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When British left India, they also left a great legacy in the form of automotive production. Though at that point of time India was not considered even a player in global market of automobiles, the country had people who owned motor vehicles. And, today after more than sixty years of Indian independence India is considered seventh largest automobile industry in the world. Moreover, India is just fourth largest exporter of automobile products only after Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
The country has a vibrant automotive industry which produces more than 2.6 million units vehicles in a year and most of it is exported to various markets in around the world. Various studies show that by the year 2050, India would surpass all countries in the world and become a leader in the number of cars and by that there would be more than 611 million vehicles on the nation's roads. The flip side of the situation would be traffic jam and slow speed on roads.
Career in automobile sector in India
As has been admitted elsewhere India has become a leading producer of automotive products, a bright career is in waiting for youngsters. Trained automobile engineers can see and explore exponential growth in automotive sector in India. The unprecedented growth and developed which followed after the implementation of liberalization, privatization and globalization helped automobile sector to groom itself to match international standard and competition.
A sustainable career in automotive sector in India is visible as new automobile companies are coming up in big way and starting up their ventures either in collaboration with Indian firms or on their own. The new initiatives are for sure going to give impetus to India’s automobile industry. Jobs in automotive companies such as Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra and Mahindra, etc. going to expand only in coming decades as these companies are planning to go big in international market and for that require trained automotive engineers and technicians.
Growth in India’s Automotive Sector
Interesting fact about India's automotive sector is that it has emerged as one of the world's largest manufacturers of small cars and can work as an example for manufacturing low price cars. Various global majors in automobile sector including of Hyundai Motors, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen, Suzuki, etc. have started their Indian manufacturing venture so that they can produce cost effective and fuel-efficient cars.
Moreover, India itself has a huge consumer market for small cars as middle class is rising in great pace and wants to own at least one car. Besides, car manufacturing companies realize that India offers cheap labor and cost effective manufacturing and the same can be used to produce cheap cars for world word market. In 2008 alone Hyundai Motors exported more than 240,000 cars made in India. Other companies including of Nissan Motors, General Motors, etc. too want to use India’s infrastructure and cheap labor to produce and export their automotive products.
Leading automotive companies in India involved in manufacturing of automobile products offer attractive and high paying job opportunities. Companies such as Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra, GM Chevrolet, Honda, HSD, Ford, Fiat Motors, etc. are some leading names which cover the domestic market. These companies plan to use India’s huge consumer market to sell their products which in fact is an addition to use India’s talent for producing affordable cars.
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