JOINT ENTRANCE SCREENING TEST - 2022

For Ph.D. Programmes in

Physics/Theoretical Computer Science/Computational Biology /Neuroscience
Sunday March 13, 2022, from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Test Centres
Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Aligarh, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Bardhaman, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Indore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kharagpur,
Kolkata, Kochi, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nainital, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Roorkee, Sambalpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, and Visakhapatnam.
Apply online through https://www.jest.org.in from December 13, 2021 to January 18, 2022.
The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) (statutory body established through an Act of Parliament) recognized JEST as a National Eligibility Test
sponsored programmes/projects vide their Office Memo No. SB/S9/Z-01/201S. Qualifying in JEST does not entitle an applicant to get a Research Fellowship.
Using the JEST results, each institute will call a limited number of candidates for further selection depending on their requirements.

Bose Institute, Kolkata Indian Institute of International Centre for Inter-University Centre for Astronomy
Aryabhatta Research and Astrophysics, Pune
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Biophysics, Astrophysics, Theoretical Sciences,
Complex systems and networks, Bengaluru TIFR-Bengaluru All areas of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Observational including Ground and Space-based
Sciences, Nainital Condensed matter physics and Astronomy & Astrophysical Relativity,
materials science, High energy Physics Astrophysics, Data Assimilation & Instrumentation and Observations, Solar
Astronomy and physics, Extragalactic astronomy, High energy
Astrophysics, and Astroparticle physics, Quantum Astronomical Dynamical Systems,
physics and Quantum information, Instrumentation, Statistical Physics & astrophysics, Gravitational waves, Theoretical
Atmospheric Physics. and Computational astrophysics, Large-scale
Nuclear and radiation physics. Atomic physics. Turbulence, String Theory.
structure, Gravitation and Cosmology.
Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Science Education Indian Institute of Science Education and
Bengaluru and Research, Berhampur Research, Bhopal Indian Institute of Science Education and
Condensed matter physics Condensed matter physics (Theory and Condensed matter physics (Theory and Research, Kolkata
(Experiments & Theory), Experiment), Electronic Materials & Experiment) Soft matter physics (Theory), Condensed matter physics, Field Theory,
Astronomy & Astrophysics Devices, High energy physics (Theory, Biophysics, Laser plasma interactions, Classical & Quantum Gravity, Cosmology,
(Theory), Atomic & Molecular Phenomenology, Experiment), Nuclear Ultrafast physics (Experiments), Solar Science, High Energy Physics, Nonlinear
physics (Experimental), Structure, Photonics, Quantum Theory, Astrophysics and Cosmology, High energy Dynamics, Statistical Physics, Soft Matter,
Bio-crystallography & Quantum Information. physics (Theory, phenomenology, Optics & Spectroscopy, Atomic physics,
Bio-informatics, & High experiment), Nonlinear optics, Atomic & Biophotonics, Spintronics, Nanoscience, NMR,
energy physics (Theory). Molecular physics (Theory & Experiment). Quantum Information, Biological Physics and
Indian Institute of Science Complex Systems, Molecular Physics and
Indian Institute of Science Education Education and Research, Pune Indian Institute of Science Education Imaging Spectroscopy.
and Research, Mohali Condensed matter physics, and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Quantum Information (Experiment and Computational material science, Experimental: Magnetism, Indian Institute of Space Science and
Theory), Complex systems & Networks, Nanotechnology Atomic Physics & Superconductivity, Nanoscience, Photonics, Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Theoretical Astrophysics & Cosmology, Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Semiconductor Physics, Surface sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Atmospheric
Particle Physics and Field Theory, dynamics. Astrophysics, Particle Nanoscale plasmonics, Ultrafast sciences, Applied & Adaptive optics,
Statistical physics, Quantum physics and Field theory, Solar & spectroscopy, Nonlinear optics; Atomic and Molecular physics, Condensed
thermodynamics, Condensed Matter Plasma physics, Quantum Theory: Cosmology, Quantum information, matter physics, Nanotechnology, NMR of
(Theory and Experiment), NMR- information processing, Soft matter. Statistical physics, Condensed matter, materials and other systems, Nonlinear
Methodology, Ultra-fast Physics, low String theory & Nonlinear dynamics. dynamics, Photonics, Quantum
temperature physics. S.N. Bose National Centre for information and Statistical Physics.
Indian Institute of Science Education Basic Sciences, Kolkata Jawaharlal Nehru Centre
and Research, Tirupati Astrophysics & Cosmology. for Advanced Scientific National Brain Research National Centre for
Theoretical Astrophysics, Observational Chemical & Biological physics, Research, Bengaluru Centre, Gurgaon Radio Astrophysics,
Astronomy, Experimental and Condensed matter physics & Experimental & Theoretical Molecular, Systems, TIFR-Pune
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, material science, High energy condensed matter physics, Computational, Cognitive & Astronomy &
Experimental and Theoretical Soft physics and Quantum field theory, Biophysics, Advanced Translational Neurosciences. Astrophysics.
Matter Physics, Nonlinear dynamics Mathematical physics, electron microscopy, Neurocomputing,
and complex networks, Experimental Nanosciences, Quantum optics & Statistical mechanics, Neuroinformatics, Neuroimaging,
High Energy Physics, Atomic and quantum information, Statistical Materials science & Soft Neurophysiology and Functional
Molecular Physics, Non equilibrium physics, Complex system. condensed matter. connectomics.
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific
statistical Physics and active matter, Research, Indore
Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru Tata Institute of
Optics and Opto-electronics. TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Condensed Matter Physics; thin films;
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Light & Fundamental Research,
Physical Research Matter Physics, Soft Condensed Matter Mumbai Sciences, TIFR-Hyderabad electron, optical, X-ray
Laboratory, Ahmedabad and Theoretical Physics. Radio & X-ray Astronomy & Astrophysics, Condensed matter physics & spectroscopies; scanning probe
Theoretical physics, Astronomy Astronomy, Signal Processing, Imaging Condensed matter physics materials science of nonequilibrium, microscopies; Positron annihilation;
& Astrophysics, Solar physics. and Instrumentation. Ultrafast & material science, High Soft & living matter, Fluid dynamics, Raman & Mössbauer spectroscopy;
Space & Atmospheric sciences, phenomena, Liquid Crystals, Soft energy physics, Nuclear & Intense laser-matter interactions, XMCD & spectroscopy
Planetary science, Geophysics, Materials & Active Systems, Physics in Atomic physics, Theoretical Computational physics, Statistical with synchrotron; Neutron
Atomic & molecular physics & Biology, Classical and Quantum Gravity, physics. physics, NMR of Biophysical diffraction; Experimental Nuclear
Optical physics. Statistical Physics and Stochastic & other systems. Physics: γ-ray Spectroscopy and heavy
Processes. ion reaction.

