Case Study
Transforming Data Skills with Excel – A One-Month Learning Lab at Chandran Institute
📍Chandran Institute (Open Program for Cross-Industry Participants)
🧠 Focus Area: Microsoft Excel Consulting & Training
🎯 Objective: To build powerful Excel capabilities that empower professionals to automate tasks, analyze data, and present insights more effectively.
📝 The Challenge
Professionals across industries often use Excel daily—but many underutilize its full potential. At Chandran Institute, we designed a public learning initiative that brought together participants from varied companies and functional backgrounds, all aiming to improve their ability to work smarter with data.
- Participants struggled with:
- Inefficient manual processes
- Limited knowledge of formulas and automation
- Difficulty in creating dashboards or presenting insights effectively
🧩 Our Approach
We curated a four-week, hands-on Excel mastery program, focusing on basics and foundation to ultimately aid practical application.
🗂️ Program Outline:
Foundations & Smart Data Handling
– Data entry best practices
– Shortcuts, formatting, sorting & filtering
– Functions: SUMIF, VLOOKUP, COUNTIF,etc
Automating Repetitive Tasks
– Named ranges, drop-downs, dynamic referencing
– Automating reports
Data Analysis & Decision Support
– Pivot Tables, What-If Analysis, Goal Seek
– Scenario Building
– Conditional formatting for insight visualization
Presenting Insights
– Dashboard creation using charts, slicers, and tables
– Storytelling with data
– Final showcase: Participants built and presented mini dashboards
🌟 The Transformation
By the end of the program:
- Participants could analyze large datasets quickly and efficiently
- Routine tasks were automated using formulas
- Dashboards were visually rich, interactive, and impactful
- Professionals reported greater confidence and time savings
The diversity of industries led to peer learning and application of Excel to real-world functional problems—from finance, accounts,HR, Production, Design to operations.
✅ Key Takeaways
- Progressive learning + real application drives deep Excel fluency
- Cross-company learning enriches perspective and technique sharing
- A blend of automation, analysis, and storytelling makes Excel truly powerful
- Participants began to think in Excel, not just work in it
🎁 Benefits to Chandran Institute
- Employees returned with immediate productivity enhancements
- Better decision-making through structured data analysis
- Reduced reliance on external teams for basic reporting tasks
- Uplift in team-level digital confidence and problem-solving
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