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As per your concern National Entrance Screening Test is an annual entrance exam. Its is organized to get admission in National Institute of Science Education and Research and the centre of Excellence in Basic Science. This Institutes mainly take into account the result of this exam for admission. Integrated Science Education and Research Centre is also using it for admission

Joint Entrance Screening Test is a National level exam and it is conducted and controlled jointly by the Institutes like IISC, IISERs, NISER. This test allows candidates to purse their PhD or Integrated PhD in one of the participating Institutes by qualifying JEST.

For nest:

https://university.careers360.com/exams/nest

for jest:

https://engineering.careers360.com/news/joint-entrance-screening-test-jest

HOPE IT HELPS

NEST exam is for admission in Integrated BS-MS programs in NISER's and IISERS and other colleges participating in this exam. Now JEST offers admission to Integrated PhD and PhD programs in NISERS, IISERS, MSc at HRI.Thus the basic difference is that NEST is for UG studies and JEST is for PG studies . Both the exams are relevant for basic science and the exam is organized by Department of Atomic Energy, GOI.

To know more about NEST visit the link below:

https://university.careers360.com/exams/nest

To know more about JEST visit the link below:

https://engineering.careers360.com/news/joint-entrance-screening-test-jest

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!