Dear Madurai,

This field has great scope. Automobiles will never vanish , they will keep increasing every day. This is one of the fastest growing industry in India. Chennai specially is a boon to automobile manufacturing units. Multinational companies require people such as Ford, Volswogen, Hyundai, etc. There are plenty of jobs in India for this course. Expected salary is around INR 250,000 to 600,00 per annum. This can go up after some experience.

Regards

Hello Yash,

Thanks for contacting Careers360.

If you want to start a business in Hardware field then I suggest you to go for Electrical or mechanical engineering. This will surely help you in understanding the components used in your business better.

More over I suggest you to go for an MBA degree after you complete your engineering. This will help you understand the intricacies of managing a business.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

• Joint Entrance Examination(Main)

• Joint Entrance Exam Advanced (JEE Advanced)

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT)

• VIT Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE)

• SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Exam (SRMJEEE)

• To apply for aerospace engineering you should qualify the respective university entrance exams. The above are the entrance of some universities and some are entrance exams for outside and nits.
• Go through the brochure of the college which you want to pursue there you can find whether the entrance exam is there are not.

Hello aspirant

Yes, You can survive in automobile engineering.

It depends on your basic understanding and effort you keep on the subject And make sure that have a complete knowledge about the branch and subject in the branch(i.e., basics of the subject).

Hope above information is helpful to you

Thank you

Hi Aditya , below are some good colleges for automobile engineering

1.MIT , pune   

2.National institute of technology, warangal 

3.Jadhavpur university, Kolkata

4.Sastra University

5: lovely professional university, phagwara

6. Christ University, Bangalor 

7.SRM institute of science and technology , Chennai

8.Madras institute of technology, chennai

I hope it will help.

Thanks.

Hello Abbijit Joshi,

List of examinations for admissions into colleges which offer automobile engineering:

• All India Engineering Entrance Exams
• Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPSEE)
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT)
• University of Delhi Combined Entrance Examination (CEE)
• Amrita Engineering Entrance Exam
• BS Abdur Rahman University Engineering Entrance Examination (BSAUEEE)
• Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam
• SRM Engineering Entrance Examination
• Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET)
• Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET)
• Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examinations (IIT JEE)
• Madhya Pradesh Pre Engineering Test (MPPET)

Scope of Automobile Engineering:

• You work in organisations as designers and developers of automobiles.
• The automobile industry is one of the fastest growing an developing industries of today's times. With continuous advancements, there is also an increased demand for automobile engineers in this field.
• If you further plan on attaining a Ph.D in automobile engineering you will be able to start up your own business or even work at colleges or universities as professors. 
• Job profiles in this sector are those of automobile technicians, automobile deigners, quality engineers, bike mechanics, car mechanics, mechanical design engineer, diesel mechanics, executive and managerial positions, driver instrumentation engineer, senior production engineer etc. 
• Top recruiters in this sector include Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Ashok Leyland, TATA, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj, Hetro Moto Corp, TELCO, Hyundai, Heldec India, Toyota, Ford, Mitsubishi, Apollo, Volvo etc.
• Blueprinting is one of the domains which open up. Under this you will be creating and developing blueprints of vehicles and its components.
• You can also get job opportunities in the maintenance and service sector. This will involve working in marine vessels, aircraft industries, aviation centres, fuel power stations, automobile workshops etc.
• The starting salary of an automobile ranges from INR 20,000 to 1,00,000 per month depending on the level of education and the amount of experience. The salary increases with increase in experience and the higher level of education. 

Colleges in India offering this course are:

• IIT Madras, Chennai
• IIT, Bombay
• IIT, Kharagpur
• IIT, Mandi
• IIT, Bhubaneshwar
• IIT, Roorkee
• IIT, Delhi
• IIT, Kanpur
• IIT, Madras
• IIT, Indore
• NIT, Tiruchirappali
• NIT, Hamirpur
• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
• Punjab Engineering College University of Technology (PEC), Chandigarh
• PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Coimbatore
• National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal
• Chandigarh University (CU), Chandigarh
• The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore
• National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada
• National Institute of Technology (NITP), Patna
• Rajasthan Technical University (RTU), Kota
• SRM University,Chennai
• MVSR Engineering College,Hyderabad
• VIT University,Vellore
• Anna University,Chennai
• PSG College Of Technology,Coimbatore
• Sri Ram Engineering College,Tamil Nadu
• Sathyabama University,Chennai
• Rajalakshmi Engineering College
• Lingaya’s University, Faridabad
• Hindustan Institute Of Engineering And Technology, Chennai

All the best!

I hope this answers your queries.

