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What is the scope or value for an automobile engineer in India?

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    If you want to pursue a career in automobile engineering, India provides one the finest platform in the world. It is looking for good development in the future. The Indian automotive sector comprising of passenger vehicle, commercial vehicles, two wheelers and three wheelers is a prominent player in the economy. It saw a rapid growth since its de-licensing in 1993 allowing global automotive giants to set up their manufacturing facilities in the country. India was ranked second largest manufacturer of two wheelers, fifth in commercial vehicles and fifth in passenger cars(beating Thailand, on of the toughest competitior in this sector). In the last seven years the volume in auto industry of the country grew by 11.6% making it one of the top contributor of GDP. As of 2010, India is home to 40 million passenger vehicles. More than 3.7 million automotive vehicles were produced in India in 2010 (an increase of 33.9%), making the country the second (after China) fastest growing automobile market in the world in that year. Acconding to  Soceity of Automotibile Manufacturers, the sales is likely to increase to 4 million by 2015. India has attracted many foreign gaints like Hyundai, Suzuki, BMW, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Fiat, Honda, Chevrolet(of General Motors), Toyota, Lamborghini, Jaguar, Eicher, TAFE. Apart from them we have TATA, Mahindra, Hero Moto crop who has good repution even outside India. In public sector there is Bharath Earth Movers Limited. India has roughly 3700 factories across the country. An average firm makes an annual revenue of US$6 million with a profit closing to US$400 thousand. The recent drop in the commodity prices keeps the raw material expenses under control. The automotive sector in the country is not just about ON-road vehiles. OFF-road vehicles like Bulldozers, Dump Trucks, Hydraulic Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Rope Shovels, Walking Draglines, Motor Graders and Scrapers are also produced on par with on-road vehicles. It is a huge industry that involes expertise from different feild of Engineering. With the foreign players on the feild we have got cool toys in the country itself and it is expected to improve more. Moreover China's recent loss in the manufacturing sector could favour India. The governement is also taking necessary steps to attract the players leaving China. We are one of the top expoters of Automobiles and Auto products just behind Japan and South Korea.India keeps on exploring in this field. There is also components manufacturing, which once again a huge area. So yes there is big scope for Automotive Engineering in India.

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Yes Lots of interesting development work is being carried out in India by automakers, which wasn't there about 15 years back The future looks more exciting as India has potential to become a Automobile Design base

Sreenivas Mittapalli

yes of course. However, you won't be able to work on racing cars as they are not produced in India. Otherwise you can always strive to join Maruti, Ashok Leyland etc.

Abhishek Biswas

Not much in India as most Automobile companies are from Germany and as for India there is only one company 'TATA'. but if you have no issues moving abroad then its best option.

Prashant Goyal

Sachurated.....enterprise an ancillary unit .....innovate and comershialisation...are better options. ..auto service chain...body workshops for commercial vehicles are last options.

Harsha Vardhan

I completely disagree with the most upvoted answer here. That is my opinion though. Just giving stats that a country “produces” vehicles is not an indication of the fact that there is huge scope of Automobile in India.I personally believe that there is not much scope in India for automobile engineering. Most of the fancy and top notch companies that no 1 answer has mentioned have just assembly plants. Cars are imported as CBU and CKD. Be it Lambo, Ferrari or Porsche. Other companies like VW (Ameo is an example) and others have made efforts to increase indigenisation but still it is not enough. The reluctance for starting full-fledged plants, I feel, can be attributed to the lack of the same quality as in other parts of the world. Second reason can be that the market has not yet matured. Indians are still entangled in the web of one factor for automobiles - “kitna deti hai”. Third reason, I think, is the difference in working culture. There is not much love for a product a worker works on (I have seen it infront of my eyes in a plant!). The same common attitude - “mera kya jaata hai”. Fourth, we are dependent on labour here because it is cheap and people are ready to go to extremely low wages to support their family. Machines thus cannot be employed in Indian manufacturing plants. This affects the quality and other factors. Go to Mercedes Plant in Sindelfingen for example (if you can or visit on youtube!) and see the difference.Having said all that, it boils down to this - the manufacturing is not good in India, especially automotive. The R&D is consequently pathetic. Whatever brain we produce each year goes abroad - brain drain! Now what exactly are we left with in India when it comes to automobiles? Peanuts!You can surely be employed as a worker in an automotive company in India but I guess it is not worth it. If you are qualified enough and know your skills and job in and out, your worth is definitely more and it can fully be realised in an environment conducive for development. Just working in an automobile plant does not imply the scope is good as I have a job. There are so many factors to be considered.As I always say, do Bachelors in Mechanical and then go for MS in automotive abroad. Work and gain experience and then may be come back to India. There are far more opportunities - research opportunities, better environment, good funding, quality projects and research etc. available abroad when it comes to automotive. To summarise, after your graduation, if you go for MS abroad for automotive, you can truly understand the scope of automobile engineering.A bachelors in automobile from India is good, but would only get you not-so-good jobs in automotive companies. If you think that satisfies you, if you think that is all there is in automotive, if you feel that scope of automotive is awesome because I have a job - sorry m8, you are sadly mistaken. I might be wrong too - depends on one perspective, how badly you want your passion!I hope it helped. This was my view.P.S - I hope our PM Modi remains for next decade too. His Make in India is a fantastic initiative to improve the condition of manufacturing in India. India is developing, automotive is developing but still far away from the stage where you can imagine similar conditions of automotive manufactuing, R&D etc. like in other countries.Cheers!

Rajat Sharma

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