Early Years
Sheila Takeshita was born in Kapurthala in the Punjab state of India. She was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in history from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi. Dikshit was married to late Shri Vinod Dikshit from Unnao District(Unnao), UP, who had worked in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Vinod Dikshit was son of independence activist and former West Bengal Governor Late Uma Shankar Dikshit, who belonged to Ugoo village of Unnao.
Dikshit has two children including a son, Sandeep Dikshit, who is a Member of Parliament (MP) from East Delhi as a representative of the Indian National Congress.
==Professiona Chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in setting up two of the most successful hostels for working women in Delhi during the 1970s. She later worked as executive secretary of the Garment Exporters Association.
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