New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) Vishal Kapoor on Thursday took additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL).

He is Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned EESL. The CESL is an arm of EESL and looks after business portfolios of Electric mobility, carbon financing and battery energy storage.

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"The National Electric Bus Program (NEBP) has a target to deploy 50,000 e-buses across the country and is envisioned to aggregate robust demand from the State Transport Undertakings (STUs)," Kapoor said in a statement.

He joined the EESL on November 2, 2022 prior to which he was serving as a joint secretary in the Ministry of Power.

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Under MG Nurture, an initiative of the company, it plans to impart future-ready skills to students by way of hands-on and experiential training on EVs and autonomous and connected vehicles in various engineering colleges and ITIs across India.

"The students who participate in this initiative will develop a greater potential and emerge as significant contributors to India's automobile industry," MG Motor India President, and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba said in a statement.

*** Breathe Well-being raises Rs 50 crore * Diabetes reversal firm Breathe Well-being on Thursday said it has raised Rs 50 crore in a funding round co-led by 3One4 Capital, Accel and General Catalyst.

The Pre-Series B round also saw participation from FounderBank Capital and Supermorpheus, it said in a statement.

The company will use the funds to strengthen its coaching academy, expand the core team, and scale up the technology platform to enhance customer experience, it added.

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