Python for Data Work
Reproducible Notebooks for Everyday Data
By Day 5: Produce a reproducible notebook that cleans and combines real-world files and outputs a checked summary.
Python for Data Work is a five-day live online WorkReady Capability Sprint for analysts, Excel users and freshers who want to automate data work or progress to technical data/AI Sprints. Days 1–4 are 90-minute sessions and Day 5 is a 2–3 hour Capability Showcase; the complete Sprint costs ₹2,000.
- ₹2,000
- Complete 5-day Sprint
- Days 1–4
- 90 min/day live
- Day 5
- 2–3 hr Capability Showcase
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- Analysts, Excel users and freshers who want to automate data work or progress to technical data/AI Sprints.
- Entry level
- Spreadsheet comfort. No programming experience required; practice between sessions is optional, not required. Open — no readiness check before you join.
- Format
- Online · a focused five-day live online studio
- Duration and schedule
- Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
- What you produce
- Reproducible cleaning/combining notebook
- Fees
- ₹2,000 for the complete 5-day Sprint
- What it is not
- Not software engineering; a foundation for data work. Not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
Learners copy notebook cells without understanding variables, data types or why a merge produced extra rows.
Get learners from "I've seen Python" to using it reliably for everyday data work — reading, cleaning, combining and summarising data in a reproducible notebook. Also the readiness gate for Data Engineering, Data Science and RAG Sprints.
Your five days, day by day
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase. Open each day to see what you do and what you leave with.
Day 1Python essentials for data90 min
- Variables, types, lists, dicts, functions, loops — only what data work needs
- Reading errors without panic
You leave the day with: Mini-exercises notebook
Day 2pandas basics90 min
- Read CSV/Excel; inspect shape, types, nulls
- Select, filter, sort, new columns
You leave the day with: Exploration notebook
Day 3Clean and combine90 min
- Dates, text cleaning, duplicates, missing values
- Merge/concat with row-count checks
- Groupby summaries
You leave the day with: Cleaning + combining notebook
Day 4Reproducible output90 min
- Functions for repeated steps; re-run from top
- Export clean file and summary; one simple chart
- Human review and revision
You leave the day with: Reproducible notebook v2
Day 5Capability Showcase2–3 hr
Changed-case challenge: Reviewer supplies a new month's file with a schema quirk
- Run the notebook top to bottom
- Learner adapts code, re-runs and verifies counts
You leave the day with: Final proof pack, submitted after the changed-case challenge
Tools you work with
- Google Colab or Jupyter
- Python
- pandas
- CSV / Excel files
Tool names describe what is used in the Sprint. No vendor endorsement, certification or licence is implied.
Reproducible cleaning/combining notebook
This is the work you explain, question and adapt in the Day 5 Capability Showcase.
Your proof pack
- 01Notebook
- 02Input/output files
- 03Row-count/validation checks
- 04Summary
- 05Day 5 adapted run
What a reviewer checks
- Notebook runs top to bottom without manual edits
- Merges checked for row inflation
- Learner explains each step
- New file handled with minimal change
Your work has to survive a changed case.
On Day 5 you present the work, explain key decisions, identify limitations and respond when part of the case changes. The final proof pack is submitted after that challenge.
- Present
Walk the reviewer through the work and the decisions behind it.
- Question
Answer challenges on evidence, assumptions and risk.
- Adapt
Reviewer supplies a new month's file with a schema quirk
- Defend
Submit the final proof pack and explain what changed and why.
₹2,000for the complete 5-day Capability Sprint
- Days 1–4
- Live Sprint sessions · 90 minutes/day
- Day 5
- Extended Capability Showcase · 2–3 hours
Paid professional capability development. Not a job or placement service.
Included in the Sprint
- An applied professional case
- Human review and feedback
- Revision after feedback
- A Day 5 changed-case challenge
- A final proof pack: Reproducible cleaning/combining notebook
Questions worth asking.
Is a Capability Sprint just a short course?
No. It is a focused live capability studio built around doing one bounded kind of professional work, receiving feedback, revising it and demonstrating what you can do.
Will this make me a Python developer?
No. The Sprint builds one bounded capability: produce a reproducible notebook that cleans and combines real-world files and outputs a checked summary. Not software engineering; a foundation for data work. SkillsNCR does not promise a role, job or placement.
Do I need prior experience?
No readiness check is needed. Prerequisite: Spreadsheet comfort. No programming experience required; practice between sessions is optional, not required.
What will I produce?
Notebook, Input/output files, Row-count/validation checks, Summary, Day 5 adapted run.
What does a Sprint cost?
₹2,000 for the complete five-day Sprint.
How long is it?
Days 1–4 are 90-minute live sessions. Day 5 is an extended 2–3 hour Capability Showcase.
When is the next cohort?
This Sprint is opening soon. It opens once enough learners join the waitlist — join it on WhatsApp and you will hear when a cohort is confirmed.
Can I join only one Sprint?
Yes. Each Sprint is designed to provide standalone value.
Does this guarantee a job or placement?
No. WorkReady is paid professional capability development, not a job or placement service. SkillsNCR does not guarantee employment, placement, salary or interview outcomes.
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