Dear student,
Eligibility criteria for appearing NEST
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 2009 or 2010 or are appearing in 2011 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 Admission  Committees will be final.)

 
Important Dates
Website opens for information : December 01, 2010
Online submission of application starts : January 01, 2011
Last date for receiving request of application form (hard copy) : February 21, 2011
Last date for receipt of completed application form with DD (online/postal) : March 07, 2011
Online applications freeze : March 07, 2011
Dispatch of offline admit cards begins : March 20, 2011
Download of online admit cards begins : March 20, 2011
Date of examination : May 29, 2011 (Sunday), 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Announcement of results on NEST website : June 20, 2011

















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