Baiju Thittala is a learned and trained British Defence lawyer, and immediate former Mayor of Cambridge City, England. Thittala was elected as a City Councillor for East Chesterton in 2018, and in May 2023, became Cambridge’s first Asian Deputy Mayor. In May 2024, he made history as the first non-white Mayor of Cambridge. Thittala began public service in 2009 with his involvement in the Indian Workers’ Association where he led employment awareness sessions and lobbied for fair treatment of South Indian communities. He studied politics, history, and sociology at Cambridge Regional College, before going on to graduate with a 2:1 LLB (Hons) degree in Law from Anglia Ruskin University in 2013, followed by advanced studies in Employment Law at the University of East Anglia and the Legal Practice Course at Anglia Ruskin University. He qualified as a solicitor in 2019 and now practices as a criminal defence lawyer in Cambridge. He can be reached at: thittala@gmail.com.
