About the Instructor

As an extensively trained and certified professional instructor, I serve as a mentor who guides your children through their work while also providing direction, support and encouragement. I create an at-home study plan in addition to monitoring classroom assignments, and I emphasize the importance of accurately completing each assignment within a designated time frame. This has helped many of my students increase self-confidence, thus becoming more self-reliant. Like all Kumon Instructors, I have a true passion for education and an earnest desire to help children succeed.

Hello, my name is Krishnan Venkatraman and I am your friendly neighborhood Kumon Instructor. I have had a long academic history with an undergraduate and a graduate degree in Microbiology and a PhD in Molecular Genetics. My first career was as a research scientist in several different universities in the US and Canada. I have also been a tenured university professor and department chair. I have several prominent research papers and have held multiple academic leadership positions. But to be honest, teaching was always my calling and I taught several courses at the university for a long time. I was also very fortunate to have started Sudbury's first Kumon Centre in commercial space and I was a successful Kumon Instructor for the better part of a decade.

In the last year, I have had to re-examine my professional goals and choices which has led me to return to Kumon as it was here that I found my greatest joy! So, please let me welcome you to what I consider to be the best learning system in the world - and I speak from considerable experience - having educated minds across the learning continuum from ages 2-65!