Build the pipelines every analyst and AI model depends on.
Python plus SQL applied to moving, cleaning and scheduling data. The role that sits between the database course and the AI course, and pays more than both.
3 months
12 weekends, 24 sessions
₹3,000
total · ₹2,000 at admission
Sat + Sun
keep your job or degree
10
seats only, in person
Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran & Snow StagIn person at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran, Mohalla Mum Khan (Kathi Darwaza)
Why this one
Where this actually takes you
Companies have more data than people who can make it usable. Data engineering has a genuine shortage, and it rewards reliability over credentials.
Junior Data Engineer
Building and maintaining the pipelines.
Analytics Engineer
Turning raw data into models analysts can trust.
ETL Developer
A very common title in Indian services companies.
Before you apply: Comfortable with SQL and basic Python. Take Databases first if you are not.
The syllabus
Three months, foundation to advanced
12 weekends. 24 sessions. Each month ends with something you built and can show,
not a certificate of attendance.
1Month 1 · Foundation
Moving and shaping data
Getting data out of one place, cleaning it, and putting it somewhere useful.
Python for data work: Pandas, files, APIs and messy real inputs
The ETL/ELT idea, and why the order matters
Data formats: CSV, JSON, Parquet, and why Parquet keeps winning
Cleaning, validating and handling data that is simply wrong
You finish withA repeatable script that pulls, cleans and loads a real public dataset.
2Month 2 · Core
Pipelines and modelling
From a script that you run to a pipeline that runs itself.
Scheduling and orchestration with Airflow. DAGs, retries, dependencies
Warehouse modelling: facts, dimensions and star schemas
Transformations with dbt and testing your data
Incremental loads and not reprocessing everything every night
You finish withA scheduled multi-step pipeline with tests and failure alerts.
3Month 3 · Advanced
Reliability and scale
Pipelines fail at 3am. This month is about what happens then.
Data quality monitoring and alerting
Idempotency, backfills and recovering from a bad run
Cost, partitioning and performance in a warehouse
Documentation and lineage so others can trust your data
You finish withCapstone: an end-to-end pipeline feeding a dashboard, with monitoring and a written runbook.
Who teaches you
Your mentor
Someone who does this work professionally, teaching the way it is actually done,
not reading from a slide deck.
05
Backend, Data & AI Lead
F. Y. Wani
14+ years: backend, data platforms & applied AI
Builds the systems behind the screen: APIs, databases, pipelines and the models on top of them. Teaches the whole stack as one connected thing.
Three graded pieces of real work, one per month, plus the capstone. This is what gets you the interview.
A co-branded certificate
Issued jointly by Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran and Snow Stag on completing the
assessment and attending enough of the course to have earned it.
Interview preparation
Mock interviews, CV and LinkedIn review, and how to talk about work you have actually done.
The fee
Deliberately small, on purpose
Mentors volunteer their weekends. The fee covers what it costs to run the course,
nothing more. It is deliberately low so cost is not what stops you.
1
Apply
The form takes under a minute. No payment at this stage.
2
Screening & selection
A short conversation about your goals and aptitude. With only 10 seats per course, you may be offered a different course from the one you picked, or a Foundation course first.
3
Confirm your seat
Pay ₹2,000 at admission and you are in. Classes run Saturdays & Sundays at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran.
Total cost
₹3,000 total
₹2,000 payable at admission, the remaining ₹1,000 during the
programme. No registration fee and no material charges. Fees are not refundable.
24 sessions in person with a working professional
All notes, exercises and course material
Graded feedback on everything you build
Certificate and interview preparation
Pairs well with
What to take next, or alongside
Each course stands on its own. But some combinations make you noticeably harder to
replace, and these are the ones worth planning for.
No. This course starts at foundation level and assumes nothing. The one exception: Comfortable with SQL and basic Python. Take Databases first if you are not.
CRAFT is currently intended exclusively for eligible candidates from Mohalla Mum Khan (Kathi Darwaza). Classes are held in person at Darsgah Taleem-ul-Quran, and only 50 candidates are admitted in total after screening.
That is exactly who this is built for. Classes are Saturdays & Sundays only, plus practice time in between. Nothing happens on a weekday.
Sessions are not recorded: teaching happens in the room, so a missed class is genuinely missed. Tell your mentor in advance and they will help you catch up. Note that 4 consecutive absences without prior approval or a valid reason means your admission is cancelled, with no refund.
Yes, ₹3,000 for the full 3 months. ₹2,000 is payable at admission and the remaining ₹1,000 during the programme. No registration fee and no material charges. Fees are not refundable, including if admission is cancelled for absence.
We do not guarantee jobs, and be careful of anyone who does. What you get is a portfolio of real work, a certificate, mock interviews and CV support. The hiring decision belongs to employers.
Dates are being confirmed now. Applying puts you on the list first, applicants hear the start date before it is announced publicly.
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3 months of expert-led classes, a portfolio of real work, and a mentor who does this for a
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