NEST 2013 Counseling will start from 12 July :- The counseling for National Entrance Screening Test NEST 2013 is scheduled to be started from 12 July 2013. NEST 2013  is  a compulsory test 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 – Department of Atomic Energy Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UN-DAE CBS), Mumbai. Both NISER and CBS are autonomous institutions established by Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, in 2007.
Congratulation for your success in NEST 2013 and for being invited to Counseling for admission to NISER (Bhubaneswar), CBS (Mumbai) and ISERC (Visva-Bharati). Candidates, intending to appear for the first counseling and seeking admission to any of the three institutes, are requested to read the following instructions carefully.
1. At the time of checking of results, all candidates who are elligible to appear for the first counseling will be provided with necessary portal to register online.
2. Online registration to express willingness for admission, preference of venue (NISER or CBS) for counseling will open on June 17, 2013, at 12:00 noon. Online registration is mandatory. If any candidates face difficulty in registering online, please send us email to nest@nestexam.in giving name, roll and application number, choice of counseling venue and +2 %mark.
3. Deadline for online registration is July 10, 2013, 12:00 noon.
4. On the day of the first counseling, candidates will have choice to appear at any one of the two places — NISER, Bhubaneswar or CBS, Mumbai irrespective of where you wish to seek admission. Please mention your choice of counseling venue during the registration.
5. The registered candidates must be present at the counseling venue of choice on July 12, 2013, by 9:30 am. Failing to appear on the date and time of counseling will result in forfeiting your claim of admission.
6. Attendance of all the candidates present at the counseling venues will be taken at 10:00 am. Based on the attendance of the students present, both at NISER and CBS, a combined merit list will be prepared. Admission to NISER, CBS and ISERC will be strictly on the basis of this merit list.
7. Counseling and admission process is likely to start from 11:00 am. List of documents required during admission is given below.
8. First round of counseling will continue until the seats are filled or the merit list prepared based on attendance is exhausted, whichever is earlier.
9. Certain things are different for the three different institutes — date of registration, starting date of the first semester classes, documents / declarations required during registration and fees to be paid. Please check with the website of the concerned institute for all such details.
10. For details of the participating institutes, please visit the respective websites:
NISER: www.niser.ac.in
CBS: www.cbs.ac.in
ISERC:www.visva-bharati.ac.in
List of documents required during NEST 2013 counseling
1. Original mark sheet of Class 10th + 1 photocopy
2. Original mark sheet of Class 12th + 1 photocopy
3. Proof of date of birth (original birth certificate or school leaving certificate) + 1 photocopy
4. Original caste certificate (if applicable) + 1 photocopy (Caste certificate as per central government format certifies two things: caste of the candidate and the fact that said caste is included in respective category. However, formats of some states only mention the former in the caste certificate. Only in such cases, a separate caste verification certificate certifying the latter is needed.)
5. Original Non-creamy layer OBC certificate (if applicable) + 1 photocopy
6. Original disability certificate (for Physically Disabled candidates) + 1 photocopy
7. Proof of Indian citizenship if born outside India + 1 photocopy
8. 4 passport size color photographs
9. Demand Draft of Rs. 10,000.00 (ten thousand) in favor of NISER, payable at Bhubaneswar, or in favor of CBS, payable at Mumbai, depending where the candidates are appearing for counseling.
10. In case the candidate has submitted original certificates to another institute for the purpose of admission, she/he must bring offical letter from that institute stating so.
11. In case of any doubts or clarification, please send email to nest@nestexam.in
 Note on submission of original documents
Please note that the candidates have to deposit original certificates, at least Class 12th mark sheet, to the admission committee during counseling and those will be kept for one semester. Those who do not have original documents, but are in custody of another institutes for the purpose of admission, must produce official letter from the concerned institute stating so and that they will return the testimonials if demanded by the candidate. In such cases, the original documents must be submitted to the institute admission committee on the day of registration, and failing to do so without any valid reason may result in cancellation of admission.
Withdrawal of admission and second counseling
Candidates who have been admitted to any of the three participating institutes — NISER, CBS and ISERC — may withdraw their admission by July 16, 2013, before 12:00 noon either by coming in person or by sending email at nest@nestexam.in stating name, date of birth, roll and application number, choice of counseling venue and +2 percentage. The details of refund of deposited amount and return of original documents will be intimated at the time of withdrawal.
After the first round of counseling and withdrawal deadline, each participating institute will prepare their own waiting list. The seats that fall vacant at a particular institute will be filled in accordance to its waiting list. The name of the wait-listed candidates will be announced on the websites of the respective institutes. The second counseling and admission will take place at the concerned institute where the seats are vacant. This second counseling will not be a joint counseling.
The date of second counseling, if needed, at NISER is July 22, 2013 at 9:00 am. The corresponding dates for CBS and ISREC will be announced on the website of the respective institutes. Please also get in touch with the admission committe of the participating institutes for details.
Contact details of the Admission Committees
NISER, Bhubaneswar
National Institute of Science Education and Research
Institute of Physics Campus, Sachivalaya Marg,
P.O. Sainik School, Bhubaneswar 751005
Landmark — Apollo Hospital / Sainik School
Email: nest@nestexam.in (write the name of NISER in subject line)
Telephone: 0674 – 230 4040 / 87634 56971 (Mon-Fri: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm)
CBS, Mumbai
Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences
Health Center Building, University of Mumbai
Vidyanagari Campus, Mumbai 400098
Landmark — Main gate of Mumbai University Vidyanagari / Kalina campus
Email: nest@nestexam.in (write the name of CBS in subject line)
Telephone: 022 – 2652 1765 / 98202 73239 (Mon-Fri: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm)
ISERC, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
Email: susanta.ghosh@visva-bharati.ac.in
Telephone: 80017 82253 (Mon-Fri: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm)
