Hello aspirant,

Students belonging to General or OBC category must be born on or after 1st of August, 2002, while the reserved (ST/ SC/ PwD) category candidates are given a relaxation of maximum of 5 years. So you'll not be eligible if you belong to General Category or OBC Category and you'll be eligible if you belong to ST/ SC/ PwD Category.

Candidates must have minimum 60 percentage (55 percentage for ST/ SC/ PwD category candidates) in 10+2 or equivalent qualifying exam in science stream from a recognised Board.

For more information about NEST eligibility criteria go through below mentioned link.

https://university.careers360.com/articles/nest-eligibility-criteria

May this information was helpful to you.

All The Best!!