NEST 2025 Counselling Process: Registration, Dates, Fees, Seat Allotment Process

The counselling dates of NEST 2025 for the first round of invitation for admission have been announced by NISER Bhubaneswar after the declaration of the NEST result 2025. The following table shows the dates of NEST counselling.

These are the exact dates released on the official website. 

The UG First Round of Counselling is out on the official website, candidates can visit the website or directly download it from here. 

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.

Check out the details mentioned in the table below:

The NEST 2025 Merit List was uploaded to the official NEST website. 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. 

Here is the list of all the document needed during the NEST NISER 2025 Admission Process. 

1.  Printed NISER application/admission form
2. Two recent passport size photographs
3. NEST 2025 scorecard
4. Aadhaar Card (Original + 1 photocopy)
5. 10th/matriculation certificate (Original + 1 photocopy)
6. 12th Marksheet
7. College/School leaving certificate (original)
8. Valid caste certificate for admission against reserved seats (original + 1 photocopy)
9. Valid certificate of disability for admission against Divyangjan category (Original + 1 photocopy)
10. Valid Domicile certificate for admission against J&K category (original + 1 photocopy)

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 2025 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.

The NEST seat availability is out on the official information brochure for NEST 2025. The seats available at NISER and CEBS from 2025-30 for each category are mentioned below for reference.

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. 

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