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Quest for Better Futures

QUEST Alliance

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 12

Quest for Better Futures brings you voices from young people and their allies at the frontlines of education, work, emerging technologies and climate change to challenge assumptions about what's possible and reimagine more just and inclusive futures.

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Funding the Future

Friday, October 31, 2025 • Duration 55:16

In Episode 11 of Quest for Better Futures, Gautam John and Namrata Agarwal discuss how we can move beyond seeing young people as passive recipients of change and instead recognize them as active co-creators of solutions.How can we build a culture of active citizenship in India? How should institutions, leadership, and philanthropy change, given that uncertainty is the new normal? What if the future isn’t driven by states or markets, but by relationships, diversity, and a shared imagination?

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Host(s) - Namrata Agarwal

Guest(s) - Gautam John

Production Crew - Chandan CM, Dilip P, Hiranya Singh, Mohammed Sajjad, Zaheera Vaz

Produced By Quest Alliance

Editor(s) - Shashank KS

Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Sahana HM

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM

Location courtesy - Quest Learning Observatory, Bangalore (India)

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Government’s Role in Building Thriving Futures

Season 1 · Episode 10

Saturday, October 25, 2025 • Duration 52:19

For many of us, education, skilling, and employment are seen as three distinct stages, and not as a holistic continuum. Time and again, it has proven that skilling succeeds only when education and industry are seamlessly connected.In Episode 10 of Quest for Better Futures, Nikita Bengani and Atul Kumar Tiwari, IAS - Former Secretary, Ministry Of Skill development and Entrepreneurship discuss the role of AI in classrooms, insights on female workforce participation, and what it takes to design skilling initiatives for Indian youth.

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Host(s) - Nikita Bengani

Guest(s)- Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari

Production Crew - Chandan CM, Hiranya Singh, Mohammed Sajjad, Navya D'Souza, Pritika Das, Revathi R, Syed Umer, Winnie Pande

Produced By Quest Alliance

Editor(s) - Chandan CM, Shashank KSConcept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Nikita Bengani, Risha Ramachandran

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM

Location courtesy - Quest Learning Observatory, Bangalore (India)

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Future Skills for Thriving Careers

Season 1 · Episode 9

Friday, October 17, 2025 • Duration 01:03:32

A Google search for “top workplace skills” reveals lists full of ‘time management’, ‘leadership’, ‘creativity’, and ‘teamwork’. However, as Arnab and Arpita note, the idea of skills often hides deeper hierarchies of class, gender, and power.

Think about it – how does society define and value skills? What do you classify as skills worthy of picking up?

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Integrating Imagination in Learning: Futures Thinking as a Pedagogy

Season 1 · Episode 8

Friday, October 10, 2025 • Duration 58:39

People often say that if something can’t be measured, it can’t be managed, but what if that exact mindset holds us back from making meaningful change? In Episode 8 of Quest for Better Futures, Bhawna Parmar speaks with Punya Mishra about what happens when numbers define social change, and how education,in particular, has faced the consequences of this thinking.The full episode is now live on our YouTube channel. Also streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Host(s) - Bhawna ParmarGuest(s) - Punya MishraProduction Crew -Chandan CMProduced By Quest AllianceEditor(s) - Shashank KSConcept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi NegiContent - Bhawna Parmar, Sahana HMMusic - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSICVFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM#FuturesThinking #AI #QuestAlliance #FuturesLiteracy #Podcast #YouthFutures

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Imagining Life-centric Futures

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, September 26, 2025 • Duration 56:38

What do you see, when you picture the future? If it’s AI, rockets and a highly engineered, precise world, you’re not alone. However, these visions are rooted in old, harmful ideas that dismiss nature and indigenous knowledge as “primitive,” carrying forward ideas with troubling origins.

In episode 7 of Quest for Better Futures, Monika Bielskyte and Aakash Sethi explore how our ideas of the future continue to be shaped by outdated sci-fi and why that’s a problem.

Host - Aakash Sethi

Guest - Monika Bielskyte

Production Crew - Shivam Pandey

Produced By Quest Alliance

Editor(s)- Chandan CM, Shashank KS

Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Sahana HM

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM

#QuestforBetterFutures #QuestAlliance #EdTech #podcast #futuresliteracy #futuresthinking #NGO

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How do you build better futures?

