Swarooprani Manoor
Swarooprani Manoor is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Computer Applications department at KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, India, with over 20 years of teaching experience. She specializes in Python Programming, Data Science, Unix Shell Scripting, and Blockchain Technology.
Swarooprani is passionate about making technical education accessible. She has conducted several Python workshops for colleges and schools, including a PyDiverse workshop under PyCon India 2023 for school students. She has also spoken at Python community events such as PyLadiesCon 2023 & PyLadiesCon 2024 and BelPy 2024.
Outside the classroom, she is a well-known tech communicator. She writes technical articles in Kannada and is a two-time Quora Kannada Top Writer (2021, 2022). She manages the Quora space Ganakayantra Tantrajnana, and also runs a popular LinkedIn newsletter, Python: Unlock Your Skills, with over 1150 subscribers.
You can find her newsletter on LinkedIn: Python: Unlock Your Skills
LinkedIn Profile: Swarooprani Manoor
Technical articles in Kannada: Ganakayantra Tantrajnana Quora Space
Session
When we define our own classes in Python, they often don’t behave like built-in types especially when we try to use operators like +. In this short talk, we’ll look at how to fix that by using Python’s special methods. With a hands-on example using __add__ , we’ll see how to make our objects work the way we expect, and why this improves code readability and maintainability. A useful tool in your Python toolkit, even if you're not writing mathematical code.