#Getting table columns in a list
    conn = psycopg2.connect(dbname=dbname, host=host, port=port, user=user, password=pwd)
    print("Connecting to Database")
    cur = conn.cursor()
    cur.execute("SELECT * FROM " + table_name + " LIMIT 0")
    table_columns = [desc[0] for desc in cur.description]
    #print table_columns

    #Getting excel sheet columns in a list
    df = pd.read_excel('/Users/.../plans.xlsx', sheet_name='plans')
    engine = create_engine('postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/test_db')
    column_list = df.columns.values.tolist()
    #print(column_list)
    s = set(column_list).intersection(set(table_columns))
    for x in df['column_1'] :
        sql = "insert into test_table(column_1) values ('" + x + "')"
        cur.execute(sql)
        cur.execute("commit;")

    conn.close()