What are the options that one has after completing Naval Architecture in IIT?

Hi Reshu, If you are planing to go on core stream, campus placements for naval architectures might seem poor compared to other branches in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Do consider the following options.The list is not exhaustive. Go for apping. This might seem audacious.Consider this option if you have high CG / good projects / recommendations and budget for higher studies. Doing a PhD is also a choice although very few prefer it. Join in some shipyard,almost all shipyards take in naval architectures but don't expect white collar jobs and high pays.Shipyards generally buy designs from other companies and they employ freshers from naval architect to work in ship building or repair sites,not in their design offices.You can get transferred to design offices in less than one year but the work you do there is modelling not designing.Cochin Shipyard and L&T shipyard to my knowledge have been taking naval architects from IITM and Cochin University Of Science and Technology. There are lot of design companies situated at various locations.If you prefer India,don't expect huge payment but you will learn lot of stuff compared to what you learn't in your classrooms. Working as a project associate in IIT's is a good option if you don't have any idea of what to do or If you are planning to try one more year for higher studies. Then there are few ship maintenance companies who recruit naval architectures full time.You might not have any co-naval architect workers along with you and might not learn much unless you are a one-man army type learning and doing everything on your own. If you have very sound knowledge and have a few friends with same mentality,a startup is a good option.You can start a design consultancy. Friends with an year or more of experience in design field will be good for roping in to start the company. MBA can shift your career path. In my opinion, choose MBA if you are really not interested in continuing what you are studying now.I heard from various sources that people from Shipyard and other big industries in this field prefer people HR expertise.Managing people to make this meet the deadline need specific requirements and skills. There are lot of other non-core options ahead of you if you are not interested in naval architecture. Consider them if your real passion is to do something else. Hope this information helps. Click on the thumbs up or mark it as the best, if you found this useful. Wish You Luck!

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Hi Reshu, If you are planning to go on core stream, campus placements for Naval Architectures might seem poor compared to other branches in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Do consider the following options. The list is not exhaustive. 1. Go for applying. This might seem audacious. Consider this option if you have good projects / recommendations and budget for higher studies. 2. Doing a Ph.D is also a choice although very few prefer it. 3. Join in some shipyard, almost all shipyards take in naval architectures but don't expect white collar jobs and high pays. Shipyards generally buy designs from other companies and they employ fresher from naval architect to work in ship building or repair sites, not in their design offices. 4. There are lot of design companies situated at various locations. If you prefer India, don't expect huge payment but you will learn lot of stuff compared to what you learned in your classrooms. 5. Working as a project associate in IIT's is a good option if you don't have any idea of what to do? 6. Then there are few ship maintenance companies who recruit naval architectures full time. You might not have any co-naval architect workers along with you and might not learn much unless you are a one-man army type learning and doing everything on your own. 7. If you have sound knowledge and have few friends with same mentality, a startup is a good option. You can start a design consultancy. Friends with a year or more of experience in design field will be good for roping in to start the company. MBA can shift your career path. In my opinion, choose MBA if you are really not interested in continuing what you are studying now. I heard from various sources that people from Shipyard and other big industries in this field prefer people HR expertise. Managing people to make this meet the deadline need specific requirements and skills. Feel free to raise more questions. Appreciate by giving it thumbs up or marking as best. All the Best.

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