Ar. Shayan Kumaradas, a Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, was born in 1971 and hails from the temple town of Nallur, Jaffna, the Northern Peninsula of Sri Lanka. He Completed  Degree in Architecture at the University Of Maratuwa, where he continued his architectural education for the next six years. He excelled in studies winning many academic awards.  He has worked with award winning architects like Nela De Zoysa, Ar C. Anjalendran and then established his own practice in 2006,  He is following his Guru Anjalendran with a ‘Veranda’ practice. Today he runs his architectural consultancy firm, Shayan Kumaradas Chartered Architects, along with a couple of young architects, working on island wide projects. Ar. Shayan also  taught for a short spell at the University of Moratuwa and then at the City School of Architecture Colombo ( CSA )  for 7 years.