About Jim

  1.  and , Bangalore, India.
  2. Director, , Bangalore, India.
  3. Staff Member, , Hazlet, NJ.
  4. and , , Bangalore, India.
  5. Member of (a rock 'n' roll band)  (an acoustic rock band),  (a Fusion-Jazz band), India.
Jim Ankan Deka is a musician, documentary film maker, an entrepreneur and a known face in the Music Scenario of . This Guwahati-born is the son of noted Assamese Economist and Writer Late and Assamese Poet Nalini Prava Deka.

Jim picked up the guitar at the nascent age of three and thus began his love affair with music. Right from his school days, Jim demonstrated an active interest in music and had performed with many popular artists as a bassist, pianist and lead guitarist. He also plays the organ, classical guitar, percussion instruments like Tabla, Drums, Congo, Zembe and folk instruments like Dhol, Khol, Khanjari, Do Tara etc.

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 welfare organization and a stockpile of information about the North East India. The acoustic rock band is a by-product of this institute; the institute has also promoted bands like , Anarchy etc.

A graduate in Tourism Studies and a digital media enthusiast, Jim Ankan has combined the two interests spinning off the Page on Facebook. Maintained by the Eastern Fare group, the Facebook community page “North East India” is an incredible reservoir of information with the most unusual and fascinating facts, places, tourist information customs as well as people. The page aims to create a positive image for the understated North East India by mentioning all the notable facts and figures about the land, and with over 15000 followers, the page can be credited as successful in its endeavour.

Jim’s musical idols include revered musicians like and . He also maintains Facebook and pages for both of them. Back home he idolizes Dr. Bhupen Hazarika for his excellence in song writing. Jim enjoys listening to Indian artists Remo Fernandez and Alisha Chinnoy. When he isn’t playing or teaching music, Jim fiddles with a video camera and some editing softwares.

Albums

* (Multilingual) (2012) 
*Tomaloi (Assamese) (2006)
*Goalporia Lokageet (Goalporia) (2005) 
*Friendship (English) (2001) 
*Mor Ei Dekh (Assamese) (2000) 
*Saayaan (Hindi) (1999) 
*Prahar - Tumi Kowa Kothabor (Assamese) (1998) 

Serials
Composed music for 2 Kannada, 1 Hindi and 1 Assamese serials.

Documentaries
*Shillong - a short documentary by Jim Ankan (2009)
*Nagaland - Journey Through the Choir of Clouds (2011)
*Composed music for 4 documentaries.

Single Compositions
* (Hindi/Assamese) (2012)
*Kids Paradise (English) (Theme song for Kids Paradise) (2008)
*Aa Bhi Jaa (Hindi) (For the band - Paankh) (2009)
*Saviganasu (Kannada) (Composed only the Guitar part for the Theme song of a Kannada serial) (2010)
*Tere Hi Owr (Hindi) (Gospel) (2009)
*How Else Can We Sing This (English) (For the band - Eastern Fare) (2010)
*Samajavaragamana (Sanskrit) (For the band - Veenar) (2010)
*Eesha Ninna (Kannada) (For the band - Veenar) (2010)
* (Instrumental) (On the occasion of Independence Day) (2011)
*Yes We Can (English) (Jingle for Filtrex) (2011).

Awards
Year Awarded by Nominated work Award
2013 Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival Best Music Video
2014 Hollywood Shorts Reel-14 Best Music Video
2014 Noida International Film Festival Best Music / Best Music Video
2014 Global Music Awards-14 Bronze Medal
2015 Songdew Renault Free The Music Award
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