30 September
NEST Scholarship 2020: The registration has been started and the link to apply Online is available on this page below. The candidates can apply Online only for NEST Scholarship 2020 by 30 September without late fee. National wide Education and Scholarship Test is commonly known as NEST is specially designed for students' choice, skills, and interest and is essential at this stage of their education. NEST provides a scholarship for bonafide students of science, engineering, and medical courses on the basis of the merit only. This is the 24th Edition of NEST Senior Scholarship. NEST Scholarship is provided under two section, NEST Junior and NEST Senior. This page gives information on NEST Senior Scholarship 2020. Get complete details about the application form, sample papers, eligibility criteria of NEST Scholarship 2020. Scroll down to get more details on NEST Senior Scholarship 2020.
Latest Update: Application Process for NEST Senior to begin from 15 July 2020
The candidates can check NEST Scholarship 2020 dates below:
Events | Dates |
Last date to apply without late fee | September 2020 |
Last date of submission of application form with late fee of Rs 100 | November 2020 |
Last date of submission of application form with late fee of Rs 200 | December 2020 |
NEST Admit card | January 2021 |
NEST Exam date | January 2021 |
NEST Result declaration | April 2021 |
Downloading the scorecard certificate | June 1st week 2021 |
Gender | Any |
Region | All India |
Class/ Age | 12th Science students, Engineering students, MBBS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/BDS, BCA and B.Sc all, Diploma Engineering(only final year students) |
Not Eligible to Participate
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The prize money for the Rank 1 Holders has been revised last year. The prize details to be distributed to the NEST 1 and NEST 2 rank holders are given below:
The following table shows the grading of marks
Grade | Percentage Secured | Marks Secured |
Grade A+ | From 90% to 100% | From 180 to 200 marks |
Grade A | 80% and below 90% | From 160 to 179 marks |
Grade B+ | 70% and below 80% | From 140 to 159 marks |
Grade B | 60% and below 70% | From 120 to 139 marks |
Grade C+ | 50% and below 60% | From 100 to 119 marks |
Grade C | 40% and below 50% | From 80 to 99 marks |
The Application Process for NEST- Online Registration has been started for NEST 1 and NEST 2. The candidates seeking for NEST Scholarship can apply online by following the link below. It is advised to check eligibility criteria before apply online for 24th NEST Scholarship. Please also read and follow instructions while filling the online application form for NEST Senior Scholarship.
Click here to apply Online for NEST
The candidates can pay Online as well as offline for 21st NEST Scholarship 2019. Net Banking, Credit Card and Debit Card facilities are available under Online payment. Whereas for offline mode of payment, the candidates have to make a DD of the required amount (Participation Fees + Late Fees- if any). The DD has to be made in favour of SEMCI India payable at Mumbai. Participation Fees: Without late fee
Candidates must send their Demand Draft through registered post or courier to the following address.
The Director, NEST,
C/O SEMCI India,
B-1, Piccadilly Flats,
57-J, Clare Road, Byculla,
Mumbai-400 008 (MS)
NEST Exam will be conducted in 63 major cities in India. They are given in the table below:
Agra |
Ahmedabad |
Allahabad |
Amritsar |
Bangalore |
Bhopal |
Bhubaneshwar |
Chandigarh |
Coimbatore |
Cuttack |
Dehradun |
Delhi & NCR |
Durgapur |
Ernakulam |
Gangtok |
Goa |
Guwahati |
Gwalior |
Hubli |
Hyderabad |
Itanagar |
Jabalpur |
Jaipur |
Jammu |
Jhansi |
Kanpur |
Kolhapur |
Kolkata |
Latur |
Lucknow |
Ludhiana |
Madurai |
Meerut |
Mumbai & Suburbs |
Mysore |
Nagpur |
Nellore |
Patna |
Pondicherry |
Pune |
Rajahmundry |
Rajkot |
Ranchi |
Rohtak |
Shimla |
Srinagar |
Trichy |
Trivandrum |
Varanasi |
Vijaywada |
Vishakhapatnam |
Aurangabad |
Chennai | Dhanbad | Gorakhpur | Indore |
Mangalore | Nashik | Raipur | Rourkela |
Vadodara | Jamshedpur | Kozhikode | - |
Section | Subject | No. of Questions | Marks |
1 |
NEST 1- Physics & Chemistry (Class 11 & 12 level) or |
50 | 50 |
2 | Mathematics or Biology (Class 11 & 12 levels) | 50 | 50 |
3 | Verbal Aptitude (English Language) | 50 | 50 |
4 | Logical Thinking (Reasoning) | 25 | 25 |
5 | General Knowledge | 25 | 25 |
200 | 200 |
Note: The exam pattern is based on last year information, it will be updated if there are any changes made by the official.
NEST 2-Candidates will choose any one group from the following:
A= Comp/IT/Elex/Telecom/Elect/Instr
B= Mech/Prod/Auto
C=Civil/Cons/Arch
D=MBBs/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/BDS
The Director, NEST,
c/o SEMCI INDIA,
B-1, Piccadilly Flats,
57-J, Clare Road, Byculla,
Mumbai-400 008 (MS)
Phone - (91) 8976 08 4445 / 9967 69 5545
Landline - 022-6529 2506 / 6529 2507
email: info@nest.net.in