Poetry: Memberships/Positions Held

  1. Member, Board of Trustees, Poetry Society, UK: 2011 –
  2. Founder Director, Poetry in the House, Lauderdale House: 1996 – present.
  3. Life Member of The Poetry Society: 1986 – present.
  4. Visiting Fellow, Visiting Scholar Programme, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India: December 2010.
  5. Member of the Development Council, Arvon Foundation: 2008 – 2010.
  6. Founder Board of Trustees, The Poetry School: 1997 – 2003.
  7. Member of Council, The Poetry Society: 1994 – 1996.
  8. Visiting Scholar, Department of English and American Literature and Languages, Harvard University, USA: 1984 - 1985.
  9. Violet Vaughan Morgan Fellowship, Oxford University: 1983.
  10. Lecturer in English, Government of Orissa: 1975 - 1979.