Change Forward Journal — Editorial Board
Served as Editorial Board Member for Stanford UIF's Change Forward Journal 3rd edition and authored two published articles on innovation in higher education.
The Journal
Change Forward is Stanford University Innovation Fellows' flagship publication — a collection of projects and perspectives by University Innovation Fellows and their Faculty Champions from across the globe. The 3rd edition documents how students and educators are reimagining higher education through innovation, design thinking, and community building.
Editorial Board
I served on the editorial board alongside fellows from Columbia, Erasmus, Swarthmore, and other universities worldwide. The role went beyond reviewing — it meant shaping the narrative of how student-led innovation gets documented and shared.
As a board member, I was responsible for:
- Reviewing submissions — evaluated articles from fellows worldwide for clarity, impact, and relevance to the journal's mission
- Shaping editorial direction — participated in discussions about themes, standards, and the new narrative structure organized around why work was being done, not just what
- Providing feedback — worked with authors across time zones to strengthen their pieces through constructive editorial feedback
- Ensuring quality — maintained the journal's credibility as a publication backed by Stanford's d.school
Published Articles
I authored two articles published in this edition.
Innovating Across Campuses
A collaboration story about how our team of 8 University Innovation Fellows at Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology took design thinking beyond our own campus. We conducted workshops at R.K. College of Engineering and collaborated with fellows from PVP Siddhartha College of Engineering — deliberately avoiding thematic constraints and fostering diverse team composition across majors to promote interdisciplinary problem-solving.
Entrepreneurship and Ethics
An essay exploring the intersection of entrepreneurship and social responsibility — arguing that ethical entrepreneurship isn't a buzzword but a philosophy. The piece examines how companies like TATA Group embed integrity into their culture, and why businesses that prioritize values over shortcuts are the ones that stand the test of time.
Why It Matters
Being on the editorial board gave me a different lens on communication — not just creating content, but curating it. Understanding what makes an argument compelling, what evidence is needed, and how to structure ideas for impact. These are skills that translate directly into technical writing, documentation, and even how I think about presenting system architectures.