Season 1 · Episode 6

Friday, August 29, 2025 • Duration 41:12

In episode 6 of Quest for Better Futures, Neha Parti and Suchetha Bhat dig deep into the uncomfortable truths of leadership and privilege.

From language, caste, and class to the subtle ways competition and control can undermine true collaboration, they confront the urgent questions we need to ask to co-create futures that are inclusive, equitable, and responsible.

Host(s) - Neha Parti

Guest(s) - Suchetha Bhat

Production Crew - Chandan CM, Dilip P, Hiranya Singh, Mohammed Sajjad, Zaheera Vaz

Produced By Quest Alliance

Editor(s) - Chandan CM, Shashank KS

Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Neha Parti, Sahana HM

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM

Location courtesy - Quest Learning Observatory, Bangalore (India)

#QuestforBetterFutures #QuestAlliance #GenderEquity #FuturesThinking #FuturesLiteracy

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What is Futures Literacy?

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 • Duration 54:12

How do we balance today’s urgent demands while also being equally conscious of the rights of future generations?

In Episode 5 of Quest for Better Futures, Bhawna Parmar and Cat Tully of School of International Futures talk intergenerational fairness, the limitations of short-term political cycles, and the importance of civil society and youth in helping society move from outdated systems toward more sustainable and just futures.

Long-term thinking can feel impossible, futile or even inconvenient, given the changing nature of the world we inhabit. But as this episode reveals, the cost of ignoring the future is already showing up in our present — whether it is polluted cities, broken infrastructure, or inequality growing by leaps and bounds.

Host - Bhawna Parmar

Guest - Cat Tully, Founder of SOIF, the School of International Futures

Production Crew - Chandan CM

Produced By Quest Alliance

Editor(s) - Chandan CM, Shashank KS

Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Sahana HM

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM, Hiranya Singh

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Does India Need Foresight?

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, July 18, 2025 • Duration 46:46

If the future belongs to all of us, why do only a few get to shape it? What would it take to change that?

In Episode 4 of Quest for Better Futures, Aakash Sethi sits down with Urvashi Aneja of Digital Futures Lab, to talk about the power of foresight, not just for policymakers and academics, but also for young people and communities to reclaim their place in shaping the future.

They explore how foresight can help us question dominant narratives (often shaped by the privileged few), reclaim agency over what lies ahead, and co-create futures that are more inclusive, equitable, and grounded in local realities.

Host(s) - Aakash Sethi

Guest(s) - Urvashi Aneja

Production Crew - Chandan CM, Sahana HM

Produced By Quest AllianceEditor(s) - Chandan CM, Shashank KS

Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi

Content - Bhawna Parmar, Sahana HM

Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC

VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM, Hiranya Singh

Location courtesy - Sadhana D'ell Arte, Merces, Goa

Contact - info@questalliance.net

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Facing the Storm : Future vs Climate Change

Season 1 · Episode 3

Sunday, July 6, 2025 • Duration 56:10

Can we tackle the climate crisis without listening to those affected by it the most? 

Prof. Lyla Mehta and Shibaji Bose unpack the current dominant climate narratives with our colleagues Bhawna Parmar and Neha Parti. They highlight the critical role of education and the need for future literacy that equips youth with agency, imagination and real-world tools to navigate uncertainty and lead climate action.
Host(s) - Bhawna Parmar, Neha Parti
Guest(s) - Shibaji Bose, Lyla Mehta
Production Crew - Chandan CM, Zaheera Vaz
Produced By Quest Alliance
Editor(s) - Chandan CM
Concept - Bhawna Parmar, Tanvi Negi
Content - Bhawna Parmar, Neha Parti
Music - Smooth Future Bass Logo by LEXMUSIC
VFX & Motion graphics - Chandan CM, Dilip P

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Shaping the Future of Tech

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, June 20, 2025 • Duration 48:10

AI has moved from hype to a habit.

In Episode 2 of Quest for Better Futures hosted by Namrata Agarwal, we are joined by Aapti Institute's Sarayu Natarajan to explore how we can take a more intentional role in shaping the direction of AI and emerging technologies, one that is youth-led and centres equity, ethics and human values.

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