Aeronautical Engineering

Hello Swapnil,
Let me first explain the dynamics of lateral admission. These admissions are given basically against the seats which are lying vacant when the students pass out from 1st year and go to the second year. In addition to this some super numery seats are also allotted for lateral admission. Generally speaking, IITs do not allow lateral admission but have declared Diploma equivalent of class 12th and hence Diploma holders can compete along with the class 12th passed students for admission to IITs by following normal procedure. Different states have different procedures for lateral admission. Some states give lateral admissions based on the marks of Diploma, on the other hand, some states conduct an entrance exam exclusively for giving lateral admissions. You will find all these details on the web page of the Directorate of Technical Education of your state. Yes, the Diploma holders of mechanical engineering branch are eligible to seek admission for aeronautical engineering in lateral mode.

Hello Renish Sonani,
Aeronautical engineers have less number of opportunities at present in the Indian industry. There are two major employers in DRDO and ISRO both being government agencies. Of course, armed forces also employ some Aeronautical engineers in their maintenance branch but other than this as the Aerospace industry has not grown much the requirement of Aeronautical engineers is also less. On the other hand the civilian air traffic market in India is expanding. The number of passengers is growing at the rate of 15% per annum and so also is the cargo traffic. In view of this, requirement of aircraft maintenance engineers is bound to increase as almost all Airlines are increasing their aircraft strength. Based on the foregoing I would definitely recommend aircraft maintenance engineering as the branch or as the profession to be selected.