About The Founder

Dr. Upasna Dua strongly believes “If we have a goal in mind it needs determination and persistence to achieve it.”Our founder – Dr. Upasna Dua is super talented, and highly experienced as an eminent Career Counsellor and a well known Life coach. It all started when her son reached 9th grade and was confused about his career. Dr. Dua having the right qualifications, a Post Graduate in English with B.Ed and Degree in Electro Homeopathy Medicine was successfully able to help her son choose the right option suitable for him which proved to be the best option for him.

She often wondered – if her own son was facing a career dilemma, how much would all the students in this country be facing? Her focus changed, and she decided to help children who were facing difficulty in finding the right career options. With the aim of providing simple but detailed & scientific career guidance, Upturn Counselling started on its journey of transforming the lives of students and professionals by guiding them on the right career path .She strived hard and earned the Career Analyst Certification from Edumilestones and also specializes in counselling for overseas study admissions process and procedures. She possesses an innate ability to address issues related to relationships and parenting.

She conducted many guest lectures for students in reputed schools and colleges to create awareness about the importance of career counselling.Dr Dua’s charismatic personality and friendly approach has made her extremely popular amongst the students.With extensive research and hard work, she was able to counsell more than 200 students within one year and she put in a lot of effort to make “Upturn Counselling” one of the 20 Most Promising Career Counseling companies two times in a row in 2019 and 2020 respectively, as shortlisted by Silicon India Magazine. Dr. Dua has been rated as one of the top 5 career counsellors in India by Edumilestones.


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