Nikam was born in 1962 in Ambajogai. He completed his Art Education from Govt School of Art, Aurangabad in 1982. He has participated in several art camps, workshops and major exhibitions at state and national level. He has taken part in many reputed and select group shows in India and abroad, such as Indian Printmakers organized by the Scottish Academy of Asian Art Show at Intermedia Gallery, Finge Gallery, Glasgow. He participated in Dr. Krishna Reddy’s Print Making Workshop held in Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. He was selected for the Link Exchange Program, Glasgow Print Studio and Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. He participated in the ‘International Art Festival’ at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK as an expert conducting a printmaking workshop at Glasgow print studio. He was awarded the Maharashtra State Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, First Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print, Bhopal. He received Honorable mention in the 34th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, awarded Fourth Bharat Bhavan Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, Bhopal, 50 years of Independence’ Exhibition of Mumbai Artist organized by N.G.M.A., Mumbai. Nikam is currently the head of the printmaking studio at Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai.