Na fanau Venkatesh i Delhi, Initia ma na malaga atu lona aiga i Perth i Ausetalia i Sisifo ina ua lua ona tausaga. Na auai o ia i le Scotch College. O lona tina, Svetha, o se polofesa o le saienisi komepiuta i le Iunivesite o Deakin. Na auai Venkatesh i vasega aʻoaʻoga i fafo atu o le aʻoga mo tamaiti aʻoga atamamai i le polokalame o le setete o le olympiad mathematical, ma i le 1993, aʻo na o le 11 ona tausaga, na ia tauva i le 24th International Physics Olympiad i Williamsburg, Virginia, ma manumalo ai i se pine apamemea. O le tausaga na sosoʻo ai, na ia liliu atu lona mafaufau i le matematika ma, ina ua maeʻa lona lua i le Australian Mathematical Olympiad, na ia manumalo i se pine siliva i le 6th Asian Pacific Engineering Mathematics Olympiad, ae leʻi manumalo i se pine apamemea i le 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad i Hong Kong. Na ia faʻauʻuina lana aʻoga i le 13
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