Dr. Ekbal Bappukunju is a public health activist, a neurosurgeon, and an academic in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

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and is serving as a member of the Kerala State Planning Board since 2016. 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.Former vice chancellors of the University of Keralabr>
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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 Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

. 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. He was the chairman of

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.Kerala state pollution control board members
/ref> He is also one of the joint convenors of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Public Health Movement - India).Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Public Health Movement - India)
/ref> He is the President of the Democratic Alliance For Knowledge Freedom, Kerala. He was the chairperson of the Expert Committee set up by the

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. Ekbal is an activist of

Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) (meaning: ''Kerala Science Literature Movement'') is a progressive outfit in the state of Kerala, India. It was conceived as a people's science movement. At the time of its founding in 1962 it was a 40-member ...

and has held various offices in the organisation. He was the President of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad from 1983–85. 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.

Ekbal is a follower of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

(CPI(M)) from which he was expelled in 2004 by left-wing hardliners. His membership was later restored. He is married to Dr. A Meharunnisa, the former principal and Professor of Anatomy of Govt. TD Medical College at Alappuzha and Kottayam Medical College. She is currently working as head of department of anatomy in SUT Medical College Trivandrum.

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Original copy of scan affidavit's, Kerala Assembly Election 2011, National Election Watch

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Project report on the establishment of medical university in Kerala (From 2007)

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