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The ‘Away from home‘ blogging series features Indian postdocs working in foreign labs recounting their experience of working there, the triumphs and challenges, the cultural differences and what they miss about India. They also offer useful tips for their Indian postdocs headed abroad. You can join in the online conversation using the #postdochat hashtag.

In our first entry from Italy, Arun Kumar, an alumnus of Bareilly College and a postdoc at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena tells us the good and bad of being a researcher in an industrial set-up. He also gives some very practical tips for researchers looking at postdoc positions in Italy.