NEST 2009 on 10 May 2009

National Entrance Screening Test – 2009 (NEST-2009)

Department of Atomic energy, Government of India invites application to National Screening Test NEST 2009 for admission to 5 year MSc integrated programme at NISER Bhubaneswar and UMDAE CBS Mumbai

Eligibility: Students securing at least 60% marks in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII (or equivalent) examination from any recognized Board in India are eligible to apply.

For Scheduled Cast (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 2007 or 2008 or are appearing in 2009 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 Oct. 1984 are eligible to apply. For SC/ST/PD candidates the age limit is relaxable by 5 years. In any case, the eligibility criterion mentioned in point 1 above must be satisfied.

Application procedure: Application Fee: Application fee for appearing in NEST is Rs. 500/- for general category and OBC male candidates. For SC/ST/PD candidates and female candidates the amount is Rs.250/-. The application fee should be sent to Chief Coordinator, NEST-2009 in the form of a demand draft in favour of NISERNEST payable at Bhubaneswar.

Application Form: Application form for NEST examination is available to download on NEST website (http://niser.ac.in/ NEST ). Candidates may fill the application form on-line or download it from the website. They may also get the form by post by writing to :

The Chief Coordinator, NEST-2009 National Institute of Science Education and Research, Institute of Physics Campus, Bhubaneswar - 751 005

On-line applications: This mode of filling of application form is recommended. On-line application forms may be filled in more than one sitting. On completion of the filling of the form the candidate should print the form, paste his/her photograph at appropriate place, sign it and send it to The Chief Coordinator, NEST-2009, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Institute of Physics Campus, Bhubaneswar- 751 005 along with application fee in the form of demand draft by March 28, 2009. The draft details must be filled in appropriate boxes in the application form. Application forms and demand draft should be sent by speed post or registered post.

Test Centers 1. Ahmedabad - Gujarat 2. Allahabad - Uttar Pradesh 3. Bengaluru (Bangalore) - Karnataka 4. Bhubaneswar - Orissa 5. Bhopal - Madhya Pradesh 6. Chandigarh - Haryana, Punjab 7. Chennai - Tamil Nadu 8. Delhi - Delhi 9. Dehradun - Uttaranchal 10. Guwahati - Assam 11. Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh 12. Jaipur - Rajasthan 13. Jammu - Jammu & Kashmir 14. Kochi - Kerala 15. Kolkata - West Bangal 16. Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh 17. Mumbai - Maharashrta 18. Nagpur - Maharashtra 19. Patna - Bihar 20. Panaji - Goa 21. Raipur - Chhatisgarh 22. Ranchi - Jharkhand 23. Sambalpur - Orissa 24. Shillong - Meghalaya 25. Srinagar - J & k

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 (UM-DAE CBS), Mumbai in 5 Year M.Sc. (Integrated Programme)

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