UAE: When women consciously chose to stay-at-home
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Reena returned to India in 2007 and rejoined Ranbaxy, while her family grew.
Transitioning from a researcher to a homemaker was not easy for Reena Khan, who holds a doctorate in biochemistry. Leaving her illustrious career at a top Indian pharmaceutical company was a hard enough choice, she said.
“Initially, I spent two years at Ranbaxy Gurgaon. I then got an opportunity to present a research paper on atherosclerosis at Keystone Symposium in Colorado, USA, in 2005. They liked my work and I was then offered a post-doctoral fellowship at Wake Forest Medical Centre, Winston-Salem. I loved my life and work in the US. I even managed to get published in good research journals. Everything was perfect,” she said.