A compelling new wake-up call is moving through Indian households as a groundbreaking guide by Dr. Jagadish Kundu urges parents to rethink how they prepare their children for an AI-dominated future. Drawing from three decades of global technology experience including influential roles at Tata Motors, ADA, Capgemini Ernst & Young, and Cognizant Dr. Kundu distills a lifetime of insight into a clear, practical roadmap for families struggling to navigate today’s chaotic career landscape.
More than technical expertise, this book is shaped by his lifelong journey as a mentor who has guided thousands of students and professionals. Over the years, Dr. Kundu watched one digital revolution after another reshape industries, transform skills, and redefine success. A generation that once chose between a few familiar professions now confronts more than 12,000 global career options and 45,000 colleges in India alone. Children today discover passions ranging from design and genetics to climate science, sports analytics, policy, and global development while parents silently worry about stability and long-term prospects.
Dr. Kundu highlights a critical risk: many families still rely on outdated ideas of “safe careers,* even as those paths lose relevance. History shows how every major technological leap has disrupted familiar roles hand weavers replaced by power looms, horse-driven trades overtaken by automobiles, typists displaced by computers, and video rental shops wiped out by streaming platforms. Artificial Intelligence is repeating this pattern at unprecedented speed.
AI can analyse massive data sets, write drafts, read medical scans, and reorganise information with astonishing efficiency. But it cannot yet judge fairness, show compassion, lead with empathy, or create meaning qualities that define human potential. Future success, Dr. Kundu argues, will belong to children who blend their innate strengths with the power of AI, not those who try to compete with machines.
This shift places a heavier responsibility on parents. Research shows that over 70% of Indian students rely primarily on parents for career decisions, far more than teachers, counsellors, or the internet. Yet today’s landscape is overwhelming even for well-informed parents. Entrance exams JEE, NEET, CUET, CLAT, SAT, IELTS add pressure. Coaching centres amplify confusion. Social prestige often overshadows a child’s true strengths.
Dr. Kundu urges parents to evolve from “advice-givers” to informed guides to understand their child’s aptitudes, interests, values, and personality as clearly as they once understood report cards. The book reveals how:
A child who sketches may flourish in design, architecture, or animation.
A child who questions everything may thrive in research or entrepreneurship.
A child who naturally supports others may excel in leadership, psychology, or advisory roles.
When parents nurture these natural signals instead of suppressing them, children develop abilities that AI cannot replicate. Machines compute; humans create. Machines process data; humans interpret meaning. Machines analyse; humans empathise. The future will reward those who combine their inner potential with intelligent tools. It will be age of specialization. Specialized people will leverage AI to deliver goods and services to the humanity.
Dr. Kundu’s book arrives at a crucial moment for Indian families. It replaces fear with clarity, confusion with direction, and guesswork with structured understanding. By helping parents recognise what makes their child unique and how AI is transforming every career path it ensures that children do not merely survive the future, but rise above it with identity, confidence, and purpose.
Availability
The book is available worldwide on Amazon:
Amazon India: https://amzn.in/d/cHNxpNN
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FV94F6J7/