Futures by Design - Crafting Change, Together
Each year, as we reflect on our work at Quest Alliance, we return to a question that grounds us. What kind of future are we building, and who are we building it with? Over the past few years, this question has taken us on a journey of deep transformation of how young people learned, grew and transitioned into careers.
The year 2024-25 was marked by a profound shift in our belief that the future is not something we wait for. It is something we build together.
It was the year of Futures by Design, where learners, educators, partners and team members stepped forward as co-creators.
Young people shaped their own learning paths, educators became catalysts for change, and systems evolved through shared purpose. It also showed in how we worked internally, questioning how we led, supported, and aligned our actions with our values.
Futures by Design, our Annual Report for 2024-25 captures not just milestones, but choices made by intention.
To every learner, educator, partner, and colleague, thank you for crafting this future with us. This is Futures by Design, and it’s just the beginning.
- Aakash Sethi, CEO, Quest Alliance
2025: A Year at a Glance
Learners in Schools
Through MasterCoach, we built the capacity of over 9,000 educators, to integrate future-ready skills like social-emotional learning, critical thinking, problem-solving, and computational thinking into their classrooms.
Learners participated in Ideathons and Hackathons across schools
‘Hack to the Future—Innovating for Participatory Futures’ engaged 50 students from five Indian states, equipping them with machine learning, local language model development, and IoT skills to design community-driven solutions.
Learners in skilling institutions
Among 128,046 ITI graduates, 65% transitioned to jobs or further education, supported by 107 placement drives across 11 states; in VTIs, 72% of 5,077 graduates succeeded, 57% of them women
educators trained across schools
Across secondary schools in Narmada, Tumkur, and Mysore, 2,500 learners demonstrated 21st-century skill growth driven by improved teaching practices that produced meaningful learning outcomes
Educators and Leaders engaged across Skilling Institutions
Our Women ITI initiatives equip learners with skills, networks, and confidence for informed career pathways, strengthen industry partnerships, connect students with role models, fostering leadership through Career Clubs taskforce efforts
Quest Platform eegistrations
30,000 MyQuest users access 300+ bite-sized lessons and 1,100 job cards across 160 trades in five languages, while partnerships with SIDH and KSDC embed this learner-centric model into national skilling platforms
Youth Futures Studio launched, a space where youth voices drive design
With Youth Futures Studio, we will advance youth-led inquiry and imagination through research on digital lives, participatory AI futures workshops, and futures thinking, sharing insights that help educators and policymakers center young people
Futures By Design
Futures by Design, this year’s Annual Report tells a story shaped by purpose. It is a story built through partnership, grounded in collaboration, and committed to impact. It reflects how we at Quest Alliance work collectively, systemically, and with young people at the centre. This is how we create futures, not by chance, but by design.
Shaping a Future-Ready School Ecosystem
The Schools Program is focused on empowering government school students with vital 21st-century skills like STEM mindsets, social-emotional learning, gender sensitization, coding, computational thinking, and career pathways.
Transforming the TVET Ecosystem
The Youth program equips young people to build a self-learning mindset and acquire key 21st-century skills, enabling them to make successful career transitions and be prepared for future workplaces.
Scaling with the Government
Schools:
- Department of School and Mass Education, Government Of Odisha
- Gujarat Council of School Education - Samagra Shiksha
- Commissionerate of School Education, Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Department of Education, Karnataka
- Jharkhand Education Project Council (Department of Education, Jharkhand)
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Department of School Education, Andhra Pradesh
- Panchasakha Shikhya Setu Sangathan, Government of Odisha
- Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training, Government of Gujarat
Technical and Vocational Education & Training:
- Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India
- Department of Industrial Training & Employment, Karnataka
- Directorate of Training & Technical Education, Delhi
- Skills Development and Industrial Training Department, Haryana
- Industrial Training Department, Kerala
- Directorate of Employment & Training, Government of Gujarat
- Directorate of Employment and Training, Tamil Nadu
- Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Assam
- Directorate of Skill Development, Madhya Pradesh
The Team at Quest
This year, we invested deeply in our people strengthening leadership, empowering middle managers, and building systems that support growth, collaboration, and care across the organization. We rolled out a Competency Framework to guide growth, feedback, and transitions across teams. Our community of employees, volunteers and interns grew to be more diverse, with improved gender balance and more young people stepping into key roles.
3221 Team STRENGTH
72% women in senior leadership roles
189:131:2 Gender ratio
16 STATES
• Alombro Mayu Yaku Chi Amey Aroga (AMYAA)
• Anantmool
• ARUWYE
• Asha Deep Foundation
• Ashalaya Trust
• Ashankura
• Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)
• ATWSA Trust
• CareShip
• Center for Development and Empowerment of Women Society (CDEW Society)
• Don Bosco Vazhikatti (DBV)
• Foundation for His Sacred Majesty
• Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS)
• Gramothhan • Grassroot
• HDRC (Human Development and Research Centre)
• Indivillage Foundation
• JANASAHAYOG
• Kalameri Sangeet Vidyalay
• Kshamtalaya
• Learning Initiative of India
• Navjeevan Trust
• NIIT Foundation
• Nirmaan
• Odisha Rising Foundation
• OUTREACH
• Pro Rural
• Ranjhi Foundation
• SAFA
• Sai Gokula Seva Samsthe (SGSS)
• Salesian Sisters’ Society (India)
• SAMA Foundation
• Sparsha Trust
• St Thomas Charitable and Educational Trust
• St. Xavier Non-Formal Education Society (HDRC)
• The Quilon Don Bosco Society
• Vanavil
• YouthNet
• Yuva Chintana Foundation
Governance Report 2025
Know where our money comes from and goes with our financial balance sheets and expense reports
Explore our 5-year strategic plan that acts as a framework for our annual goals and targets
Meet our Executive Leadership team and our Advisory board who oversee our long-term strategy and mission
