Absolutely it's worth it if you pursue mechanical engineering now a days also. Production and manufacturing industries are never going to stop reduce their production and with surging demand for automobiles the companies are setting up more and more facilities that requires more mechanical engineers. Similar is the case with the other sectors also like steel industries.

So you can definitely go for it but just try to study from a good college that can offer you a job at campus only.

Good luck

dear candidate,

In current scenario the typical salary ranges of a fresh graduate  Mechanical Engineer is between Rs. 18,000 to 30000/- P.M However, the salary differs as per the location, industry type, company level. If you are hired by a Multinational Company, you can expect high salary package. Similarly, good campus placements also fetch better salary packages. Additionally, some companies offer salary on the basis of your skills, experience, expertise and the nature of roles and responsibilities handled previously. Generally, highly skilled and professional mechanical engineers in first 3-5 years of his career can bag a salary in the range of 6-10 lac PA.

Dear Piyush,



The future scope of mechanical engineers in India remains as expected.There is always a consistency for the past decades.This is,also, going to be true for the decades to come.



So many companies are good for a mechanical engineers, a few of them are as follows:



ABB group,BAARC,BHEL,BEML,Bosch group, BNPM, BPCL, Caterpiller, CELHPCL,Coal India Ltd,DRDO,Ford group,GAIL,GSECL,HPCL,Hundai group,IOCL,IPR,Kirlosker group,L&T group,MDL,MECL,Mahendra & Mahendra group,NFL,NALCO,NHPC,NLC Ltd,NTPC,Oil India,OPGC Ltd,ONGC Ltd.Power grid,Reliance groups,RITES,Tata group,THDC,TVS group,WBSEDCL,etc.



A mechanical engineer to be placed in a core company should have the basic ideas in the following subjects (with some practical exposure):



1) Engineering drawing,



2) Engineering mechanics,



3) Strength of materials,



4) Engineering materials,



5) Materials science,



6) Finite elements method,



7) Fluid mechanics,



8) Solid mechanics,



9) Project management,



10) Total quality management,



11) Computational Fluid Dynamics,



12) Solid waste management,



13) Green technology,



14) Fracture mechanics,



15) Machine drawing,



16) Manufacturing methods,



17) Design of machine components,



18) Kinematics of machines,



19) Dynamics of machines,



20) Thermodynamics,



21) Applied thermodynamics,



22) Heat and mass transfer,



23) Rapid prototype manufacturing,



24)Control engineering,



25) Industrial engineering,



26) Quality assurance,



27) Reliability engineering,



28) Operations research,



29) Operations management,



30) Supply chain management,



31) CAD/CAM,



32) Automation,



33) Nano technology,



34) Mechatronics,



35) Theory of machines,



36) Turbo machines,



37) Theory of plasticity,



38) Theory of elasticity,



39) Foundry technology,



40) Financial management,



41) Photo lithographic process,



42) Sputtering technique,



43) Limits and tolerances,



44) Machine tools, etc.



That apart, you can even choose a handful of them to master the concept. Plenty of job opportunities are, surely, available .Please do not directly think of joining good companies. With some experience in small or medium industries, things are going to be very smooth.



In mechanical engineering there are four major groups/areas like:



i) Manufacturing engineering, ii) Thermal engineering, iii) Design engineering, iv) Industrial engineering.



* You decide that in which area of mechanical engineering you want to concentrate and work.



* You will have to learn a lot in that area.



* Try to be a performer (to become a performer you need to be



meticulous in your task).



* Try to learn some latest software technologies available.



* Do not worry much about your 'initial' salary.



* Let it be any kind of job, try to put in a continuous and undaunted



efforts.



My sincere advice would be not to directly think of joining good established companies(because it is very difficult, many a times, to get the direct placement). With some experience in small or medium industries, things are going to be very smooth(do not worry much about your initial salary). Treat that as a 'training period", and "investment".



Have faith in the Almighty and your self, and keep going - all the very best.

Hello



Totally depends on one's interest. If you are passionate enough to pursue a hard earned career and wanted to know how machines and mechanisms work it must be your choice.



If you want a balanced life with decent campus placement with little struggle, opt for computers.



In mechanical, campus placement is very rare, even though you can crack GATE and get into psu and many private companies are also there but you should develop special skills in design software etc.



I hope it will help you

Good luck....