The earlier planned exam date for NEST 2021 is changed. The new date will be announced soon.

Applicants who pass the exam can study five year integrated MSc in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.

About the institutions
Both NISER and UM-DAE CEBS are autonomous institutions established by the Department
of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, in 2007.

NISER is an off-campus centre of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) and all academic programmes of NISER are affiliated to HBNI.

Although CEBS is a DAE institution, it is physically located in the Kalina campus of University of Mumbai and the degrees to students are awarded by Mumbai University.

These institutes were started with the mandate to provide high quality teaching in basic sciences by a faculty of distinguished scientists embedded in a vibrant research environment, and to create a national pool of scientists ready to take up research challenges in the frontiers of basic and applied sciences.

NEST 2021: For great science enthusiasts, apply till 15 July

About the programme
The integrated MSc programme at these institutes follows a semester–based course structure and continuous assessment within a flexible and innovative academic curriculum, exposing the students to research early in the programme.

The placements of the graduated students from NISER and CEBS provide testimony of success of this initiative.

Applicants from SC/ST/PwD categories can have 55 percent pass marks in their qualifying exam.

The subjects in plus-two must be maths, physics, chemistry and biology.

Students who have passed plus-two in 2019 or 2020 can also apply.

Even those who are appearing for their plus-two exams in 2021 can also apply.

Age limit
Candidates willing to apply for NEST 2021 must be born on or after August 1, 2001 if they are from General or OBC category.

The age limit is relaxable till five years for applicants from SC/ST and PwD categories.

How to apply
The procedure to apply for NEST 2021 is online. Applicants can register for the test at the official website ‘https://www.nestexam.in/’

Once the webpage downloads upon clicking the above link, candidates have to click ‘Apply Online’ button and take up registration to obtain username and password.

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Applicants have to provide their email id and other required information during registration.

After the registration is complete, the information containing the username and password and the link to login will be sent to candidate’s email id.

Applicant has to go to his email id and open the link and login using the obtained username and password and start applying for NEST 2021.

Candidates can provide the required information and upload the needed documents and pay the registration fee and submit the application.

Candidates who feel there are mistakes in the fields – name, date of birth, roll no/registration no, mobile number and email can also change them.

The above fields are pre-filled in the application form, information from the registration is brought and imposed on them.

However, applicants who feel there should be corrections in the above fields can send an email to ‘nest2021helpdesk@gmail.com’ or call 022-61306277 with their user id, name, email address used for registration and inform about the changes that are to be made.

The registration fee
NEST 2021 registration fee for male candidates from General/OBC/General EWS categories is Rs 1200.

The same for candidates of SC/ST/PwD, Supernumerary J&K categories and female candidates is Rs 600.

The fee can be paid using debit cards or credit cards of all major banks or net banking facility.

Documents
Candidates have to upload a photograph of them while filling the application for NEST 2021.

Also, scanned image of their signature must be uploaded.

The size of the photograph and scanned image of their signature must be less than 80 kb.

Important dates
The registration for NEST 2021 began on February 24.

The last date to submit application was earlier April 30 and that has been extended till 15 July.

NEST 2021 exam was supposed to happen on June 14, now that date has been changed and a new date will likely to be announced in due course.

The admit card was to be available for download through June 14 now that also is likely to be changed as the exam date has been changed for NEST 2021.

The result for NEST 2021 was to be announced on June 30. Now this too will be changed.

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Point to remember
Applicants can visit the official website for NEST 2021 at ‘https://www.nestexam.in/’ regularly to have latest information regarding the exam schedule and the related date for downloading halltickets.

Exam pattern
NEST 2021 is a computer based test and has four sections with multiple choice type questions.

The marks for each section is 50 and questions in these sections will be related to maths physics, chemistry and biology lessons taught at plus-two levels.

The syllabus can also be downloaded from NEST 2021 website ‘www.nestexam.in’

Two questions in each section are designed to test the general scientific knowledge of the student rather than specialised knowledge of the subject.

These two questions, which may not be exactly from the stated syllabus, would require knowledge of class X level Science subjects.

