Government Science College, Jabalpur is an educational institute situated in

Jabalpur Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...

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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

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. 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

Jabalpur Engineering College Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC) is an institute located in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the oldest technical institution in central India and the 15th-oldest in India. It is the first institute of India to have started the Electron ...

'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. * 1999 – Courses in Microbiology and Biochemistry started at undergraduate level. * 2001 - Courses started in Biotechnology at undergraduate level. * 2002 - Courses started in Computer Science at undergraduate level. * 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:

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* 1947–1956:

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* 1957–present: Jabalpur University

Academics

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

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

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and

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

degrees in

natural sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

formal sciences Formal science is a Branches of science, branch of science studying disciplines concerned with abstract structures described by formal systems, such as logic, mathematics, statistics, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, inform ...

exact sciences The exact sciences or quantitative sciences, sometimes called the exact mathematical sciences, are those sciences "which admit of absolute precision in their results"; especially the mathematical sciences. Examples of the exact sciences are ma ...

and

applied sciences Applied science is the application of the scientific method and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted with basic science, ...

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: *

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* Veni Shankar Jha *

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* Bhawani Prasad Mishra *

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* Ramkumar Verma *

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* Yogesh Mohan Tiwari *

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* Jagmohan Das * Dwarka Prasad Mishra * Chandulal Chandrakar *

Shiv Prasad Kosta Dr. Shiv Prasad Kosta (born 25 April 1931) is a space scientist, educationist and a technocrat and currently the Group Director of Shri Ram Institute of Technology in Jabalpur and Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujar ...

Sharad Yadav Sharad Yadav (1 July 1947 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the Loktantrik Janata Dal(LJD) party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times and to the Rajya Sabha four times from JD(U). He was the first national president of ...

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* Rakesh Singh * Om Prakash Dhurve

References

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