infinityplusone
{{Short description|New Zealand maths teacher and YouTuber}}
{{Other uses|Infinity plus one (disambiguation){{!}}Infinity plus one}}
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{{Infobox youtuber
| name = infinityplusone
| birth_name = Subash Chandar K
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|41|2023|October}}
| channel_handle = infinityplusone
| subscribers = 59,900
| views = 7.3 million
| stats_update = 21 March 2025
}}
Subash Chandar K (born {{Birth based on age as of date|41|2023|October|noage=yes}}{{Cite news |date=8 October 2023 |title=From New Zealand to India, a maths teacher helps students crack entrance exams — using YouTube |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/new-zealand-to-india-maths-teacher-entrance-exams-youtube-8967965/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=The Indian Express}}) is an Indian-New Zealand mathematics teacher in Auckland. He runs a YouTube channel named infinityplusone, where he teaches secondary school students and prepares them for NCEA exams. In 2025 Chandar K was awarded the Local Hero of the Year award at the New Zealander of the Year Awards.
Biography
Chandar K moved from Chennai, India, to New Zealand aged 12. His mother was a maths professor in Chennai. As of 2025, Chandar K lives in Auckland and teaches at Ormiston Junior College in Flat Bush.{{Cite news |date=21 March 2025 |title=Maths teacher, Local Hero of the Year winner's message to students and parents |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545539/maths-teacher-local-hero-of-the-year-winner-s-message-to-students-and-parents |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=RNZ}}
His YouTube channel infinityplusone has 60,000 subscribers as of March 2025, and was named after the amount he loves his wife. On the channel he helps students prepare for NCEA exams by running live streams the nights before the exams are run,{{Cite news |date=11 September 2023 |title=New Zealand internet sensation Subash Chandar helps 33,000 students with NCEA maths |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350478424/new-zealand-internet-sensation-subash-chandar-helps-33-000-students-with-ncea-maths |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Newshub |publisher=Stuff}} and makes videos which explain how to use equations and calculators.{{Cite news |date=30 January 2025 |title=Kiwi teacher finalist in million dollar teaching prize |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360564063/kiwi-teacher-finalist-million-dollar-teaching-prize |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Stuff}} The channel was started in 2013 because Chander K noticed a lack of maths videos designed for children.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2019 |title=Auckland mathematics teacher using technology to inspire students wins national teaching award in Wellington |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/110694934/auckland-mathematics-teacher-using-technology-to-inspire-students-wins-national-teaching-award-in-wellington |access-date=21 March 2025 |work=Stuff}} His first live stream was in 2018.
In 2018 Chandar K won the National Excellence in Education Awards top honour. In January 2025 Chandar K became one of the 10 finalists of the Global Teacher Prize. Chandar K said that after he discovered the award in 2017, he began working towards it. In March 2025 Chandar K was awarded the Local Hero of the Year award at the New Zealander of the Year Awards.