Jim Ankan Deka is a musician, documentary film maker, producer, photographer, writer, entrepreneur and a known face in the Music Scenario of Bangalore. This Guwahati-born is the son of noted Assamese Economist and Writer Late Bhabananda Deka and Assamese Poet Nalini Prava Deka.

Jim Ankan owes his recognition to his premiere Music Institute Eastern Fare Music Foundation, which today, is one of the premiere and most noted Music Schools in Bangalore. The institute was established in the year 2008, with the intent of imparting academic music knowledge to the people of Bangalore, however, over a period of two years Eastern Fare has branched into a Music Club, a Production House, a Welfare Organization, an Online News Portal and a stockpile of information about North East India. The acoustic rock band Eastern Fare is a by-product of this institute.