CAREER GUIDANCE
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CAREER IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING
While walking on the streets , when you come across high-end luxurious cars like Ferrari , Porsche , Range Rover , Jaguar , Lamborghini , BMW , Audi , have you ever in the slightest of your imagination thought – who are the designers or the makers of these grandiose machines ? Well , you can also be the designer or developer of these amazing machines . If you have love and passion for such machines , then a career in Automobile Engineering can be a possible choice for you .
What is Automobile Engineering ?
Automobile Engineering is the sub branch of Mechanical Engineering , also known as automotive engineering or vehicle engineering . The automobile industry includes automobiles and auto components sectors . The Automobile engineering course caters to the creation and maintenance of automobiles , right from designing the vehicles to manufacturing components , assembling them , testing them for safety , repairing and maintaining . It also enables the engineers to explore new areas , create new avenues in the fields of R & D and develop their talent in new technologies .
How to pursue Automobile Engineering ?
The students , who wish to pursue Automobile Engineering should have passed higher secondary board exam from a recognized board in India with Science- Mathematics , Physics , Chemistry , Biotechnology , Bioinformatics , Biomedical with high percentage of marks ..
Options and Opportunities
The demand for automobiles is increasing . In response to the emerging opportunity , availability of skilled manpower and growing technology , foreign automobile players are eyeing the Indian market for future growth . On the other hand , the Indian markets too are expanding their operations to meet the demand . Also , India is increasingly gaining recognition as good market for hybrid and electric vehicles . In this backdrop , the automobile industry in India is poised for a new era of growth . Automobile engineering encompasses creation and maintenance of automobiles , right from designing the vehicle to manufacturing components , assembling them , testing the vehicles for safety and even repairing and maintaining them .
The industry offers a variety of job roles for skilled professionals . The job roles can be basically categorised into design , development and manufacturing . Design engineers create the design or blueprint of the vehicle or an important component of the vehicle . Development engineers ’ is based on blueprints . They run simulation tests , assess the strengths and weaknesses of model and create prototypes . Manufacturing engineers deal with actual production of automotive components and automobiles . As an academic option , automobile engineering is available at B . Tech and M . Tech levels .
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | December , 2016