The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) is a government body of the state of Assam, India, for recruitment of candidates through competitive examinations for various government jobs under the Government of Assam, including government departments, organizations, state public sector undertakings, and autonomous bodies. It is headquartered at Jawahar Nagar, Khanapara in Guwahati and functions through its own secretariat. It was established on 1 April 1937.
The primary mandate of the Assam Public Service Commission is to conduct competitive examinations, interviews, and assessments to select candidates for various government jobs within the state. These positions range from administrative and police services to finance, education, and other key sectors, each contributing to the governance and development of Assam. , Shri Debaraj Upadhaya, IPS (Retd.) is the commission Chairman.
A former chairperson of the Assam Public Service Commission and 29 agricultural development officers appointed during his stint were convicted by a special court in a 2014 cash-for-job scam, that was under investigation for eight years.
List of chairpersons +NumberNameFromTo1J. Hazlett, ICS1937–381939–402E.P. Burke, ICS1940–411942–433J.C. Higgins, ICS1943–441944–454A.J. Dash, ICS194519465K. Cantllie, ICS1946–471947–486Kameswar Das, ICS1948–491952–537J.P. Chaliha1953–541956–578S.J. Duncan, IAS195719589A.N. Bhattacharjee, IAS1958–591962–6310B. Khongmen1963196411H.C. Bhuyan1964196512S. Barkataki, IAS1965–661968–6913R. Thanhlira1968–691974–7514R.M. Das1975197615R.N. Basumatary1976–771977–7816R.K. Bhuyan1978–791979–8017A.K.Choudhury, IAS1 August 19791 March 198418Arif Ali, IAS1 March 198430 July 198919Dwijendra Nath Barua, IAS1 August 198922 April 199320T.K. Bora, IAS22 April 19931 August 199421T.P. Das1 August 1994 8 February 19957 February 1995 31 July 200022Debi Charan Bora1 August 200028 February 200123Amiya Kr. Bora28 February 200127 February 200724Geeta Basumatari28 February 20073 January 201225R. Borthakur1 December 201611 April 201726Anupam Kr. Roy, IAS11 April 201728 February 201827Dhrubajyoti Hazarika, IAS28 February 201831 July 201828Dipak Kr. Sarma, IAS31 July 201829 December 201929Rakesh Kr. Paul3 January 2012 11 December 201311 December 2013 10 December 201930Pallab Bhattacharya, IPS9 February 202016 January 202131Rajiv Kumar Bora, IAS10 February 20217 June 202232Ajanta Nath27 June 20224 September 202233Bharat Bhushan Dev Choudhury, IAS5 September 20221 January 202534Debaraj Upadhaya, IPS13 January 2025Present
See also List of Public service commissions in India
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