Hello Mridul,

About Automobile Engineering:

• Automobile engineering is a stratification of mechanical engineering which deals with the designing, repairing, testing and assembling of a vehicle.
• The programme aims at training a candidate in the domain areas of safety engineering, quality management and control, automotive analytics, and assembling and installation of various automobiles.
• Areas of specialization in this course are engine systems, electronic and control systems, fuel technology, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, alternative fuels, emission control etc.
• It is a four year B.E or B.Tech course in the the undergraduation level.

Scope of Automobile Engineering:

• You work in organisations as designers and developers of automobiles.
• The automobile industries are some of the fastest growing an developing industries of today's times. With continuous advancements, there is also an increased surge for automobile engineers in this industry.
• If you attain a Ph.D in automobile engineering you will further be able to start up your own business or even work at college or university as a professor.
• 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.
• You can create blueprints of vehicles and its components.
• You can also work in the maintenance and service sector. This will involve working in automobile workshops, aircraft industries, marine vessels, aviation centres, fuel power stations etc.
• Salary of automobile ranges from INR 20,000 to 1,00,000 per month depending on the educations and experience. The salary tends to increase with increase in experience and 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 nay further questions.

Hello Mridul,
India has one of the largest automotive industry in the world with an annual production of 23.37 million vehicles. Automotive Engineer works in every area of the industry, from the look and mechanism of cars to the security and safety of new forms of transport.

Automobile Engineer’s major task is to design, develop, manufacture & testing of vehicles from the concept stage to the production stage. The automotive engineering career option is very creative & fast paced.
The job opportunity as an Automobile Engineers  is increases due to rapid growth of auto component  in automobile sector.
An Automotive Engineer can work in national and multinational automobile companies, Defense services, Service stations and Private transport companies.
This field requires lots of dedication & hard work to learn the profession and achieve the success. Therefore if you are interested in this field then you should definitely go. It is a very interesting and creative field.
Hope it helps you
Thank you