The information about NEST 2021 is available in brochure which can be accessed at ‘https://www.nestexam.in/docs/21/NEST2021-Brochure-Syllabus.pdf’

Contact
Candidates can send their queries regarding NEST 2021 to the postal address ‘Chief Coordinator, NEST 2021 NISER Bhubaneswar, P.O. Jatni Jatni, Khurda 752050, Odisha, India’

The queries can be emailed to ‘nest-exam@niser.ac.in’

The official website of NEST 2021 is ‘www.nestexam.in’

The registration is currently for the second phase of admissions in Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology which is also know as KIIT.

The dates for second phase of admissions may be announced later, as of now the first phase of admissions are going on for which KIITEE is being conducted.

This is an institutional level exam and is conducted online mode, where questions have to be answered on a computer screen.

The test is also conducted on remote proctored mode, where candidates can take the examination on a computer from any location.

Questions in the exam would depend on the subject the candidate is trying to seek admission through the exam. For graduate admission questions are related to academic subjects taught in class 12.

For post graduate courses, questions in the entrance exam will be related to the graduation lessons of the respective subject in which candidate desires to pursue post graduation.

KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule

KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule is the duration during which candidates can apply for the entrance exam. The registration began in first week of April 2025. The last date to submit application is 04-06-2025 as per KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule.

Entrance exams for second phase will take place from 08-06-2025 to 12-06-2025, as per KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule. The next time to apply is during the third phase. The application can be submitted till 30-06-2025 for third phase as per KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule.

Entrance exam in the third phase will take place from :06-07-2025 to 08-07-2025, these are the dates, they can be subjected to change due to various reasons, applicants can visit the official website to know more or latest information about KIITEE 2025 application submission schedule.

KIITEE 2025 application submission eligibility

KIITEE 2025 application submission eligibility is the criteria that applicants must fulfill to be eligible to apply for the exam. The eligibility condition to take up KIITEE 2025 application submission is a pass in plus-two from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India.

A pass in graduation in the relevant discipline is required to take up KIITEE 2025 application submission if one is keen on doing post graduation in the institution, as per KIITEE 2025 application submission eligibility.

Point to remember

The criteria mentioned above in connection with KIITEE 2025 application submission is quite generalized. The exact eligibility criteria for each subject can be known through this link.

KIITEE 2025 application submission process

KIITEE 2025 application submission process is the procedure to be followed to apply for the exam. Application can be completed online, KIITEE 2025 application submission process can be done at the official website ‘https://kiitee.kiit.ac.in/’

1. Type the URL and submit to allow the webpage to download.

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates have to click APPLY NOW (PHASE II)

3. Clicking the above webpage opens another webpage with URL ‘https://kiitee.eduquity.com/KIITMAIN/Registration/Relogin.aspx?_gl=1*1pixt11*_gcl_au*NDAwMjE3MzI5LjE3NDUyMjA1Nzg.*_ga*MzY4NjQxNDkyLjE3NDUyMjA1Nzk.*_ga_0R5GBC955Z*MTc0NTIyMDU3OC4xLjEuMTc0NTIyMTAzMi4yOC4wLjA.’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, click New Registration and create an account.

5. Post account creation, candidates can login and then start KIITEE 2025 application submission process, filling the application form.

The admit card must be downloaded and students must take it with them when they appear for the entrance test at the designated test center.

Admit card or hall ticket, can be downloaded from the official website through process mentioned below:

1. The URL of the official website must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow it to download.
2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the link for admit card download.
3. Clicking will open another webpage, when that opens, candidates can enter the required information like their application number and submit them to view the hall ticket.
4. Once the hall ticket is visible, candidates can download and take a printout.

Candidates can visit the official website regularly to know about the time and date on which the admit card would be made available for download.

Individuals must also remember to complete all the stages with regards to KIITEE 2025 application submission which is nothing but applying for the exam.

Those who leave the KIITEE 2025 application submission process incomplete may most likely not be able to download the admit card.

Hall tickets must be kept with the students and they must take it along with them to the designated test center to gain entry for writing the test.

Selection

Candidates who have taken up KIITEE 2025 application submission can appear for the entrance exam and pass it with required qualifying marks.

Those who pass can take part in the counselling process to get a seat, selection will be done likely based on performance in written test, qualifying exam, application received for each course, existing vacancies in each course.

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