North Eastern Regional Institute of. Science & Technology (NERIST) Examination:

NERIST entrance (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology) was established by Indian Government as the Science and Technology institute. NERIST Engineering institute was founded by late Sh. Giyani Zail Singh, the former president of India, on 4th March 1984 in order to provide a system of engineering education for creating technical manpower for the development of the North Eastern region of the country. This NERIST institute has been conferred with the "Deemed University" status by UGC on May 31st, 2005 and it started functioning as a Deemed University from December 13th, 2005. But it was opened for students in the year 1986.

The NERIST Entrance Examination (NEE) is conducted for admissions at three Levels viz., NEE-I, NEE-II and NEE-III, to the Engineering & Technology branches of Technology stream (Base Module, Diploma Module & Degree Module); and Degree Module in Forestry stream through NEE-II only. The NERIST admission entrance examination is conducted at various centers located in the eight North Eastern States of India viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura. The selection of students is done in order of merit under various reservation categories.