Niminish Takke’s Gold and Prasad Bhor’s Silver at IndiaSkills Maharashtra reflect U Takke Academy’s disciplined, competition-led training vision. In a candid interaction with Priyanka Parshurami, Uday Takke, Founder and Director, U Takke Salon and Academy, reflects on the recent achievement of his student clinching top honours.
Success at the IndiaSkills Maharashtra State Finals marked a defining milestone for Uday Takke Salon and Academy. Niminish Takke clinched the Gold medal and Prasad Bhor secured a Silver. With this, the academy’s structured and competition-driven philosophy has once again delivered measurable results.
Speaking to PBI Uday Takke reflects on what these wins signify. “This achievement strongly reaffirms our belief. Structured fundamentals, discipline, and mindset are just as important as creative skills,” he says. For the academy, training extends beyond salon readiness. The objective is to build professionals capable of standing firms under competitive scrutiny.
What goes behind the scenes
Preparation at U Takke Academy simulates real competition environments strict timing, detailed marking parameters, tool organisation, and model coordination. Students are trained to think strategically: understanding judgment criteria, balancing time with precision, and maintaining composure under pressure. “Skill alone doesn’t win medals—composure does,” Udayji emphasises. Performance psychology, resilience training, and recovery techniques are embedded into the curriculum to ensure students deliver when it matters most.
The differentiating factor
What differentiates the academy is its outcome-mapped structure. Each module progresses through layered stages of fundamentals, refinement, and competition execution supported by continuous assessments and feedback loops. The focus on clarity, balance, finishing, and technical cleanliness directly aligns with judging standards. Years of participation and learning from both victories and setbacks have allowed the academy to identify common scoring gaps and systematically eliminate them.
The way forward and the vision
These state-level wins are steppingstones. Niminish Takke and Prasad Bhor will now represent Maharashtra at the West Zone Finals, carrying forward the academy’s disciplined training ethos.
For Udayji, the larger vision remains unchanged. It is to prepare candidates early for national and international platforms, much like Yash Chavan, who represented India at WorldSkills 2024 in Lyon. Each medal sharpens strategy, strengthens resolve, and reinforces a singular mission to raise India’s benchmark in skill competitions, nationally and globally.
