1. Professor and Head of Neurosurgery, Medical College, Kottayam    
2. Member State Planning Board
3. Chairman, Project Board, National Institute of Speech and Hearing,
    Thiruvananthapuram
4. Chairman, Health Subcommittee, Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad
5. Member, Academic Council, Calicut, University
6. Founder Member, Bishop Paulose Mar Paulose Foundation
7. Convenor, National Coordination Committee for International People's     Health Assembly held in Dhaka in December 2000.

Dr. Ekbal is also currently working with Richard W Franke on a project funded by the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation entitled: Local Democracy and Local Health Planning: New Experiments in Kerala.