Sayuran is a South African fifth-year medical student at the University of Cape Town, and Bal Vikas graduate. He is the founder and co-chair of the Student Curriculum Lekgotla, an initiative advancing intentional Africanisation, decolonial pedagogies, and participatory models of curriculum governance in health sciences education.

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He is actively engaged in curriculum transformation at local, national, and global levels, convening students and educators to reimagine how health professionals are trained in and for the Global South. His work centres on building sustainable, student-led networks that promote representation, relational learning, and shared ownership of educational systems.

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Sayuran was the first student recipient of the Patil Teaching Innovation Award at AMEE in Barcelona (2025) and winner of the South African Health Excellence Award in the Rising Star category (2025). He is the former President of the African Research Society (UCT) and currently serves as the national lead in SA for the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons.

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He is also a RAI Fellow within the Division of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town, where his work focuses on disability-inclusive surgical care and access within resource-constrained settings. Additionally, he is a student–staff partner in the Designing for Social Justice Partnerships programme, contributing to research towards advancing social justice through humanising pedagogies.