Mechanical Engineering

It purely depends on your interest and passion.Visit this link to check colleges based upon your rank:
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You can use college predictor to better understand:
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You can pursue a Masters in Engineering Course - ME / M.Tech. Programme with specialization in Mechanical Engineering (Two Year/ Four Semester Duration Course).

Yes, it depends. Your college must be either UGC or AICTE approved. Your academic record, work experience, etc. matters a lot.

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Sikkim Manipal University offers distance learning programs, but it is recommended not to do B.Tech in distance learning. Rather, you can opt for AMIE i.e, B.Tech from correspondence.

You should join mechanical engineering after mechanical Diploma. You will get lots of things to learn. And mechanical has good scope ahead. Good luck.

You can't get admission in direct second year if you don't have Diploma. So, if you have Diploma you can fill for counseling otherwise you have to start from first year itself.
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