Excerpted from the India Career Guide

Although the Indian government continues to be the largest employer of engineers in the country, a legacy of the days when most Indian industry was owned by the state, there are growing opportunities for foreign engineers in other sectors. As Indian engineering firms begin to expand globally, a niche for foreign engineers has developed in the areas of biotechnology, nuclear resources, aeronautics, automobiles, computers, semiconductor devices and fertilizers.

Unlike the tiger economies of Southeast Asia, the Indian engineering industry is capable of manufacturing the full range of industrial machinery and capital goods. Among third world countries, India is a major exporter of heavy and light engineering goods, producing a wide range of items.

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