Dr. P K Gupta was born and brought up in the small hill town of Dehradun, in the foot hills of Himalayas. His early education was in St. Thomas High school followed by him graduating to MBBS from the third oldest medical college in India, the famous SN Medical College Agra. He pursued his residency from the same institute, leading to MD in Psychological medicine. There after he worked as consultant in 'Deemag' clinic in his native town for last thirty-one years. His achievements included being a pioneer in the field of psychological medicine and setting up of the first EEG laboratory in Uttarakhand. He is a psychiatry and epileptology buff and is interested in English and Hindi literature. He is an avid reader, cricketer and middle-distance runner and regularly writes in newspapers and blogs. His website www.deemagclinic.com is attracting lots of international traffic. He has written two books by the name of ‘Being Doctor’ and ‘Q & A in neuropsychiatry. He is living with his wife, Ranjana, an optician by profession and his daughter Rohini, a pathologist and son Manvendra, a pulmonologist in Dehradun, spending time between attending to patients, reading and writing.