National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) Counseling to be Held on 12th July 2013

National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is an entrance test for students interested in applying for admission to the 5 year Integrated M.Sc. programme in basic sciences - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai in the department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CBS), Mumbai.

Integrated Science Education and Research Center (ISERC), Visva Bharati, is also participating in NEST-2013 and will admit students for its Integrated M.Sc. course from the Merit List.

All the candidates admitted to 5 year Integrated M.Sc. programme at NISER and CBS are eligible for DSTINSPIRE, Government of India, fellowship of Rs. 5,000 per month and Rs. 20,000 per year for carrying out summer projects. Besides, top performers at NISER and CBS, securing overall grades above certain threshold at the end of final semester, will be eligible to appear directly for the interview for admission to BARC Training School.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates seeking admission to NISER and UM-DAE CBS for the academic session 2013-14 should be from science stream (having any combination of Biology/ Chemistry/ Mathematics / Physics) at class XII and must write the NEST-2013 examination.
• Candidates who have passed class XII examination or equivalent from any recognized Board in India in 2011 or 2012 or are appearing in 2013 can apply for NEST-2013.
• Admission will be offered strictly on basis of Merit List of NEST-2013.
• Candidates securing at least 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in class XII examination will finally be eligible for admission to NISER and CBS.
• General and OBC category candidates born on or after July 22nd, 1993 are eligible to apply. The age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC / ST / Physically Disabled (PD) candidates.

Reservations:
For academic session 2013-14, the total number of seats at NISER, CBS and ISERC is 60, 35 and 21 respectively.
The number of seats reserved for SC, ST, OBC and PD is according to the Government of India norm.
The NEST-2013 was conducted in about 40 major towns and cities all over India on May 25th, 2013, (Saturday) 10:00am — 1:00pm.

Important Dates:

NEST 2013 results were announced on June 17th 2013.
Counseling for NEST 2013 admissions will take place on July 12th 2013.

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