Organisation Hierarchy

Administrative & Engineering Organogram

Authoritative organogram of the Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Assam and the representative engineering fraternity across state, zonal, circle, division, and field tiers.

Official Cadre Rosters

PHED Assam Seniority & Gradation Lists

Official, published seniority rosters corresponding to each engineering cadre tier in the organogram below — including Chief Engineers, Additional CEs, Superintending Engineers (SE), Executive Engineers (EE), Assistant Executive Engineers (AEE), and Assistant Engineers (AE). Published directly by the Government of Assam.

🏛️ Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Assam • 🌐 phe.assam.gov.in/document/gradation-lists
Open Gradation Lists ↗ phe.assam.gov.in
Government of Assam

Departmental Engineering Hierarchy

7 Administrative Tiers (Apex to Field)
01
Apex State Ministry & Secretariat

Minister, PHED & Additional Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary

Overall policy leadership, legislative accountability, statutory approvals under Article 309, inter-departmental budget allocations, and state-level cabinet memorandums.

Secretariat, Dispur
02
Apex Engineering Directorates

Chief Engineer (PHE), Water & Chief Engineer (PHE), Sanitation

Head of Department (HoD) engineering authorities. Concurrently oversees Mission Directorates for the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen (SBM-G).

• Technical Sanction Authority • Cadre Controlling Authority • Schedule of Rates (SoRs) Formulation
Hengrabari, Guwahati
03
Zonal Technical Establishments

Additional Chief Engineers (5 Regional & Hills Zones)

Regional engineering directors supervising multi-district circle offices and executing inter-district water supply transmission networks.

Lower Assam Zone Upper Assam Zone North Assam Zone Barak Valley Zone Sixth Schedule Councils (BTR / KAAC / DHAC)
5 Zonal Directorates
04
Circle Administration

Superintending Engineers (13 Circles)

Territorial circle authorities responsible for project appraisal, technical sanctions under DFPR 2022, contract dispute arbitration, and district laboratory surveillance.

Territorial Circles: Guwahati, Nalbari, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Hailakandi, Kokrajhar, Diphu, Haflong & State Quality Control Circle.
13 Circle Offices
05
Divisional Field Executive Offices

Executive Engineers (40+ Divisions)

Principal executing officers and drawing & disbursing officers (DDOs). In charge of scheme tenders, contractor contract management, Jal Jeevan Mission DPR formulations, and district coordination.

40+ Division Offices
06
Sub-Divisional Field Units

Assistant Executive Engineers (100+ Sub-divisions)

Ground operational directors heading sub-divisions. Oversees construction quality, pipeline alignments, intake works, treatment plant installations, and measurement book (MB) check measurements.

100+ Sub-divisions
07
Sectional Engineering & Operations

Assistant Engineers (AE) & Junior Engineers (JE)

Direct site engineers executing daily rural water supply schemes, functional household tap connections (FHTC), water quality surveillance with Field Testing Kits (FTK), and handholding Village Water & Sanitation Committees (VWSC).

Ground Field Level
Representative Fraternity

APHEA Democratic Cadre Structure

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01

State General Body

The supreme legislative forum of all registered public health engineers meeting biennially.

02

Central Executive Committee

Elected leadership: President, Working President, Vice Presidents, General Secretary & Secretariat.

03

Zonal Coordination Units

Regional coordination bodies overseeing member welfare across Upper, Lower, North, Barak & Hills.

04

District Units

Local divisional branches championing professional development and community representation.