Hey Aspirant,

As you say that you got 78 Percentile in NISER 2022 and belong to OBC category. NEST 2022 section wise Minimum Admissible Score for SC/ST candidates will be 50% of  the general category. Where as SMAS for OBC candidates will be 90% of the general candidates. NEST category wise overall minimum admission percentile:-

• General - 95
• OBC       - 90
• SC/ST/PW - 75

Your score are low according to the criteria. But there few chances that you will get in NISER this year. For further information visit the link given below:-

https://university.careers360.com/articles/nest-cutoff

Thank You!