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ClimbedBeginnerLab
Python for AI
NumPy, Pandas & Data Thinking
- Saturday, 5 September 2026
- 9:30 am – 4:30 pm IST
- Main Seminar Hall, Block A, College of Engineering Kidangoor
Every model starts as a spreadsheet nobody wants to clean. This lab gets you fluent in the Python tools AI engineers use daily — NumPy for numbers, Pandas for tables, Matplotlib for seeing — and trains the instinct to spot what's wrong with a dataset before it bites you.
You'll be able to…
- Manipulate arrays and dataframes confidently
- Clean a real-world dataset with missing and messy values
- Plot distributions and correlations to find a story
- Set up a reusable Colab workflow
Prerequisites
- Basic Python (variables, loops, functions)
What to bring
- Laptop (8 GB RAM recommended) and charger
- Python 3.11+ installed
- A Google account for Colab
- Curiosity — plenty of it
Agenda
- 09:30Check-in & coffeeGrab your badge, find a seat, connect to Wi-Fi.
- 10:00Data thinking: questions before code
- 11:30Short break
- 11:45Guided walkthroughLive coding with the speaker — follow along on your laptop.
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:00Kerala rainfall dataset deep-diveWork in pairs. Mentors float between tables.
- 16:00Show & tellThree teams demo what they built.
- 16:30Wrap-up & next step preview
Speaker
Rahul Varghese
Data Scientist, Backwater Analytics, Kochi
Rahul turns messy public datasets into decisions for state agencies. He teaches Pandas like it's a detective story.
Resources
Highlights
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Venue
Main Seminar Hall, Block A, College of Engineering Kidangoor
Kidangoor South P.O., Kottayam, Kerala 686583, India