Two students from Odisha were placed in the Top-10 ranks in the National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) for admission in the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) results of which were announced on Friday.
While Nikhil Goel of Chandigarh has emerged as the topper, Manish Kumar Bera and Spandan Kumar Sahu from Odisha are placed in the fourth and tenth rank, respectively.
The test was held on May 30 this year for admission to the five-year Integrated M.Sc programme in Basic Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, in the NISER, Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai across 79 centres in the country, including 20 in Odisha.