Harish-Chandra
Research Institute,
Allahabad
Theoretical physics
and Astrophysics.
Constituent
Institutes of
Homi Bhabha
National National Institute of Science
Institute, Education and Research,
Bhubaneswar
Mumbai
Experimental and theoretical
A Deemed condensed matter physics,
University experimental and theoretical high
energy physics, string theory,
cosmology & astrophysics,
non-linear and quantum optics,
quantum information.
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic The Institute of Institute of Physics,
Research, Kalpakkam Mathematical Bhubaneswar
Solid state phase transformations, Sciences, Chennai Physics (Condensed
Superconductivity, Structure & Theoretical Physics, matter, Nuclear and
dynamics of soft condensed matter, Theoretical Computer High energy physics)
Computational materials science, Science & & Accelerator-based
Accelerator-based irradiation induced Computational Biology. research.
phenomena, Low dimensional
systems, Physics of interfaces, Nano-
materials, Thin films technology &
Theoretical physics. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Kolkata
Raja Ramanna Centre for Condensed matter physics (Theory
Advanced Technology, Indore & Experiment), Nuclear physics
Lasers & their applications, Laser (Theory & Experiment), High energy
plasma interaction, Cold atom physics (Theory & Experiment),
physics, Condensed matter physics, Relativistic heavy ion collisions &
QCD phase transition (Theory &
Superconductivity & magnetism,
Crystals & Thin Films, Nanomaterials Experiment), Astroparticle physics,
& applications, Non-linear & Ultrafast Cosmology, Quantum gravity, String
Optical studies, Beam physics and theory, Mathematical physics,
Free electron laser. Surface science & Plasma physics.
Institute for Plasma Research,
Gandhinagar
Fundamental and applied Plasma
Physics Research involving theory
& experiments on magnetic
confinement fusion plasma,
complex/dusty plasma, industrial
plasma applications including
plasma material processing; laser
produced plasma, laser plasma
interaction, radio-frequency
plasma applications etc.
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre,
Kolkata
Accelerator physics, Condensed
matter physics & materials science,
Nuclear physics (Experiment and
Theory), Relativistic heavy ion
collisions & QCD Phase transition
(Experiment and Theory).

Eligibility Criteria
M.Sc, Integrated Ph.D.: B.Sc. in physics/mathematics; Regular Ph.D.: M.Sc in physics/ applied-physics;
B.Tech./B.E./M.E./M.Tech./4 year B.S./M.C.A. may also be considered for M.Sc and Ph.D (integrated and regular) programmes in some institutes.
Please check the websites of individual institutions for further details. Students in the final year of these courses are also eligible to appear for JEST 2022.
Application through email or by post will not be accepted.
Application Fee: Rs. 800/- (Rs. 400/- for Female and SC/ST candidates).
For further information please visit JEST website: https://www.jest.org.in