NEST

Applicants who will appear in NEST exam will only be able to check their score card by entering the login credetials.

The NEST 2024 scorecard will contain the information like candidates's name, category, marks secured section wise subject and total marks, percentile score, and last merit rank. 

In case of any discrepancy in the details of the candidate or marks secured by them in different subject, applicants are advised to contact to the exam conducting authorities. 

Applicants who will appear in NEST exam will only be able to check the result of NEST 2024. The result will be out on the official website in online mode only. 

To check the result and score card, students need to enter user ID & password. This user id and password will be generated after filling the application form. 

After downloading the result pdf, save it for future reference.  

If NEST exam begins at 9:30 AM then normally the reporting time is mentioned in the admit card is 8:00 AM. But many a times students gets confused with the name and location of exam centre. 

Hence it is advisable to reach the exam centre in the time. Atleast 10-15 minutes before the reporting time mentioned in the admit card. 

As late enteries will not be entertained and in that case applicants might waste one year if he/she is not permitted to enter to the exam hall. 

The NEST 2026 admit card will be released on May 15, 2026. Registered students can download it by entering their login credentials. The admit card comprises important information regarding the test, including the centre details.

Candidates will be able to pay the application fee of NEST 2026 till April 12, 2026, by 11.30 PM. The last date to submit the application form is April 6, 2026. After all details on the NEST application form are filled, candidates need to pay the application fee. Candidates can make the payment of the NEST 2026 application fee online (through credit/debit card, net banking, UPI) modes. After the payment is done, applicants need to download the receipt of payment for future use. 

The NEST 2026 Result is expected to be declared in the fourth week of June 2026. The exam authorities have not yet announced the result date. The NEST 2026 exam will be conducted on June 6, 2026. After the exam is held, answer keys will be released. Objections have to be submitted within the stipulated date. Experts will review the objections and release the final answer keys, based on which, the NEST result will be released. 

The NEST cutoff marks for session I, for NISER Bhubaneswar are mentioned below: 

Applicants who want to take admission in NISER and are from General category need to secure the passing marks in their category. 

Since general category cut off marks are higher than other categories hence applicants who belong to this category need to put more effort to take admission. 

This year NEST cut off marks for general category for NISER are in between 80 to 90 marks. Though final marks will be decided after the conlusion of the exam. 

There are various factors which are taken into consideration while deciding NEST cut off 2024 marks. Some of them are mentioned below. 

1. Total number of test takers
2. Total number of seats
3. Difficulty level of the exam
4. Minimum qualifying marks 

Along with the above mentioned criteria, there are certain other factors too which are taken into consideration while deciding the cutoff marks of NESt exam.