Deep Grace Ekka (born 3 June 1994) is an Indian former field hockey player,[1] who represented the India national field hockey team.
[2] Deep Grace Ekka was born on 3 June 1994 in a small village called Lulkidhi in the Sundergarh district of Odisha.
[3] She started playing hockey in school and was coached by Tej Kumar Xess (2005–06).
During a round of hockey selections at her school, she was selected to join the SAI-SAG centre of the Sports Authority of India in September 2007 and started playing at state level at the age of 13.
She began to be coached by Lucela Ekka and Saroj Mohanty.