He came into spot light after Lakme India Fashion Week 2002. He started his career as a model in 1994 with shows in Mumbai and Bangalore. A year later he hit the Delhi ramp circuit. Niketan has worked with a lot of big names in the fashion industry like Rohit Bal, Rajiv Bajaj, Rohit Gandhi, J J Vallaya, Suneet Varma, Muzaffar Ali, Ashish Soni to name a few. He has walked the ramp at the Lakme India Fashion Week for a host of fashion designers including Rohit Bal, Aki Narula, Rocky S, and Ritu Kumar.