Government Science College, Jabalpur is an educational institute situated in

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. It was established in 1836, making it one of the oldest colleges in India. It has been accredited with grade 'A' by NAAC. The University Grants Commission (UGC) granted it autonomous status in 1990 and heritage status in 2015.

History

Timeline

* 1836 – Established in the Year 1836 at Saugor (Sagar, Madhya Pradesh) * 1860 – Collegiate School at Saugor started * 1873 – Transferred from Saugor to Jabalpur * 1896 – Degree Courses in Science started * 1916 – Named as Robertson College * 1947 - Moved to the present campus as the previous campus was allotted to the

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's Civil engineering department * 1947 – After Independence the college was renamed as Mahakaushal Mahavidyalaya. Post Graduate Studies started. * 1962 – Bifurcated into ‘Govt. Science College’ and Mahakaushal Arts & Commerce College. * 1985 – Declared Model College by the Department of Higher Education,

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. * 1990 – Granted autonomy by the UGC. * 2002 – Declared "Centre of Excellence in Science Education" by

. * 2002 – Accredited “A” Grade by NAAC. * 2004 – College with Potential for Excellence by the UGC. * 2011 – Selected for FIST grant by the Department of Science & Technology. * 2015 – Received Heritage Status from the UGC. * 2018 – Declared institute of excellence in higher education (iehe): Government of Madhya Pradesh (02-07-2018). * 2019 – 3rd cycle NAAC accredited "A" grade.

Affiliations

* 1860–1890:

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* 1891–1922:

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* 1923–1946: Nagpur University * 1947–1956: Sagar University * 1957–present:

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Academics

Government Science College, Jabalpur (MP) India has undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes; offering

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and

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degrees in

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and applied sciences.

Teaching Departments

* Botany and Microbiology * Chemistry and Biochemistry * English Language * Environmental Science * Geology * Hindi Language * Mathematics and Computer Science * Military Science * Physics, Electronics, Computer Application and Computer Maintenance * Zoology and Biotechnology

Alumni

The notable alumni of the college include: * Kunji Lal Dubey *

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* Kusum Nair * Ramkumar Verma *

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* Yogesh Mohan Tiwari *

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* Jagmohan Das * Dwarka Prasad Mishra * Chandulal Chandrakar *

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* Prahlad Singh Patel * Rakesh Singh * Om Prakash Dhurve

References

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