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Our publications are products of inter-disciplinary conferences, workshops and spaces we create in the areas of education and employability to learn, innovate and make an impact upon learners and educators alike.
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Education - Research Studies
Hack to the Future: Odisha Edition 2024
In Odisha, Quest Alliance, in partnership with the Amazon Future Engineer program, has been working with government secondary schools to enable students to learn coding. In collaboration with the Mo School Abhiyan Parichalana Sangathan, Quest Alliance has contributed to the development of the Kaushali curriculum, which enables students to develop computational thinking skills.
During this five-day journey, students refined problem statements, brainstormed, worked on prototypes, and learned programming using various software. With each session, they navigated the intricacies of design thinking, software development, and the art of presentation. Through hands-on workshops and mentor-led guidance, they sharpened their skills, learned how to tackle obstacles, and pushed the boundaries of creativity to create impressive real-time problem-solving prototypes.
Research Study - Research Studies
Equity in Action: Insights from a five-year-long intervention with women in education and skilling
Adolescent girls and young women in India are faced with multiple barriers and disadvantages that manifest themselves early on both at home and in public spheres. These culminate in adolescent girls and young women having limited agency and decision making ability about aspects of their own lives, in low female labour force participation as well as unequal representation in public life and spaces. To address the gender disadvantages, Quest Alliance has adopted the following strategies in its program design.
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Education - Research Studies
Building STEM Mindsets: An Ecosystem Approach
Based on the empirical findings from the study, review of relevant literature and interviews with curriculum developers, the report makes a number of recommendations for developing the STEM mindset and preparing students for the fast-evolving world of work in the future.
This study is published with support from IBM and knowledge collaborators Dr. Indira Vijaysimha, Dr. Indumathi Sundararaman, Kalpana Aravamuthu and Ann Mary Biju.
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Education - Working Paper
Self-learning: Concepts, Principles & Strategies
This paper aims to reimagine the way we think of learning. It curates an understanding of self-learning in the Indian context, explores foundational values that define self-learning, and identify ways in which individuals and organizations pursue their self-learning pathways.
With support from Bank of America and Fossil Foundation, we interviewed educators, learners, and practitioners, compiled our learnings from the last few years, and put together this working paper.
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Education - Research Studies
STEM Mindsets, Careers and Women – An India Study
This study is published with support from IBM and knowledge collaborators Dr. Indira Vijaysimha, Dr. Indumathi and Kalpana Aravamuthu.
The research focuses on skills and competencies that constitute the STEM mindset, along with a nuanced description of the most significantly mentioned competencies and their importance vis-a-vis careers. It also includes insights on things organizations need to consider to encourage more women to enter STEM careers and sustain them.
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Education - White paper
Engaging Girls In STEM – Barriers And Enablers In India
With support from IBM and knowledge partner Tandem Research, we have published a white paper -- Engaging Girls In STEM: Barriers And Enablers In India.
The paper focuses on the need to re-imagine STEM beyond a group of subjects to a 21st century mindset, and highlights the role of key stakeholders and infrastructure needed to enable girls to pursue STEM education and careers.
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Employability - White paper
Skilling for the Future of Work: An Outlook for Youth in the Platform Economy
This white paper brings to light the reality of a fast-platfomizing Indian economy and the challenges and opportunities it presents for youth from the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) ecosystem in India.
This is published with support from Cisco and knowledge partners Tandem Research.
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Facilitator Development - Research Studies
Transforming the Engineering Education Ecosystem, One Institution at a Time | Thematic Paper
In 2017, Altran, NASSCOM Foundation, and Quest Alliance collaborated to implement a blended learning program for educators in Tier II and Tier III engineering colleges. The initiative harnessed experiential and digital learning to upskill educators, to advance the learning capacities of marginalized engineering students. In this paper, we present an array of concerns as we see in the engineering ecosystem, and also present solutions and recommendations to transform it.
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Employability - Research Studies
Driving Reform in Women ITIs: A Charter of Recommendations
Representatives from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), state DETs, NGOs, students, bilateral agencies and CSR, discussed holistic reform in women's ITI ecosystem in India, at our roundtable held on October 18th, 2019, in New Delhi. Key recommendations from their conversations have been consolidated into this charter.
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Employability - Research Studies
A Change Map for Industrial Training Institutes in India: Insights from Ecosystem Leaders
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Employability - Research Studies
Making Women ITIs Future Ready – QA & JP Morgan Study
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Employability - Research Studies
Young Women Learners in Industrial Training Institutes: Decoding Challenges to Successful Careers
A report that presents an in-depth understanding of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) ecosystem in India from the lens of its effect on the lives of young women students who walk into ITIs with the aim of building effective careers.
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