IIT Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai Answered Questions

Hello Abasalom,
IIT-B has a good name in aerospace engineering. In India, aeronautical & aerospace are almost used as synonyms. Aerospace deals with space & aeronautical deals with aircraft or such similar object. For details, you can get from IIT, Bombay's website.

Hi Sandeep,
Since, you've got a call, your CAT percentile now holds only 20% weight towards your admission. Having 36 months of work experience certainly boosts your chances, but a lot also depends on your 10th, 12th, and graduation scores and also, on your WAT/PI performance.
To see the full distribution you can check out the latest admission criteria and evaluations :
http://www.som.iitb.ac.in/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=60 .
You'll find that girls and non-engineering are given additional points too.
That being said, I still feel that you have quite a good chance of getting admission in SJMSOM.

Hello Mandar,
Scores in JEE Mains can provide you admission in NITs and other government colleges. For admission into IITs, you need to clear JEE Advanced examination as well.
I hope this answers your question. If you have any further questions, kindly revert.

The total fee to be paid for the Autumn Semester is Rs.67,876 (for GEN / OBC candidates) and Rs. 22,876 (for SC/ST/PD).
If you choose for hostel accommodation at IIT Bombay, you must pay Rs. 16,000 (Rs. 2,000 refundable mess advance + Rs. 13,000 Semester mess advance + Rs.1,000 towards Bus pass for internal transport for IITB Campus.)

Aerospace engineering program endeavors to create industry ready aerospace professional by training students on a wide variety of technical concepts involving design analysis and manufacturing of airplanes, rockets, missiles, space launch vehicles, UAVs, etc.
The program has been designed to provide the students with an in-depth understanding of the technical issues pertaining to the aerospace sector and develop capabilities in them which will help them become future ready aerospace professionals.
Career prospects:
Aircraft Design and Analysis Engineer
Aircraft Production Engineer
Aerospace Modeling and Simulation Engineer
Aerospace Maintenance Engineer
Research in Satellite v Space Application Development
As far as future prospects are considered, it has huge scope and demand in the market in the years to come. But, all this also depends on the quality of skills you have attained during your training period. For this, I would advise you to go for UPES, Dehradun It is one of the best universities in India offering this program and has experienced faculty and world class infrastructure too.

You can go in ISRO after completing your B.Tech in Aerospace engineering.
For NASA, it is too hard to go.
But if you want to work with NASA, you will have to clear master degree and then PhD in your field. After that you have to qualify for NASA written exam and then for interview.