title: Nachiketa (name)
text: # Nachiketa (name)
  
  Nachiketa is an Indian masculine given name. It is most well-known through the character of the same name in the ancient Katha Upanishad.
  
  Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Kambampati Nachiketa (born 1973), Indian Air Force Pilot
  * Nachiketa Ghosh (1925–1976), Indian music director and composer
  * Nachiketa Sharma, musician
  * Nachiketa Chakraborty, musician
  