series_to_tuple.py

from collections import namedtuple

def seriesToTuple(s,name="IndexTuple"):
    """
    Converts pandas Series `s` to a named tuple.
    
    Args:
        s (pd.Series): pandas Series object to convert
        name (str): name of the resulting NamedTuple class

    Returns:
        NamedTuple: an instance of a newly created namedtuple class with the same properties as the index values of `s`.
    """
    assert not s.index.has_duplicates
    assert len(s.index) < 50
    assert all([type(ix) in [unicode,str] for ix in s.index])
    
    T = namedtuple(s.name.strip().replace(' ','') if s.name is not None else name," ".join(s.index))
    return T(*s.values)