Astronomy Scope

Hi Bose,
Glad to know that you want to make career in Astronomy. For making career, you need to do a lot research on that. What actually you want to be? Aerospace Engineer, Research Scientists, Astronomy faculty (in academia) or else? Because different stream follows different career path. However, one more things, I would suggest you that try to go for abroad for making career in Astronomy, coz India has Very less score in this. There are very few college here, which provides astronomy at Bachelor's level. In India, you can do B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering (recommended: from IIST or IIT-B). At last, first you need to come up with your final destination that you want to have. Then only you can make plan accordingly. Hope this helps. Ask any query at any time.

Aerospace engineering is broadly divided into two types of engineering- aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering
What all can I do after Aeronautical Engineering?
Maintenance of Aircraft - Aerospace Engineers test new aerodynamic and aviation systems and maintain them.
Aircraft Designer - Aerospace Engineers specializing in this field deal with designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecrafts. They may conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture.Aviation Engineer- Aerospace engineers in this field deal with the airport design, aircraft navigation technologies and aerodrome planning.
Defence - Aeronautical engineers in this field deal with creation, maintenance and deployment of defence aircrafts such as fighter jets, choppers, bombers, etc.Also, the job requires being able to handle such aircraft at necessary times.
Where all can I work? As everyone here mentioned right, you can work in government sector with ISRO, DRDO, HAL, etc. And then we can look at private companies such as L & T, Godrej and Boyce aerospace, Boeing, Airbus, Mahindra, etc. You can also go for Indian air force and Indian Navy.

Hi Ritik,
These are the branches you can opt for to make your career in astrophysics:
1) Astrophysics
2) Astrochemistry
3) Astrogeology
4) Astrometeorology
5) Astrobiology
6) Optical astronomy
7) Radio astronomy
Courses available are:
-Observational Astronomy
-Astrophysics
-Astronomical Statistics & Measurement
-Cosmology
-Advanced Cosmology
-Computational Astrophysics
-Stellar Evolution
-General Relativity
-High Energy Astrophysics
-Radiation and Matter
There are several institutes in India which offer you to pursue a career in astrophysics. Below is the list of institutes. You may visit these websites for more information.
-Indian Institute of Astrophysics, (Bangalore)
-Indian Institute of Science, (Bangalore)
-Raman Research Institute, (Bangalore)
-Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (Pune)
-National Centre for Radio Astronomy
Most of these institutes offer opportunities to the aspiring candidates based on a joint entrance test such as JEST, followed by an interview. The minimum qualification required for appearing for the entrance exam is a
Master's degree in physics. Some of these institutes accommodate engineering graduates as well.
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Wish you luck.