Central Public Works Department

Central Public Works Department

Service Overview
Abbreviation	CPWD
Formed	1854
Country	India
Group 'A' Services	Central Engineering Service (CES) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (CEMES) Central Architects Service (CAS)
Training Ground	National CPWD Academy, Ghaziabad
Cadre Controlling Authority	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister Responsible	Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri
Legal personality	Governmental; Civil Service
Duties	Execution of Public Works for Government of India
Cadre strength	5400 approx
Mode of Selection	Indian Engineering Services Exam for Group 'A' Post UPSC Exam for Deputy Architect Group 'A' Post Staff Selection Commission JE Exam for Group 'B' Post
Associations	Central Engineering Service Group 'A' (Direct Recruit) Association Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service Group 'A' (Direct Recruit) Association Central Architect Service Association CPWD Engineers Association CPWD Officers Wives Association
Notable Officers	Rajesh Kumar Kaushal (Director General) Manoj Joshi, IAS (Secretary MoHUA)
Website	www.cpwd.gov.in
Headquarter	A-Wing, Nirman Bhawan, Central Secretariat, New Delhi - 110011

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD, Hindi: केंद्रीय लोक निर्माण विभाग) is the Indian government authority in charge of public sector works. The CPWD, under the Ministry of Urban Development now MoHUA (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), deals with buildings, roads, bridges, flyovers and other complicated structures including stadiums, auditoriums, laboratories, bunkers, border fencing and border roads (hill roads). The CPWD came into existence in July 1854 when Lord Dalhousie established a central agency for execution of public works and set up Ajmer Provincial Division. It has now grown into a comprehensive construction management department, which provides services from project conception to completion, and maintenance management.

It is headed by the Director General (DG) who is also the Principal Technical Advisor to the Government of India. The regions and sub-regions are headed by Special DGs and Additional DGs respectively, while the zones in all state capitals (except a few) are headed by the Chief Engineers. Nowadays, a new post of Chief Project Manager (CPM) has been created to head major prestigious projects of CPWD. CPMs are equivalent to the rank of Chief Engineers in CPWD.The Chief Architect of CPWD also acts as chairman of local body to approve the Government Buildings. With country wide presence, the strength of CPWD is its ability to undertake construction of Complex Projects even in difficult terrains and maintenance in post construction stage.^[1]

It is the prime engineering department of Government of union of India and its specifications and manuals are followed by local public works departments and engineering wing of other departments.

CPWD consists of three wings in execution field – B&R (Buildings and Roads), E&M (Electrical and Mechanical) and horticulture.^{[citation needed]}