D.J. Sindh Government Science College (Sindhi: ڊي جي سنڌ ڪاليج ڪراچي , Urdu: ڈی جے سندھ گورنمنٹ سائنس کالج), is a public college, affiliated with the University of Karachi. It was named after the philanthropist Diwan Dayaram Jethmal and is located near Burns Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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History
The college was founded by the Viceroy of India Lord Dufferin on 19 November 1887 and was originally called Sind Arts college.
In 1889-90, Doulatram Jethmal and Bulchand Dayaram, donated an amount of Rs. 25,000 on a set of conditions one of which being that the college be called Dayaram Jethmal Sind College.
Premises
The college has the following premises:
The Main Building is divided into two main parts. One new portion houses the offices of the principal, superintendent as well as the college administration. 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.
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.
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.
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
Islamic Studies
Computer Science
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 level affiliated to the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (B.I.E.K) 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.
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)
Ravi Shankar Harani (1997)
Asif (1997–1999)
Ravi Shankar Harani (1999 - 2006)
Hakeemullah Baig Chughtai (2006 to 2009)
Syed Rizwan Haider Taqvi (2009)
Notable alumni
Abdul Qadeer Khan (Nuclear Scientist & Head Of Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Program)
Ziaur Rahman (former President of Bangladesh)
Ashraf Habibullah (president and CEO of Computers and Structures, Inc.)
Pirzada Qasim (ex-vice chancellor Karachi University, vice chancellor Ziauddin University)
Adeebul Hasan Rizvi - founder of Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT)
Shahid Masood (journalist and TV anchor person)
Kamran Ashraf (national hockey player)
Shahid Ali Khan (national hockey player)
Sohail Rana (film and TV music composer)
Syed Murad Ali Shah (Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan)
Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (ex-Chief Minister of Sindh)
K. M. Kundnani (Principal, D.G. National College, 1947 and founder, R.D. National College, Mumbai)
Dolarrai Mankad (a well-known Sanskrit scholar and First vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University)
Moiz Ullah Baig (International Scrabble player - Pakistan Scrabble Champion 2018 & World Junior Scrabble Champion 2018)
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (1st Mayor of Karachi)