She is one of the very few Indian Woman Rally Drivers who completed K1000 and 4 Autocross Championship, holding fastest driver trophy for Indian National Autocross Championship qualifier west zone. With just two years of experience in Motor Sports, she has already bagged 60 trophies in various competitions.
Her first ever competition was in 2018, when she participated in Auto Prix event in Pune, just for fun when she was 19 years old. She thereby drifted from the sport to complete her degrees in BBA, fashion design and cosmetology, not knowing that her passion was about to change.
In 2021, Nikeetaa participated in her first ever rally competition, the Time Attack AutoCross, organized by Chetan Shivram in Pune. She bagged 9 trophies along with Best Armature 2021 trophy. With this encouragement, she followed her adrenalin rush and picked Motorsports as her career.
She made a sensational entry in K1000 rally in 2022 by bagging third place (all-women category) and getting selected for the Asia-Pacific finals FIA Rally Star Hunt. She has also successfully completed Nagaland Rally, Chennai Rally, and Arunachal Rally.
She truly believes in her motto “Born to drive”. Nikeetaa has always been invested in her thrilling choice of career where she can always find her confidence, focus, motivation and dedication to work harder. Her next target is to drive the Asia Pacific Cup and the upcoming Coimbatore Rally.
Her entire career was encouraged by her father, Nitten Takkale, a businessman, who not only financed her dreams but stood firm by her ups and downs by attending every rally. Nikeetaa believes that her parents are her source of energy and the best gift from God.
Riding the success and her passion for Motor Sports, Nikeetaa is planning to partake in all upcoming rallies and Autocross Championship organized in the current year. Being a motorsport racer, her goal and dream is to drive the World Rally Championship and make India proud.
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