D. J. Sindh Govt. Science College (Diwan Dayaram Jethamal Sindh Govt. Science College) is an educational institute located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Inaugurated as Sindh Arts College 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. 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 cost of construction is reported to have been Rs.186,514 out of which the government contributed Rs. 97,193, the balance being raised through public donations.
The college has following 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're 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.
A. Q. Block has only classrooms, they are specially for first year.
The is another building on Muhammad bin Qasim Road, behind the main oldest building, it has Main Library, departments of Mathematics and Geology.
M.Sc. block is under construction. It is opposite to the A. Q. Block.
State-of-the-art gymnasium is adjacent to the A. Q. Block.
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.
The college has the following departments;
Biochemistry
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
English
Geology*
Islamic Studies
Mathematics
Microbiology
Pakistan Studies
Physical Education and Sports
Sindh**
Statistics
Urdu
Zoology
The department of Economics due to shortage of faculty and lack of interest from Department of Education and Literacy, Govt. of Sindh.
Admission didn't offer in BSc (Geology) in the during session 2013-14 to 2014-15 because of shortage of faculty. Department of Sindh is reopened from the year 2016
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 and for undergraduate level, the college of combination of any three (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology). The college also offers admission in three Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S. Semester System) programe, affiliated to University of Karachi.
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 Bhutani 1927-1943
H.M Gorbkhshani 1943-1944
J.V Lakhani 1944-1947
Mariwalla, Dharamdas Tekchand, 1947
Post Independence
AL Sheikh 1948-1955
LA deSouza 1955-1961
JB Sidhwa 1961-1967
Iftekhar Ahmed Ansari 1967-1972
SH 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 Aug-Sep
M Qasim Siddiqui 1990-1991
Abul Wakeel Qureshi 1991
M Qasim Siddiqui 1991-1993
Kamalud Din 1993-1995
Mazharul Haq 1995-1996
Dr. Muhammad Sharif Memon 1996-1997
Ravi Shankar Harani 1997 (as In-charge)
Asif 1997-1999
Ravi Shankar Harani 1999-2006
Hakeemullah Baig Chughtai 2006
Rizwan haider 2009
Kamil Shere 1 March 2010 to 5 March 2012
Syed Afzal Hussain 5 March 2012 to 12 June 2013
Dr. Muhammad Arshad (Acting) 13 June 2013 to 16 July 2013
Ghulam Mehdi Blouch 17 July 2013 to 31 March 2014
Dr. Muhammad Arshad (Acting) 1 April 2014 to 12 August 2014
Allah Bux Awan 13 August 2014 to 17 October 2014
Prof Dr. Muhammad Arshad 18 Oct 2014 to 20 Dec 2016
Prof Shehzad Muslim Khan (acting / lookafter charge) 21 December 2016 up to date
Muhammad Azam (Inventor, Physicist and Amateur Astronomer)
Syed Murad Ali Shah (Chief Minister Sindh, Pakistan)
Abdul Qadeer Khan (Nuclear Scientist)
Ashraf Habibullah (President & CEO of Computers and Structures, Inc.)
Ziaur Rahman (President of Bangladesh )
Justice S. A. Rabbani(Ex-Judge - Sindh High Court)
Pirzada Qasim (Ex-Vice Chancellor Karachi University, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)
Zafar Saied Saify (Ex-Vice-Chancellor And HEC Eminent scholar and Visiting Faculty in HEJ)
Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (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)
Abid Ali Umang (Member National Assembly 2004-2007)
Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Ex-Chief Minister of Sindh)
Muhammad Arsalan Saeed (Civil Engineer & Teacher)
Jerome D'Silva, businessman