I whanau a Venkatesh i Delhi, India, ka heke tona hapu ki Perth i Western Australia i te rua o ona tau. I haere ia ki te Scotch College. Ko tana whaea, ko Svetha, he kaiwhakaako pūtaiao rorohiko i te Whare Wananga o Deakin. I haere a Venkatesh ki nga akomanga whakangungu mo nga akonga mohio i roto i te kaupapa o te ao o te ao, a i te 1993, i te 11 noa iho ona tau, i whakataetae ia i te 24th International Physics Olympiad i Williamsburg, Virginia, i toa i te mētara parahi. I te tau e whai ake nei, ka hurihia e ia tana aro ki te pāngarau, i muri i tana tuarua i te Australian Mathematical Olympiad, ka wikitoria ia i te mētara hiriwa i te 6th Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad, i mua i te wikitoria i te mētara i te 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad i Hong Kong. I whakaotihia e ia tana maatauranga i te tau 13, i whanau i te tau tuarua, i mua i te whakauru ki te Whare Wananga o Western Australia
Delhi (te taone nui)