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National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) : Introduction
Conducted by NISER and UM-DAE CBS
National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory test for students
seeking 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. Both NISER and UM-DAE CBS
have been started by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India in 2007.
These two institutes use NEST as a sole criterion for admission to their
undergraduate programs. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for
carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to
scientific programs of Department of Atomic Energy and other applied science
institutions in the country. The aim of this test is to find out very talented
and bright students who are motivated towards science. The test is conducted in
37 centers across India.
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