CESC celebrates Independence Day by honouring top-performing employees, launching POS facility in Mysuru

The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) celebrated the 79th Independence Day in a meaningful way by honouring employees who have contributed to the corporation’s progress, recognising officers and staff for their exemplary work, and launching a Point-of-Sale (POS) facility to benefit customers.

At the Independence Day celebrations held at the corporation’s head office in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage here on Friday, CESC Managing Director K.M. Munigopal Raju hoisted the national flag.

On the occasion, junior engineers and powermen/linemen who meticulously maintained power lines in the five districts under CESC’s jurisdiction, junior and assistant engineers who effectively implemented the Kusum-C scheme, and officers from the tax division and MT section who legally fought to prevent excess GST collection, were honoured with silver medals and certificates of appreciation.

CESC Technical Director D.J. Divakar, Chief Financial Officer G. Renuka, General Manager of Administration and HR B.R. Roopa, Chief General Manager of Internal Audit Lingarajamma, CESC Vigilance Inspector Ramkumar, and Vijayalakshmi were present.

CESC introduced a POS payment facility to simplify electricity bill collection. On the occasion of Independence Day, the CESC Managing Director launched the bill collection scheme through POS machines.

The POS initiative will offer greater convenience to customers, enabling them to pay their electricity bills using debit cards, credit cards, UPI QR codes, or cash. Payments can be made at customers’ doorsteps or at CESC cash counters.

Launched with the cooperation of Canara Bank, the project has seen the bank provide 500 POS machines free of cost to CESC, along with training on their usage. “This scheme will make bill collection easier, improve operational efficiency, and support the Digital India mission by providing customers with multiple payment options,” the CESC said.

Canara Bank Chief Manager Chandan Kumar, Mysuru Zonal General Manager S. Rajashekhar, PaySwift Cluster Manager Srinivas Murthy, and CESC Communications Manager Naresh Babu were present.