Odisha HRD

NISER Bhubaneswar (the DAE funded institute at par with the IISERs) admission test for 2008

December 17th, 2007

The important dates are:

• Last date for request of application forms by post: January 25, 2008
• Last date of receipt of completed application forms along with application fee: February 9, 2008.
• NEST 2008: April 20, 2008
• NEST results declaration date: May 10, 2008
• Classes start: August 1, 2008

(Note: For the claim of equivalence between NISER and IISERs see the PM’s speech at http://www.iopb.res.in/pmspeech.html. An exact quote is: "NISER will be at par with the IISER being established in other places but will operate under the umbrella of DAE".)

Following is from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/admission.php.

Admission procedure for Five Year Integrated M.Sc. programme will consist of two components:

1. Students seeking admission to NISER will first appear for National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) to be conducted on April 20, 2008 at a number of centres in India. Please see NEST 2008 brochure for more information on NEST.
2. Based on the NEST score a limited number of students will be called for interview at Bhubaneswar. The interview dates will NOT clash with UM-DAE CBS interview dates, so that application to both institutes is permitted.

Final selection for admission will be made only on the basis of performance in the interview.

Eligibility

(i) Qualification : 60% marks for general category and 55% for SC/ST/PD category in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, from any recognized Board in India. Students who have passed the qualifying examination in 2007 or are appearing in 2008 are eligible to apply. Where only Letter grade is available, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the NISER Admission Committee will be final.

(ii) Age_Limit : Candidates born on or after 01 Oct. 1983 are eligible to apply; this limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST/PD candidates.

Number of Seats and Reservation.

There will be 40 seats in the academic year starting Aug. 2008, with reservation of 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST Categories. An overall reservation of 3% will be applicable for Persons with Disability (PD), as per Government of India norms. The admission will be very selective and only those students who are highly motivated to pursue higher education and research in science and its applications are encouraged to apply.

Obtaining Application forms for admission to NISER.

Application Form and information brochure can be downloaded from http://www.umdaecbs.in or here.

Information Brochure of NEST(2008) : pdf | doc
Information Brochure of NISER : pdf | doc
Application Form + Admit Card : pdf | doc
Newpaper advertisement : pdf | doc

Applicants are advised to read the information brochure carefully before filling-up the forms.

Application Form (A) and Admit Card (B) together with information brochure can be downloaded from the website: www.iopb.res.in/niser. Alternatively, they can be obtained FREE by sending a self-addressed envelope of size 30cm x 24cm to The Chief Coordinator – NEST-2008, Annabhau Sathe Bhavan, University of Mumbai (Kalina campus), Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098.

Application Fee

There is a single application fee (even if you are applying to admission to both NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CBS, Mumbai) of Rs.500/- (all general category male candidates) and Rs. 250/- (SC/ST/PD and ALL female candidates), to be sent as Demand Draft in favour of "CBS-NEST", payable at Mumbai.

Entry Filed under: NISER, Bhubaneswar