NCS Code: NA, CCode: E01
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER
An aeronautical engineer is responsible for designing, developing and constructing safe and fuel-efficient
machines, which can fly in air and space such as aircraft, helicopters, satellites, missiles, drones and
spacecraft. He/she is also responsible for regularly inspecting and issuing clearance of the aircraft for
air-worthiness.
PERSONAL COMPETENCIES
• You like to build or assemble things
figuring how things work and pay attention to details
You enjoy
•You like keeping things in order and analyse problems
You enjoy drawing
SCHOLARSHIPS
Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship About -
20,000 such engineering scholarships are
awarded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs
every year. The full course fees of awardees is
directly paid to their institutions under this
FEES The approx. course fee ranges
scheme. *
between INR 6,000 -1,33,333* for
• Indian Oil Educational Scholarship- The IOC
one year
Ltd offers 300 scholarships every year to "(The above mentioned figures are approximate
eligible students. Students need to be enrolled numbers. This willvary from Institute to Institute)
in an undergraduate course. The scholarship
particularly focuses on students with physical
disabilities, women and students from North
East and J&K.*
ENTRY PATHWAY
www.scholarships.gov.in the National
• Visit
Scholarship Portal. Under this portal there are 1.Complete 10+2 in Science (Physics,
central government schemes offered by Chemistry, Maths)
different departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes 2. Complete Bachelor's degree (B.Tech/B.E.) in
and State Schemes.* Aeronautical or Aerospace Engineering
• Visit www.buddy4study.com a gateway to
scholarships starting from Class XI.* For admissions, you must qualify entrance
• Scholarships are made available by institutes
examination conducted at national level (JEE
themselves based on merit.* Main, JEE Advanced etc.) or AME CET for
*(Availability of these scholarships vary from studying aerospace/aeronautical engineering.
time to time)
Please check the duration of the course during enrolment
LOANS
•VidyaLakshmi, www.vidyalakshmi.co.in, is a
portal for students seeking education loan. EXPECTED INCOME
This portal has been developed under the The figures are indicative& subject to change
guidance of the Department of Financial The approx. salary of an Aeronautical/
Services, (Ministry of Finance), Department of Aerospace Engineer ranges between
Higher Education (Ministry of Human INR 18,750 -1,51,250* per month
Resource Development) and Indian Banks
Association (IBA). Students can view, apply
Source: https://www.amecet.in/
and track the education loan applications on
aeronautical-engineering-salary-in-
the website.
india.php
• Some states have student credit cards with
low interest rates, for instance, West Bengal,
Odisha, Bihar, etc.
•All banks give education loans.
NCS Code: NA, CCode: E01
WHERE WILL YOU WORK
Places of Work: Indian Air Force, Defence Ministry,
ЕXРЕСТED GROWTH PAАTH
Airlines industry, Aviation companies or Research
agencies. Graduate Trainee Engineer → Aircraft
Engineer/Air Safety Officer → Senior
Work Environment: It is a full-time job, work hours Engineer → Principal Engineer
may extend to more than 8 hours a day. You can
either work in offices or at units where equipment is
designed, manufactured, assembled or tested.
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Opportunities for differently abled exist in this field
aeronautical engineer, aerospace engineer,
aeronautics
WHERE WILL YOU STUDY?
This course is offered by the Department of Aeronautical or Aerospace
Engineering.
This list of institutes is indicative only
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTES
1. Indian Institute Technology, Guwahati
2. Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur
3. Indian Institute Technology, Madras
4. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
5. College of Engineering, Chennai
6. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
7. Rajasthan Technical University, Kota
8. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
PRIVATE INSTITUTES
(Please check if institute is affiliated and accredited with UGC and AICTE before applying)
1. MIT Manipal
2. Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore
3. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
4. Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
5. Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore
6. Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,
Bangalore
7. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu
8. Madras Institute of Technology
Information on the institute rankings can be found at -
EXAMPLE FROM THE FIELD
www.nirfindia.org/2022/Ranking.html
Kalpana Chawla, was the first Indian woman
to earn an Aeronautical Engineering degree at
ONLINE COURSE
the Punjab Engineering College. She joined
NPTEL* Swayam https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/
NASA after pursuing her PhD. and undertook
• -
noc19_ae05/preview her first space mission in 1997. Her career and
life trajectories remain etched in history. She is
*NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technolo- an inspiration for all professionals in this field.*
gy Enhanced Learning which is a programme initiat-
ed by the Government of India which offers numerous
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jects and aims to make learning accessible for all.
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