Jyotiprasad Medhi was a Professor and Emeritus Professor of statistics at Gauhati University and Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology. Son of Binandi Chandra Medhi and Kadambari Medhi, Jyotiprasad was the maternal grandson of prominent linguist, writer and essayist Kaliram Medhi. Versatile Assamese short story writer and Professor of Physics and later a lifetime associate at Assam Engineering College Surendra Nath Medhi better known by his pen name Saurav Kumar Chaliha was his uncle as Chaliha, though younger to him was the half brother of his mother Kadambari Medhi.