D. J. Sindh Government Science College

D. J. Sindh Government Science College, Karachi

Type	Intermediate (Pre-Engineering & Pre-Medical) & Undergraduate (B.Sc. - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology)
Established	17 January 1887
Principal	Dr. Muhammad Arshad, PhD (United Kingdom) 18 Oct 2014 till present
Address	Near Jang Press Chowrangi, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Affiliations	Board of Intermediate Education Karachi[1] and University of Karachi[2]

D. J. Sindh Government Science College (Diwan Dayaram Jethamal)^[3] (formerly Sindh Government Science College) is a college at Karachi,Pakistan..

History

Inaugurated as Sindh Arts College^[4] by Lord Reay, Governor of Bombay, on 17 January 1882, the college was renamed D. J. Science College upon completion of the present structure on 19 November 1887.^[5] Located in the heart of old Karachi, the foundation stone for this college was laid in 1882, by Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India. The college is named after Diwan Dayaram Jethmal, its main benefactor. The coolege was constructed on a PPP model..

Premises

D. J. Science College in the 19th century

Principal Bungalow of D. J. Science College

The college has several premises;

• Main Building is divided into two main part, one new portion has the office of the Principal, office superintendent and clerk offices. In this portion, there are departments of Urdu and Statistics in ground floor and the departments of Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies in first floor. The oldest portion of main building has departments of Biochemistry, Botany, English & Physics in the ground floor, department of Chemistry, Computer Science & Microbiology and also some class rooms in the first floor and department of Zoology in the second floor.
• The is another building on Muhammad bin Qasim Road, behind the main oldest building, it has Main Library, departments of Mathematics and Geology.
• The Principal's bungalow is also the 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 round about and opposite the Pearl Continent Hotel. This complex is used for cricket and football.

D. J. Science College in 2014

Admission

The college offers the admission in Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical for Intermediate^[6] level affiliated to the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (B.I.E.K)^[7] under CAP - Centralized Admission Policy and for undergraduate^[8] level, the combination of any three subjects (i.e. 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) 6 semesters program, affiliated with University of Karachi.^[2]

Notable Graduates

• Abdul Qadeer Khan (Nuclear Scientist)
• Ashraf Habibullah (President & CEO of Computers and Structures, Inc.)
• Ziaur Rahman^[9] (President of Bangladesh)
• Justice S. A. Rabbani^[10](Ex-Judge - Sindh High Court)
• Pirzada Qasim (Ex-Vice Chancellor Karachi University, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)
• Zafar Saied Saify^[11] (Ex-Vice-Chancellor And HEC Eminent scholar and Visiting Faculty in HEJ)
• Adeebul Hasan Rizvi^[12] (Founder SIUT)
• Shahid Masood (Journalist)
• Kamran Ashraf (National hockey player)
• Shahid Ali Khan (National hockey player)
• Sohail Rana (Composer)
• Bashir Syed (Solar Physicist, Research Scientist, NASA)
• Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Ex-Chief Minister of Sindh)
• Dr. Salman Tariq Khan^[13] (Scientist, PCSIR)

References

1. List of Colleges Affiliated with Board of Intermediate Education Karachi
2. Higher Education Comission Affiliated Campuses list
3. "Dayaram Jethamal's History". Retrieved 8 February 2014.
4. "Sindh Arts College, Karachi". Retrieved 8 February 2014.
5. No stone unturned
6. "Centralized Admission Policy - SECCAP". Retrieved 8 February 2014.
7. "Board of Intermediate Education Affiliated College". Retrieved 8 February 2014.
8. "List of Government affiliated College, University of Karachi - Serial No. 14." (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2014.
9. Ahamed, Emajuddin (2012). "Rahman, Shahid Ziaur". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
10. "Sindh High Court - Justice S. A. Rabbani". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
11. "H.E.C. Approved Supervisor Personal Profile - Zafar Saied Saify". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
12. "The SIUT Story — Making the 'Impossible' Possible launched". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
13. "Dr. Salman Tariq Khan".

External links

• Official Facebook Page
• Sindh E-Centralized College Admission Program
• Sindh TV Documentary
• Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi
• University of Karachi
• Department of Higher, Technical Education & Research, Govt. of Sindh
• Higher Education Commission - HEC Recognized Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions

Coordinates: 24°51′13″N 67°00′50″E / 24.8534961°N 67.0139455°E