Automobile Engineering is just a specialization of Mechanical Engineering. For better career scope and prospects you must pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering and doing projects and internships, besides taking interest in the Automotive sector, can always get a Placement with some of the Top Companies like Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and so on. Nearly all NITs have Mechanical Engineering Courses, with strong placements. At present ypu must prepare for JEE Main and target a Rank atleast above 20k, for better prospects during Counselling among Top NITs.

For more information about the Cutoffs of NITs for Mechanical Engineering do follow the link below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-btech-mechanical-engineering

Hello aspirant,

Here are list of best colleges:-

• Manipal institute of technology
• SRM Institute of science and technology
• Dayananda Sagar college of engineering
• PSG college of technology
• Lpu jalandhar

For more information please visit this link

https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-automobile-engineering-colleges-in-india

Hope this helps you

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All the best for your future