hello aspirant,

YES, you can apply to national Institute of Science and technology, Berhampur (NIST) without giving JEE mains examination also. The admission to National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur is based on the results obtained in the NIST admission test.

The admission criteria for NIST berhampur is as follows : Fill the college application form. Candidates have to appear for the NIST Berhampur admission test. Seats will be filled on the basis of merit scores of the career points (70% weightage) and admission test (30% weightage). Shortlisted candidates have to submit the documents and pay the fees.

Further, if you wish to know more details, like admission, eligibility criteria, etc for NIST then you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://www.careers360.com/colleges/national-institute-of-science-and-technology-berhampur/admission

I hope that this will help.