Government Science College, Jabalpur

History

Timeline

• 1836 – Established in the Year 1836 at Sagar.
• 1860 – Collegiate School at Sagar started
• 1896 – Degree Courses in Science started
• 1916 – Named as Robertson College
• 1947 – After Independence the college is 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.
• 2002 – Declared "Centre of Excellence in Science Education" by Government of Madhya Pradesh.
• 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.

  Affiliations

• 1860–1890: Calcutta University
• 1891–1922: Allahabad University
• 1923–1946: Nagpur University
• 1947–1956: Sagar University
• 1957–present: Jabalpur University

  Academics

Departments

• Botany
• Zoology
• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Biotechnology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Hindi
• English
• Geology
• Environmental Science
• Military Science
• Computer Science

  Alumni

• Hari Singh Gour
• Kunji Lal Dubey
• Veni Shankar Jha
• Ashok Kumar
• Bhawani Prasad Mishra
• Kusum Nair
• Ramkumar Verma
• Prem Nath
• Yogesh Mohan Tiwari
• Ravishankar Shukla
• Jagmohan Das
• Dwarka Prasad Mishra
• Chandulal Chandrakar
• Sharad Yadav
• Prahlad Singh Patel
• Rakesh Singh
• Om Prakash Dhurve
• Frank Anthony