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D. J. Sindh Government Science College

{{Short description|University in Karachi, Pakistan}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox university

| name = D. J. Sindh Government Science College

| native_name = ڈی جے سندھ گورنمنٹ سائنس کالج

| image_name = DJCollegeKarachi.jpg

| established = 17 January 1887

| type = Intermediate (Pre-Engineering & Pre-Medical) and Undergraduate (B. Sc. – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology)

| chancellor =

| principal = Prof. Arjan Das

| city = Karachi

| province = Sindh

| country = Pakistan

| campus_type = Urban

| address = Dr.Ziauddin Ahmed road, Pakistan Chowk, Saddar Town

| mascot =

| affiliations = Board of Intermediate Education Karachi and University of Karachi

| website =

| logo = DJ Sindh Government Science College Logo.svg

}}

Dayaram Jethamal Sindh Government Science College,{{Cite news|date=2021-03-28|title=CELEBRATIONS AND QUESTIONS: 100 YEARS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN SINDH|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1615017|access-date=2021-10-08|work=Dawn (newspaper)|language=en}} (Urdu: ڈی جے سندھ گورنمنٹ سائنس کالج) commonly known as DJ Science College, is a public community college that is affiliated with the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi and the University of Karachi — it is located near Burns Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/471382|title=No stone unturned (at D. J. Sindh Government Science College)|last=Salman|first=Peerzada|date=2009-06-14|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=6 April 2021|language=en-US}}

Premises

File:Photograph of the D.J. Sind Arts College (now known as the D. J. Government Science College) of Karachi 1893.jpg

File:DJ Science College Karachi.jpg

File:DJ Science College.jpg

The college has following premises:

  • The Main Building is divided into two main parts. One new portion has the principal's, superintendent's and clerks' offices. In this portion are the departments of Urdu and Statistics on the ground floor and the departments of Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies on the first floor. The oldest portion of the main building has the departments of Biochemistry, Botany, English & Physics in the ground floor, department of Chemistry, Computer Science & Microbiology and some classrooms in the first floor and department of Zoology in the second floor.
  • A. Q. Block has only classrooms; they are specially for first year.

File:DJ College by Frazz.jpg

  • There is another building on Muhammad bin Qasim Road, behind the main oldest building, it has the Main Library and departments of Mathematics and Geology.

File:DJ Science college (The New Building).JPG

  • M.Sc. block is under construction. It is opposite the A. Q. Block.
  • State-of-the-art gymnasium is adjacent to the A. Q. Block.

File:Principal Bungalow.jpg

  • The principal's bungalow is one of the oldest building. Nowadays, Sindh Textbook Board has occupied this building as camp office.
  • Sport Complex is near the P.I.D.C roundabout and opposite the Pearl Continent Hotel. This complex is used for cricket and football.

Faculties / Departments

The college has the following departments:

  • Biochemistry
  • Botany
  • Chemistry
  • English
  • Geology{{cite web

|url=http://www.samaa.tv/samaavideolist.aspx?v=7212

|title=Department of Geology, D. J. Science College

|access-date=7 April 2021

|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020310/http://www.samaa.tv/samaavideolist.aspx?v=7212

|archive-date=22 February 2014

|df=dmy-all

|website=Samaa TV News website

|date=18 August 2013

}}

  • Islamic Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Microbiology
  • Pakistan Studies
  • Physical Education and Sports
  • Physics
  • Sindhi
  • Statistics
  • Urdu
  • Zoology

Admission

The college offers the admission in Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical for Intermediate

{{cite web

|url=http://www.seccap2014.com/

|title=Centralized Admission Policy – CAP

|access-date=7 April 2021

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808225246/http://seccap2014.com/

|archive-date=8 August 2014

|df=dmy-all

}} level affiliated to the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (B.I.E.K)

{{cite web

|url=http://www.biek.edu.pk/gmaleCol.asp

|title=Board of Intermediate Education Affiliated College

|access-date=7 April 2021

}} under CAP (Centralized Admission Policy).

Affiliation

For undergraduate level, the college offers a combination of any three of the following subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology). The college also offers admission in three year Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S. Semester System) programme, affiliated to University of Karachi since 1951.{{cite web

|url=http://uok.edu.pk/ac/docs/govt.pdf

|title=List of Government Affiliated Colleges with University of Karachi – (see Serial No. 14 on the List)

|access-date=6 April 2021}}

Principals

=Pre-Independence=

  • Mullineux R. Walmsley (1887–1888)
  • Moses John Jackson (1888–1907)
  • H.P Ferrell (1908–1916)
  • A.C. Miller (1917–1918)
  • T.M. Shahani (1918–1927)
  • N.B Butani (1927–1943)
  • H.M Gurbaxani (1943–1944)
  • J.V Lakhani (1944–1947)
  • Mariwalla, Dharamdas Tekchand (1947)

=Post Independence=

  • LA deSouza (1955–1961)
  • JB Sidhwa (1961–1967)
  • Iftekhar Ahmed Ansari (1967–1972)
  • S. H. Zubairi (1972–1984)
  • Obaidur Rehman (1984–1985)
  • Abdul Samad (1985–1986)
  • Naseem Sheikh (1986 Apr–Jun)
  • Ziauddin Ahmed (1986 Jul–Sep)
  • Anwarul Haq Hashmi (1986–1987)
  • Zaheer Ahmed (1987–1988)
  • Naseem Ahmed Sheikh (1988–1990)
  • Sabzwari (1990)
  • M Qasim Siddiqui (1990–1991)
  • Abul Wakeel Qureshi (1991)
  • Aamir Ismail (1990-1991)
  • M Qasim Siddiqui (1991–1993)
  • Syed Kamal Uddin (1993–1995)
  • Mazharul Haq (1995–1996)
  • Muhammad Sharif Memon (1996 - 1997)

