National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar has declared the date of the National Entrance Screening Test 2009, also known as NEST. It is conducted for admission into the 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 the Five Year M Sc (Integrated Program).
Date of Exam
May 10, 2009
Test Centers
Ahmadabad - Gujarat
Allahabad - Uttar Pradesh
Bengaluru (Bangalore) - Karnataka
Bhubaneswar - Orissa
Bhopal - Madhya Pradesh
Chandigarh - Haryana, Punjab
Chennai - Tamil Nadu
Delhi - Delhi
Dehradun - Uttaranchal
Guwahati - Assam
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
Jaipur - Rajasthan
Jammu - Jammu & Kashmir
Kochi - Kerala
Kolkata - West Bengal
Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai - Maharashtra
Nagpur - Maharashtra
Patna - Bihar
Panaji - Goa
Raipur - Chhattisgarh
Ranchi - Jharkhand
Sambalpur - Orissa
Shillong - Meghalaya
Srinagar - Jammu & Kashmir
Fee
See the prospectus
How to Apply
Interested candidate can fill the application form online or download it from the website: http://niser.ac.in/. One can even get it by post by sending a request to for the application form to The Chief Coordinator, NEST-2009 National Institute of Science Education and Research, Institute of Physics Campus, Bhubaneswar - 751 005. In case of online filling of the application forms it can be done in more than one sitting. Applicants are requested to take out a print out of the duly filled application form and paste their photograph at space provided, 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 prescribed application fee in the form of DD by on or before March 28, 2009.
Cost of Application Fee
General Category and OBC Male Candidates - Rs 500
SC/ST/PH Candidates - Rs 250
The above mentioned fee must be send in the form of a DD to Chief Coordinator, NEST-2009 in the form of a DD in favor of NISERNEST payable at Bhubaneswar. Application forms and DD should be sent by speed post or registered post only.
Date of issue of Application Form
January 15, 2009
Last Date of submitting Application Form
April 3, 2009
