Born on 1st of October 1948 in Assam, Prof. Deka had obtained his MBBS from Gauhati Medical College in 1969 and MS (ENT) from AIIMS in 1973.
His wife, also an outstanding alumnus of GMC batch 1972, Dr. Deepika Deka is a Professor of O&G in AIIMS.
However, both of their sons are engineers (BE). Elder Kartik had completed his MBA also and presently working; younger Prateek, after completing his BE is undergoing MBA.
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