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

Check out the details mentioned in the table below.

NEST NISER 2025 First Round Admission Invitations

Candidates must check out the list below to know the category-wise rank and general rank for all the qualified candidates who appeared for the NEST Exam. 

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.

NEST merit list 2025 was released online. The merit list was available in pdf format. The merit list was based on NEST score. Students whose name appears in the merit list are eligible for admission. NEST NISER merit list link is provided below.

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.

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