How EESL's Saurabh Kumar plans to bring down energy consumption

The prices of LED bulbs have fallen and awareness is up, says Kumar with evident satisfaction

The timing of this meeting with Saurabh Kumar, the 50-year-old managing director of a company set up to promote energy efficiency, could not have been more appropriate. Kumar heads Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint venture of power public sector undertakings, and his company is executing the world’s biggest electric vehicle tender by procuring 10,000 e-cars. A second tender to procure another 10,000 is underway.    

Kumar suggests we meet at the Bikaner House (New Delhi) outlet of Chor Bizarre, a restaurant known for its Kashmiri food. It’s a short walk from his residence on Shah Jahan Road. “The Chor