Expert: Ray Wilkinson - 6/18/2006

Question
Hello Sir,
I am suraj singh from india.i am 17 years old and have completed 12th with PCM scoring 63%. i would like to know is there a demand for aeronautical engg whether in india or abroad. I am planning to do aeronautical engg from pune and would like to know whether it is a better career or not. awaiting your reply.

regards.

Answer
Hi Suraj

There is opportunity for aeronautical engineers in India, as you do have an indigenous aerospace industry. There's also ISRO, of course, on the space side. I have no knowledge of whether they are recruiting, or what their requirements are, I'm afraid. A search of the web might tell you.

Regarding whether it's a good career, again I can't say whether the salaries are good in India. I know in the UK they are reasonable, but not as high as many jobs in finance, for instance. Also the industry is very much 'boom and bust' - there are periods of strong growth and periods of redundancies. I have never lost my job, but have seen two rounds of redundancy when I was in industry (and again in my 14 years in academia). However, if you want a job where you can make a difference to people's lives, and gain real satisfaction from looking at a succesful product and saying, 'I did some of that', then it's the best job in the world (almost ;-)).

Regards

Ray