Do revert back in case of any further questions. 

Hello Harshvardhan Desai

Here are steps to become automobile Engineer

• Earn a Bachelor's Degree

A few schools offer 4-year bachelor's degree programs in transportation design, and some have programs in industrial design with a transportation design concentration. Typical coursework includes design fundamentals, 2-D and 3-D drawing skills, car technology, research skills development, model-making, and computer aided drafting or CAD. Since both transportation and industrial design programs are rare, admission can be quite competitive. Students can consider earning an associate's degree in industrial design before applying to an automobile design program. Students should begin building a car design portfolio during this time.

• Build a Portfolio

A professional portfolio of high-quality, innovative work is essential throughout the career of an automobile designer. It is used to show the designer's creativity and capabilities and can help with gaining employment and/or entrance to graduate school. Bachelor's programs include creation and development of a portfolio, but it's important to keep working on and adding to it over time.

• Gain Work Experience

Job prospects for graduates holding an automobile design degree come mainly from car manufacturers and design companies specializing in automotive design. A college with close ties to such companies can be helpful in placing recent graduates. According to the BLS, industrial designers are expected to see a 4% job increase during the 2012-2022 decade, which is slower than average for all occupations. Consumer demand for innovative designs, however, should ensure the continued need for all types of industrial designers.

•  Consider a Graduate Degree in Automobile Design

After completing a bachelor's degree and/or obtaining some professional experience, returning to school to earn a graduate degree in automobile design may demonstrate a designer's dedication to the profession. For example, earning a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Transportation Design advances design skills and contributes to portfolio work. An MFA or Master of Industrial Design (MID) degree program can take 2-4 years and requires rigorous research, emphasizing real-world experience with commercially-oriented projects. Classes, design labs, and internships or externships improve the designer's overall knowledge of design practices and further develop innovation skills, which can lead to career advancement.

Regards

Dear Sandip,

To become a automobile designer you need to be innovative with your ideas and at the same time practical too. Many things should be kept in mind before designing a car such as environment friendly, affordable,more technological, appealing to customers,etc. The skills you need are creativity,math and science,computer aided skills,etc. You should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in product design or automotive design.

Regards

Even with the advent of electrical vehicles, automobile engineering will still have a lot of scope. It takes automobile engineers as well to make electric cars. In the case of electric vehicles, it is the internal combustion engine that gets replaced. Everything else will remain more or less the same. These things will still remain in the ambit of automobile engineering. Another aspect is that even though gear boxes might get phased out, there will still be the body, aerodynamics strength and weight, breaking system, suspension, cooling and ventilation. Automobile engineers will continue to work on these systems in the future and come up with new and innovative ideas. There are many other things that require an automobile engineer, from designing to industrialization like electric motor mechanical parts, upper body parts, suspension, installation of plants etc. Basically, the only difference between an electric car and conventional car is the propulsion system and everything else remains the same and requires automobile engineers to work on them.

·         More career prospects after automobile engineering

Automobile Engineers are highly sought after both in India and abroad. The automobile industry as such is very big hence the job opportunities are great as well. There are great employment opportunities in Private National and Multinational Automobile companies, Service Stations, Private Transport companies, Defense Services and Self Employment by setting up Automobile Garage or Maintenance Workshop.

·         Fields in which job opportunities are

 There are many industries or fields that offer job opportunities to automobile engineering. One such field is designing, development and manufacturing of vehicles. Creation of blueprints of vehicles and their components. Maintenance and Services Engineers in automobile workshops, aircraft industries, aviation, marine vessels, and diesel power stations.

·         Positions that an automobile engineer can hold

Automobile Technicians

Bike Mechanics

Diesel Mechanics

Car Mechanics

Automobile Designer

Executive and Managerial Positions

Pay scale

The pay scale of an automobile engineer depends on many factors like qualification, organization

in which they work and also location. Somebody with a master’s degree and specialization

would get paid more. Nature of the organization is also very important. A private sectore job

would pay more than a government job. Also, abroad the options are much higher so as the pay.

It also depends on your alumni and credentials. Students from NIT’s and IIT’s usually land good

jobs and also earn more than somebody who studied in a private college.

Initially the salary for beginners would be approximately 15, 000 – 20, 000 per month. An

experienced engineer can earn more than or up to 1 lakh per month.

Some of the great companies to work in are given below:

TELCO

L & T

Ashok Leyland

Mahindra & Mahindra

Heldex India

Bajaj Auto

Maruti Suzuki

Toyota

Yamaha

Hyundai

Hero Moto Corp

Volkswagen

Audi

Renault