{{cite web

|url=http://sgaisb.org/sindhi-aphabet-not-complete.php

|title=In Memory of Sharif Memon

|website=Sindh Graduate Association, Islamabad website

|date=1 February 2013

|access-date=7 April 2021

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302203528/http://sgaisb.org/sindhi-aphabet-not-complete.php

|archive-date=2 March 2014

|df=dmy-all

}}

  • Ravi Shankar Harani (1997)

{{cite news

|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/366343/karachi-admissions-to-colleges-begin-from-11th

|title=KARACHI: Admissions to colleges begin from 11th

|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)

|date=3 August 2004

|access-date=7 April 2021

}}

  • Asif (1997–1999)
  • Ravi Shankar Harani (1999 - 2006)

{{cite web

|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/197314/karachi-college-principals-to-get-more-powers

|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)

|title=College principals to get more powers

|date=17 June 2006

|access-date=7 April 2021

}}

  • Hakeemullah Baig Chughtai (2006 to 2009)
  • Syed Rizwan Haider Taqvi (2009)
  • Kamil Shere (1 March 2010 to 5 March 2012)
  • Syed Afzal Hussain (5 March 2012 - 12 June 2013)

{{cite web

|url=https://uok.edu.pk/news/2013/voter-coll.pdf

|title=List of Principals, Government/Private Colleges (see Serial # 20)

|website=University of Karachi website

|access-date=13 April 2021

}}

  • Muhammad Arshad (Acting) (13 June 2013 to 16 July 2013)
  • Ghulam Mehdi Balouch (17 July 2013 - 31 March 2014)

{{cite web

|url=http://www.sindheducation.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/senioritylists/Final%20Seniority%20List%20of%20Associate%20Professors%20(BPS-20),%20Male%20Collegiate%20Side%20of%20Education%20and%20Literacy%20Department.pdf

|title=List of Officers, Page #: 5, Serial #: 59

|access-date=13 April 2021

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224002536/http://www.sindheducation.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/senioritylists/Final%20Seniority%20List%20of%20Associate%20Professors%20%28BPS-20%29%2C%20Male%20Collegiate%20Side%20of%20Education%20and%20Literacy%20Department.pdf

|archive-date=24 February 2014

|df=dmy-all

}}

  • Muhammad Arshad (Acting) (1 April 2014 to 12 August 2014)
  • Allah Bux Awan (13 August 2014 to 17 October 2014)

{{cite web |url=http://www.sindheducation.gov.pk/Contents/Seniority/DRAFT%20SENIORITY%20LIST%20OF%20PROFESSORS%20BS-20%20MALE.pdf

|title=List of Officers, Page #: 3, Serial #: 22

|date=20 March 2014

|access-date=13 April 2021

}}

  • Muhammad Arshad (18 Oct 2014 to 20 Dec 2016){{Cite news|date=2016-03-03|title=[Un]protected heritage: Pedestrian bridge obscures DJ Science College façade|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1058839/unprotected-heritage-pedestrian-bridge-obscures-dj-science-college-facade|access-date=2021-10-08|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en}}
  • Shehzad Muslim Khan (acting) (21 December 2016 to 20 September 2017)
  • Muhammad Saleem (21 September 2017 to 30 March 2019){{Cite news|date=2017-12-09|title=CM Murad recounts college days during pedestrian bridge inauguration ceremony at DJ Science College|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/09/cm-murad-recounts-college-days-during-pedestrian-bridge-inauguration-ceremony-at-dj-science-college/|access-date=2021-10-08|work=Pakistan Today (newspaper)}}
  • Shehzad Muslim Khan (acting) (31 March 2019 to May 2020)
  • Ghulam Mustafa Charan (May 2020 – April 2021)
  • Muhammad Mehar Mangi (April 2021 - December 2022)
  • Rashid Ahmed Meher (December 2022 - 6 September 2023)
  • Wajeet Kumar (acting) (6 September 2023 - November 2023)
  • Mustafa Kamal Pathan (November 2023 - January 2024)
  • Muhammad Suleman Siyal (January 2024 – November 2024)
  • Arjan Das (November 2024 - Present)

Notable alumni

|url=http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/R_0065.htm

|title=Profile of Ziaur Rahman

|website=Banglapedia – National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh

|access-date=13 April 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020075020/http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/R_0065.htm

|archive-date=20 October 2014

|url-status=dead

}} (former President of Bangladesh)

{{cite news

|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1018281/the-siut-story-making-the-impossible-possible-launched

|title=The SIUT Story — Making the 'Impossible' Possible launched

|date=15 June 2013

|access-date=7 April 2021

|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)

|author=Shazia Hasan

}} - founder of Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT)

References

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External links

  • {{URL|http://www.biek.edu.pk/|Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi}}
  • {{URL|http://uok.edu.pk|University of Karachi}}
  • {{URL|http://www.sindheducation.gov.pk/|Department of Higher, Technical Education & Research, Govt. of Sindh}}

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