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March - 2010 - issue > Movers and Shakers

Driving the Leadership

Sikta Samantaray
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sikta Samantaray
Roping in wide experiences in sales domain, Debadutta Upadhyaya is recently donned as the Vice President, India at Vdopia. Describing her role, Debadutta comments, “I am really excited about this opportunity. My role would be to assist company scale up its operations and drive this leadership position to the next level.”

Before joining Vdopia, Debadutta was the Head of Sales Strategy at Yahoo! India. She spent almost six years with Yahoo! India and grew from her role as an Account Manager to National Sales Head. Her last assignment at Yahoo! India was as Head of Sales Strategy. Prior to Yahoo!, she was with Times Group for nearly eight years.

Hardworking and focused Debadutta believes that that the success of a business lies in the fundamental value it stands for and in no circumstance should one compromise with it. She also attributes her successful career to her parents. She also says that a leader must be fair, transparent and “work in team in a smarter way” to achieve the desired goals. Holding on to her convictions, Debadutta advises the upcoming techies to understand and love the work they do.

Apart from work, Debadutta loves to unwind with her passions like cooking, travelling and dreaming with open eyes. She is a gold medalist in Literature, Journalism and Mass Communication.
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