Early stage researcher in project FONTE

2019 is coming to an end and I have completed one year in the FONTE project. I would like to take this opportunity to write my first blog which is about my experience so far. Two years ago, I did not imagine that I would be going out of India in the near future. I have interest in the field of fiber-optic technology. I feel fortunate to get accepted for the EID position in the project FONTE. It is a great opportunity to work with some of the experts in the field of fiber-optic communication from industry as well as academia. I traveled to my university TU Delft in the month of December. This was my first visit to a foreign country. I had mixed feeling of fear of new place and excitation. In the beginning, I missed my home and friends as well as the Sun. The people in TU Delft were welcoming and supportive. Here in the picture below, I am with some of my colleagues. Happy faces after winning the pub-quiz competition in department. I started working on really i...

Hello everyone, It has been long since I wrote my previous blog. So, here I am writing another blog in which I share my “work from home” experience. I was in the period of my industrial secondment to Nokia Bell Labs, Stuttgart when the strict measures to contain COVID-19 were imposed. We were not allowed to go to office unless it was necessary. But working from home was something that most of the people are not used to. It was a total surprise for me. In the beginning days, I had a hard time to push myself out of the bed in the morning and start working. In addition, I did not have a proper study table and chair in my room. It was nice that Nokia Stuttgart offered to take laptop accessories (keyboard, monitor) home for time being. But sooner, I realized that the work from home scenario will last longer and turned my room into office. Once things were fixed, I was on my track. Although little disturbances were always there because of noisy road that goes along my room. Sometimes dur...