NEST Result 2020

NEST Result 2020 - NISER and UM-DAE CEBS will declare the NEST 2020 result in online mode. The candidates have to enter their User ID and Password in order to view their result of NEST 2020. The result will include details such as a candidate's score and his/her qualifying status. The NEST result 2020 will be released in the form of a NEST scorecard which can be downloaded online. The candidates who qualify the NEST 2020 result will have to attend the counselling procedure where they will have to go through the document verification process and remitting the fee for the semester which will the concluding stage of NEST.
LATEST: NEST 2020 application deadline extended to May 31

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NEST 2020 is conducted for the candidates who wish to seek admission in five year integrated M. Sc. courses offered by National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) and Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CEBS). To know more about the details related to NEST result 2020, the candidates can read the article.

NEST 2020 Result - Important Dates

How to check the NEST Result 2020?

Since the result of NEST 2020 will be released online it can be a little tricky to figure out how and where to check the results. Therefore, candidates can follow the following steps in order to check their NEST 2020 result-

Step 1. Visit the official website of NISER.

Step 2. Click on “NEST result”

Step 3. Enter the login credentials such as Username ID and Password.

Step 4. Click on ‘Login’ button

Step 5. The result of NEST will be displayed

Step 6. Take out multiple printouts of the NEST scorecard

Details mentioned in the NEST 2020 result

There are certain details that a candidate should look out for while checking their result of NEST 2020. They must make sure that the details printed on the scorecard is correct. In case of any discrepancy or error, the authorities must be duly informed.

• Name of the candidates

• Candidate’s application number

• Marks secured by the candidates

• Candidate’s Category

NEST Result 2020 - Tie-breaking rules

In case of a tie between two or more candidates, the following steps will be taken for a tie-breaker stage.

• If the score of two or more candidates are equal, then the candidate with the highest score in the general section is given the admission.

• In case the tie persists, then the best scores in the subject section of the candidates is compared. The student with the better score in any of the subject section is considered in the list.

• In case the tie still persists, the candidate would be given same provisional rank at the time of declaration of the result and the tie is broken by comparing class 12th marks and date of birth during admission/counselling process.

NEST 2020 Merit List Preparation

The NEST merit list 2020 will be released after the announcements of results. The merit list consists of the names of the candidates with their ranks. The NEST 2020 merit list also contains the highest and the lowest ranks acquired by the candidates. The candidates who have qualified the merit list of NEST 2020 become eligible to attend the counselling process.

Scoring System

• While preparing the NEST result, the scores in the general section and the best of three scores from Section I to V is taken into consideration.

• If calculated, the total marks of NEST 2020 will be 180. For eg: 30 + 50 x 3 = 180.

Section-wise and total cutoff marks

• To come up the NEST result, the candidate’s scores in the general section and his/her best of three scores are taken into consideration.

• MAS for NEST 2010 will be 90 which is 50 per cent of total marks, i.e., 180.

• In the case of each section, 20 per cent of the average of the best 100 scores in that section will be considered as Section-wise Minimum Admissible Score (SMAS).

• For example, if the average of the best 100 scores in Physics section is 40 out of 50, then SMAS for Physics section would be 40*0.20 = 8 marks.

• Candidates are also required to score equal to or above marks in Minimum Admissible Score (MAS), to get a merit rank.

• If a candidate secures SMAS in all four subject sections, then the best three subject scores will be counted.

• Candidate must score equal or more SMAS in the General section as well as in at least three subject sections. These sections will then be counted for merit list calculation.

NEST Cutoff 2020

The participating institutes of NEST will release the cutoff in the third week of June 2020 in online mode. The NEST 2020 cutoff will be released for both the institutes separately.

The candidates can look at the previous year’s NEST Result 2020 cut off to have a better idea of the cutoff trend.

• NISER Bhubaneswar

• CEBS Mumbai