National Entrance Screening Test - 2012

National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory test for students seeking admission to National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CBS), Mumbai. Both NISER and CBS have been started by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India in 2007. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to scientific programs of Department of Atomic Energy and other science institutions in the country conducting basic and applied
research. The test is conducted in about 40 centers across India. This brochure gives the detailed procedure for applying for the test, syllabus of the test and various deadlines.

Eligibility:
Students securing at least 60% marks (or equivalent grade) in agregate in Class XII (or equivalent) examination from any recognized Board in India are eligible to apply. Only for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates and for Persons with Disability (PD), the minimum requirement is 55%. Students who have passed the Class XII qualifying examination in 2010 or 2011 or are appearing in 2012 are eligible to apply. (Where only Letter grade is given by the Board, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the respective Admissions Committee will be final.)

Age Limit:
General category candidates and candidates belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) born on or after 01 October 1987 are eligible to apply. For SC/ST/PD candidates the age limit is relaxed by 5 years. In any case, the eligibility criterion mentioned in point 1 above must be satisfied.

Application Fee:
Application fee for appearing in NEST is Rs. 600/- for general category and OBC
male candidates. For SC/ST/PD candidates and female candidates the amount is Rs. 300/-. The application fee may be paid by demand draft or by electronic mail transfer to NEST account.

Demand Draft: Demand draft may be drawn from any bank provided that it is drawn in the name of NEST and payable at Mumbai.

Electronic Payment:
Required bank details are as follows:
Bank and branch name : Bank of Baroda, Kalina Branch
Account name and number : NEST, 06720100017374
IFSC code : BARB0KALINA
Detailed instructions for payment of fees are available at http://www.nestexam.in.

Last date for receipt of completed ap- plication form: March 13, 2012.

Important Dates
Last date for requesting application form: February 13, 2012
Last date for receipt of completed ap- plication form: March 13, 2012.
On-line applications freeze: March 13, 2012.
Dispatch of admit cards begins: April 15, 2012
Date of Examination: May 27, 2012 (Sunday) 2 PM to 5 PM.
Announcement of test results on (http://www.nestexam.in): June 18,
2012.

Fore More :
http://nestexam.in/docs/nestbrochure-2012.pdf