Venkatesh an haife shi ne a Delhi, Indiya kuma danginsa sun yi hijira zuwa Perth a Yammacin Ostiraliya lokacin da yake dan shekara biyu. Ya halarci Kwalejin Scotch. Mahaifiyarsa, Svetha, farfesa ce a fannin kimiyyar kwamfuta a Jami'ar Deakin. Venkatesh ya halarci azuzuwan horarwa na waje don ɗalibai masu baiwa a cikin shirin olympiad na ilimin lissafi na jihar, kuma a cikin 1993, yayin da yake ɗan shekara 11, ya yi gasa a 24th International Physics Olympiad a Williamsburg, Virginia, inda ya ci lambar tagulla. A shekara mai zuwa, ya mai da hankalinsa ga ilimin lissafi kuma, bayan da ya zama na biyu a gasar Olympics ta Australiya, ya ci lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta 6th Asian Pacific Engineering, kafin ya ci lambar tagulla a gasar Olympics ta kasa da kasa ta 1994 a Hong Kong.
Birnin Delhi