Abstract
Career planning is an indispensable part of each and every professional’s life. Professionals engross in planning their career path irrespective of the type, place and the profile of work they are involved in. Career planning is a lifelong process that focuses on making choices to help manage the work and personal life. Good career planning requires information about the particular professional, the world of work and commitment. In a similar manner AYUSH professionals can also engage in career planning in a proper fashion to help themselves in managing work and personal development. The world of work is continually changing. The way people work is changing with things like telecommuting, job sharing, and other ways of working becoming more common. Advances in technology have made some jobs disappear and others very different from what they once were. In this context this essay is drafted looking at the special nature of AYUSH professionals in India. These professionals hardly get an exposure to lessons of career planning as a part of their educational training. This document would help the AYUSH professionals in understanding the process of career planning and extend a reference for planning their career.

Key words: AYUSH, Career, Indian Systems of Medicine, Planning, Professional and Work life