Thejus Augustine is an architect and urban designer based in Kochi, Kerala, India. He is currently the Co-Founder at Studio Aranya, a multi-disciplinary urban design and architecture practice in India.Thejus holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, and a Master of Urban Design degree from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.Prior to establishing Studio Aranya he has worked in various capacities in organisations including KITCO and AECOM, where he worked on various master planning and public projects across India and is actively engaged in academia and research.He was awarded with the prestigious Young Urban Designers & Architects Programme (YUDAP) fellowship in 2022 offered by the French Government in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture and Ecological Transition. He worked as an architect and urban designer with Enia Architects in France, where he worked on projects in Paris, UAE and South Africa.