata, India
FoundersR. P. Goenka
HeadquartersKolkata, India
Area served
West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan (India)
Key people
Sanjiv Goenka
(Chairman)
Brajesh Singh
(MD – Generation)
Vineet Sikka
(MD – Distribution)
Rajarshi Banerjee
(CFO)[1]
ProductsElectrical power
ServicesElectricity generation and distribution
natural gas exploration, production, transportation and distribution
RevenueIncrease12,550 crore (US$1.5 billion)[2] (2022)
Increase1,359 crore (US$160 million) (2022)
Total assetsIncrease34,372 crore (US$4.1 billion)
Total equityIncrease9,494 crore (US$1.1 billion)
Number of employees
7,886 (2020)
ParentRPSG Group
Websitecesc.co.in
Victoria House at Esplanade, Kolkata, the headquarters of CESC.

The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) is the Kolkata-based flagship company of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, born from the erstwhile RPG Group, under the chairmanship of businessman Sanjiv Goenka. It is an Indian electricity generation and the sole distribution company serving 567 square kilometres (219 sq mi) of area administered by the Kolkata municipal corporation, in the city of Kolkata, as well as parts of Howrah, Hooghly, 24 Parganas (North) and 24 Parganas (South) districts in the state of West Bengal. It also serves power distribution in Kota, Bikaner and Bharatpur in Rajasthan under the name CESC RAJASTHAN. It serves 3.0 million consumers approximately, which includes domestic, industrial and commercial users.

  1. ^ "Company Profile & Executives – CESC Ltd". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ "Stock share price of CESC Limited". BSE India.