# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kambhampati-nachiketa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:00:32.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kambhampati-nachiketa"
name: "Kambhampati Nachiketa"
slug: "kambhampati-nachiketa"
description: "Kambhampati Nachiketa VM is a retired Group Captain of the Indian Air Force. While carrying out an airstrike on Pakistani positions in the Batalik sector during the Kargil War, his aircraft suffered an engine failure. Nachiketa was ejected from his Mikoyan MiG-27 and was taken into Pakistani custody by a platoon led by Captain Rao Tahseen Ali of the 5 NLI. He is currently a pilot for commercial airlines."
tagline: "Flight Lieutenant, Now Group Captain"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Gp_Capt_K_Nachiketa_%28Photo%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1973-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.19
  momentum:             25
  historical:           4.254862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  48
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6356274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambampati_Nachiketa"
    title: "Kambhampati Nachiketa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE"
    title: "કમ્બામપતિ નચિકેતા"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4"
    title: "കമ്പംപതി നചികേത"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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