Manufacturing is on the upswing in India due to competitive labour and material costs, availability of technically qualified manpower and familiarity with English language. For example presently India manufactures almost 1 lakh cars per month, 5 lakh two wheelers per month, which is 10 times more than what was manufactured 15 years ago. Leading automobile manufacturers like Toyota , Daimler Chrysler, General Motors started operations in India and focusing on making India as nodal export point. Software development activity, used very commonly in automobiles for design and analysis purposes, is being shifted to India taking advantage of our strengths in software development. For example Delphi Automotives, General Motors, Delmiya that are large MNCs are presently operating in India . Civil Aviation in India is poised for rapid expansion in the next few years, with several new private operators entering the field. Maintenance of civil aircraft would open up considerable challenges and opportunities to Mechanical Engineers.