B. Ekbal
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Ekbal Bappukunju is a public health activist, a neurosurgeon, and an academic in Kerala, India and is serving as a member of the Kerala State Planning Board since 2016.[1] He was the Vice-chancellor of the University of Kerala during the period 2000–2004. He completed his pre-degree from St. Berchmans College Changanacherry.[2] He was a member of the Kerala State Planning Board from 1996 to 2000, during which he played a vital role in People's Plan Campaign, a decentralization move by the Government of KeralaScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..
He was contested in the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections from Changanassery Assembly Constituency as a LDF candidate and lost to UDF candidate former minister C F Thomas.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He was the chairman of Kerala State Pollution Control Board.[3] He is also one of the joint convenors of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Public Health Movement - India).[4] He is the President of the Democratic Alliance For Knowledge Freedom, KeralaScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..
He was the chairperson of the Expert Committee set up by the Government of Kerala to explore the possibility of setting up a new university of health sciences. The committee submitted its report on the proposed structure and functions of the university in April 2007.[5]
Ekbal is an activist of Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad and has held various offices in the organisationScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. He was the President of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad from 1983 to 1985Script error: No such module "Unsubst".. He was former editor of the online Science Journal of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad: www.luca.co.in. His book Indian Oushadha Mekhala Innale Innu received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Scholarly Literature in 2015.[6]
Ekbal is a follower of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) from which he was expelled in 2004 by left-wing hardliners.[7] His membership was later restored.[8] He is married to A Meharunnisa, the former principal and Professor of Anatomy of Govt. TD Medical College at Alappuzha and Kottayam Medical College. She is currentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". working as head of department of anatomy in SUT Medical College Trivandrum.
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- ↑ Former vice chancellors of the University of Kerala [1] Accessed: 2008-10-20. (Archived by WebCite at [2])
- ↑ Kerala state pollution control board members
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- ↑ Focus on promoting medical research in State [3] Accessed: 2008-10-20. (Archived by WebCite at [4])
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- Indian neurosurgeons
- Living people
- Academic staff of the University of Kerala
- Scholars from Thiruvananthapuram
- Indian health activists
- Medical doctors from Thiruvananthapuram
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala
- Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram
- 20th-century Indian politicians
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- 1948 births
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- Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award