College in Madhya Pradesh
23°09′48″N79°58′07″E / 23.1633675°N 79.9685517°E /23.1633675; 79.9685517Government Science College, Jabalpur is an educational institute situated inJabalpur,Madhya Pradesh,India. It was established in 1836, making it one of the oldest colleges in India. It has been accredited with grade 'A' byNAAC.[1] TheUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) granted it autonomous status in 1990 and heritage status in 2015.[2]
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The former building of Robertson College which now houses the Civil engineering department of theJabalpur Engineering College- 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 theJabalpur Engineering College'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,Government of Madhya Pradesh.
- 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" byGovernment of Madhya Pradesh.
- 2002 – Accredited “A” Grade by NAAC.
- 2004 – College with Potential for Excellence by the UGC.
- 2011 – Selected for FIST grant by theDepartment 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.
Government Science College, Jabalpur (MP) India has undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes; offeringBachelor of Science,Bachelor of Computer Applications,Master of Science andDoctor of Philosophy degrees innatural sciences,formal sciences,exact sciences andapplied sciences.
Teaching Departments
[edit]- 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
The notable alumni of the college include:[4]
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