NEST 2024 Counselling Process: Registration, Dates, Fees, Seat Allotment Process

The counselling dates of NEST 2024 have been announced by NISER Bhubaneswar after the declaration of the NEST result 2024. The following table brings the tentative dates of NEST counselling.

These are the exact dates released on the official website. 

The UG First Round of Counselling apart from BVSC and AH has been released on the official website, candidates can visit the website or directly download it from here. 

UG (Apart from BVSC and AH) First Round of Counselling 

All shortlisted candidates will be allotted seats in their respective courses at NISER and CEBS based on their respective merit lists. It may be noted that there is no joint counselling for the NEST exam. The process for NEST counselling is as mentioned below: 

• All qualifying candidates first need to register on the online counselling portal of the exam/institutes. Thereafter, candidates have to download as well as print forms such as Student Personal Details Undertaking by the student and parent/guardian, Student Medical History and Format of Affidavit [anti-ragging] by Student and Parent/Guardian.

• The first round of counselling continues until all seats are filled or the modified merit list is exhausted, whichever is earlier.
• After NEST counselling round 1, each participating institute prepares a waiting list.
• Admission of candidates whose names appear on the waiting list is done through the second round of counselling.
• The second counselling is not joint counselling.

In the counselling session, the attendance of all candidates present at all the venues is taken into account. Based on the attendance of candidates and the original merit list declared earlier, a modified merit list is prepared. Seats are allotted to candidates at NISER and CBS strictly based on the modified list.

The last date for the NISER NEST 2024 First Round Seat Allotment list was July 25, 2024, which was released on the official website, but candidates can directly download it from the table given below.

The NEST 2024 Merit List was uploaded to the official NEST website on July 16, 2024. Candidates who appeared for this exam must visit the official website. Also, the NEST 2024 counselling date to submit the Expression of Interest (EoI) was July 17, 2024. The last date to submit the EoI was July 24, 2024 (6 PM); a crucial step so that the students are not counted in the "Not Interested," category. Check out the table below to download the NEST 2024 Merit List PDF. NEST 2024 counselling date was released on July 17, 2024.

The final EoI list was uploaded on the official website on July 25, 2024. Also, students who cleared the merit list received an email from the admission queue that will include a link to fill in the details in the admission form for the 1st round of admission. 

The NEST 2024 seats availability will be notified once it will be out. The seats available at NISER and CEBS for the NEST 2023 exam for each category are mentioned below: 

Students who successfully made it to the NISER Merit List 2024 should be aware that just appearing on the merit list will not help them get a seat in NISER and UM-DAE CEBS. All the candidates need to follow further admission processes to save their seats in NISER and UM-DAE CEBS. To be able to complete the admission process successfully all the candidates should follow all the steps mentioned below.

• NISER Merit List 2024 was published on July 16, 2024, so, students must know the last date to fill out the Expression of Interest (EoI) form to join the five-year MSc program at NISER Bhubaneswar was July 24, 2024, by 6:00 PM. The NISER Counselling 2024 was released on July 17, 2024. (Note: The EoI by NISER is only for candidates who want to take admissions to NISER)
• The last date to submit the EoI form to gain admission to NISER was July 24, 2024, by 6:00 PM. (Note: The last date for students to confirm their seats for NISER by submitting the EoI form was July 24, 2024, filling out the EoI form is a crucial step to follow so that the students will not lose their seat even after appearing in the merit list)
• The EoI list for the admission queue was uploaded on the official NISER website on the admission web page on July 25, 2024.
• All the candidates will get an email from NISER to fill out the admission form based on the merit list, to invite students for the 1st round of admission to NISER. 

NISER First Round Of Admission

All the candidates must know the following points to secure their seats, which is crucial for the 1st round of admission to NISER.

• The first round of admission was scheduled for August 6, 2024, at the NISER campus, Jatani at 9 am. 
• Candidates were supposed to report to the campus on August 6, 2024, so that they do not lose their seats because if any students fail to do so they will not be allowed for any subsequent round. 
• All students must carry the original certificates and documents including the hard copy of their filled admission form. 
• The admission queue was based on students who reported on time on August 6, 2024, by 9 am and their merit. This process goes on until the seats are full or the 1st round of admission queue is exhausted. 
• Students did not get on August 6, 2024, they did not have to report again for the admission process. Instead, they were told to verify their documents and certificates on that day and the authority would make a waiting list (category-wise) for all those students. After that, candidates will get admission based on seat withdrawals. 
• The NISER campus reporting date was August 16, 2024, for registration for the courses. 
• The classes for the five-year MSc program at NISER Bhubaneswar were scheduled on August 19, 2024. 

The seat allotment process of NISER and CEBS will be based on the reservation criteria: 

Candidates should note that the General - EWS category will have seat reservations at CEBS only. All the candidates claiming seats under the reserved category have to provide documents issued by the competent authority. 

After filling in all the required details asked in the forms, all qualifying candidates need to attend the NEST counselling round as per the prescribed date and time at the allotted venue. Documents that candidates need to carry at the counselling session are as mentioned below:

• NEST 2024 application form (a printout of the submitted form)
• Admit card 
• Mark sheet of Class 10 & 12 board exam (original & photocopy)
• Disability certificate, if applicable (original & photocopy)
• Proof of Indian citizenship, if born outside India (original & photocopy)
• Birth certificate/ school leaving certificate (original & photocopy)
• Caste certificate, if applicable (original & photocopy)
• Four passport size coloured photographs
• Verification certificate, if applicable (original & photocopy)
• Demand draft in favour of NISER, payable at Bhubaneswar/ Demand draft in favour of CBS, payable at Mumbai, depending on where candidates are appearing for counselling
• In case a candidate has submitted original documents to another institute, he/ she must bring an official letter (undertaking) from that institute.

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