Dayaram Jethamal Sindh Government Science College, (Urdu: ڈی جے سندھ گورنمنٹ سائنس کالج) commonly known as DJ Science College, is a public

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that is affiliated with the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi and the

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Premises

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. DJ College by Frazz

* 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. Principal Bungalow

* 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 * 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

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) * Kamil Shere (1 March 2010 to 5 March 2012) * Syed Afzal Hussain (5 March 2012 - 12 June 2013) * Muhammad Arshad (Acting) (13 June 2013 to 16 July 2013) * Ghulam Mehdi Balouch (17 July 2013 - 31 March 2014) * Muhammad Arshad (Acting) (1 April 2014 to 12 August 2014) * Allah Bux Awan (13 August 2014 to 17 October 2014) * Muhammad Arshad (18 Oct 2014 to 20 Dec 2016) * Shehzad Muslim Khan (acting) (21 December 2016 to 20 September 2017) * Muhammad Saleem (21 September 2017 to 30 March 2019) * 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)

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(former President of Bangladesh) *

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(journalist and TV anchor person) *

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(Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan) *

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) *

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(1st

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)

References

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