Well it seems simply zip(s,s.index) works too!
For Python-3.x, we need to wrap it with list –
list(zip(s,s.index))
To get a tuple of tuples, use tuple() : tuple(zip(s,s.index)).
Sample run –
In [8]: s
Out[8]:
a 1
b 2
c 3
dtype: int64
In [9]: list(zip(s,s.index))
Out[9]: [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
In [10]: tuple(zip(s,s.index))
Out[10]: ((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'))