I believe the lecturer is capable as a teacher and can (emphasis on the can) help you with understanding the materials. HOWEVER, I would not recommend taking his courses during this specific period. We are at week 7 (all online) and we missed 7 lectures (basically he skips on 1/3 of the lectures). 1 due to a holiday, 1 because he had an interview, 2-3 because of slow wifi or technical problems and 2-3 because of soar throat. He only made a recording for the lost lectures I believe 2 times and almost all cancellations came with a 1-2 hour notice before the lecture. For the 7 weeks of instruction, he only gave out 2 homework and 1 midterm which was delayed 3 weeks. Also, the only notes he gives is what is written on zoom and are not premade or tidy as you would see in other math courses. My understanding is that although he seems like a good lecturer, maybe he is in a transition career-wise so it's a bad time for him to give the attention needed to teach a course.

Prof. Venkatesh was a very good lecturer, he talks kind of fast but he was always willing to repeat what he said or explain a bit more if someone asked. He also held a lot of office hours and was very helpful even though he seemed to be quite busy. He let me join the class after the first midterm which was very nice of him, even though joining late might have been a bad idea because the final will end up being 55% of my grade. I'm sure that a lot of the other reviews complained about the final so I'll try not to, let's just say that I might end up retaking this class. All things considered, I thought he was a very good professor (if we forget about the final and maybe the second midterm) and I'm sad that he's leaving us for Berkeley next quarter :(

He taught the material pretty good and had everything memorized. It was just a lot of info and he would speak rapidly. He didn't take time to explain concepts and taught as if we were reviewing. Hated the hws and tests lol

Siddharth is overall a pretty good teacher and clearly knows the content. The content in this class is pretty dry, however, which made his lectures a pretty tough watch.

Love this professor. He gives the best math lectures I have ever heard in my life, I genuinely looked forward to them. Venkatesh explains concepts so clearly I didn't even have to take notes. He's also really funny and insanely smart. Massive amount of homework unfortunately. The final was hard as shit, but he curved it so whatever. The class wasn't too hard imo, no special effort required really. Just do the work and you'll be fine. Overall, I highly recommend taking Math 32A with Venkatesh.