Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) is a National level entrance test for admission for a Ph.D / Integrated Ph.D Programme in Physics or Theoretical Computer Science or Neuroscience or Computational Biology in one of the Participating Institutes. The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) recognizes JEST as a National Eligibility Test (NET) in their office Memo. JEST 2017 Notification available not at online official website https://www.jest.org.in/. The eligible and interested candidates can check JEST Entrance Exam to be held on (Sunday) 19th February 2017 Details at below.
JEST 2017 Important dates
Online applications start from : 15th November 2016
Last date for submitting online applications and payments is 16th December 2016.
JEST 2017 Entrance Test Date: Sunday, 19th February, 2017
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2016 will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2016. The online admit card available to download now. The candidates who applied for the JEST can download the online admit card now (if you didn’t download it before).
Important date :
Date of JEST 2016 Exam : Sunday, February 21, 2016
Online application start from : 16th November 2016
Last date to receive online applications : 15th December 2016.
Recommended :
JEST 2016 Answer Key | Rank Card | Cut-Off | Counselling Schedule
The online application submissions date over and there are a huge number of candidates applied for the JEST 2016 Examination. All those candidates are suggested to check the exam center list, Joint Entrance Screening Test Participating / accept Institutes and find the procedure to downloading of online admit card here.
About Joint Entrance Screening Test:
- Joint Entrance Screening Test short known as JEST.
- JEST is a National level examination
- JEST Merit accepts Participating Institutes for Ph.D / Integrated Ph.D Programme admission
- JEST Exam will be conducted at 34 Major cities in India
Candidates can follow the below mentioned few steps in order to downloading of online admit card easily.
How to downloading the JEST 2016 Admit Card
- Open the URL : https://www.jest.org.in/user
- Log in with the help of “E-mail or username & Password”
- Click on Admit card download
- Check the admit card details such as candidate name, exam center etc
- Finally take print out the online admit card
JEST 2016 Admit card available now
Exam Centers
JEST will be held at the locations indicated below.
Ahmedabad | Guwhati | Nainital |
Aligarh | Hyderabad | Patna |
Allahabad | Indore | Pune |
Bangalore | Jaipur | Raipur |
Bardhaman | Kanpur | Roorkee |
Bhopal | Kharagpur | Sambalpur |
Bhubaneswar | Kochi | Silchar |
Chandigarh | Kolkata | Siliguri |
Chennai | Madurai | Srinagar |
Delhi | Mumbai | Trivandrum |
Goa | Nagpur | Udaipur |
Vishakhapatnam |
JEST Participating Institutes
ARIES | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital |
HBNI | Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai |
HRI | Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad |
ICTS | International centre for theoretical sciences (TIFR), Bangalore |
IGCAR | Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam |
IIA | Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore |
IISc | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
IISER BHOPAL | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal |
IISER KOLKATA | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata |
IISER MOHALI | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali |
IISER PUNE | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune |
IISER THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram |
IMSc | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
IOP | Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar |
IPR | Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar |
IUCAA | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune |
JNCASR | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore |
NBRC | National Brain Research Centre, Manesar |
NCRA-TIFR | National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune |
NISER | National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar |
PRL | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad |
RRCAT | Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore |
RRI | Raman Research Institute, Bangalore |
SINP | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata |
SNBNCBS | Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata |
TIFR-TCIS | TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad |
TIFR | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai |
UGC-DAE CSR | UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore |
VECC | Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata |
David patle says
sir, tell about councilling proccess for jest
Ravi mahawar says
According to the list of candidates who had qualified in JEST Exam, candidates will call for the counselling process.
The process of counselling starts from the month of May. During the process, applicant will go through eligibility, documents verification, semester fee, and selecting the institute as per his/her rank.
As per sources the registration process for JEST 2018 Exam are going to be start from November 2018. Candidates who are interested to appear in JEST exam should update themselves with every single information announced for JEST.
David patle says
I will very thankful to you for this guidence sir, councelling proccess online mode or offline