mithun shettywrote on Mar 23 2010 3:11PM
Shikha Swaroop (born October 23) is an Indian actor, and a former Miss India winner. She obtained her degree from St. Stephen's College.While still in college, she was crowned Miss India 1988 and continued to wear this crown until 1991 when she relinquished it to Preeti Mankotia. No beauty contests were held during 1989 and 1990 due to the demise of the sponsor, Eve's Weekly. The contests resumed after a new sponsor, Femina, took over in 1991. Apart from being crowned Miss India 1988, she won a gold medal in the All India Pistol Shooting Championship in 1988 itself. Apart from modeling, she played badminton on a national level.
She has appeared in several '90s Bollywood movies like "police public", and also on television in a serial called Chandrakanta which was a huge hit. In 1995, Shikha Swaroop married Vidhit S Tarneja, an Engineer in Texas and is now settled in Cupertino California. She has twin sons