Poetry: Memberships/Positions Held

  1. Life Member of The Poetry Society: 1986 – present.
  2. Consulting Editor, Interlitq: 2015 – present.
  3. Contributing Editor, Ambit Magazine, UK: 2015 – 2023.
  4. Founder Director, Poetry in the House, Lauderdale House: 1996 – 2015.
  5. Member, Board of Trustees, Poetry Society, UK: 2011 – 2014.
  6. Visiting Fellow, Visiting Scholar Programme, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India: December 2010.
  7. Member of the Development Council, Arvon Foundation: 2008 – 2010.
  8. Founder Board of Trustees, The Poetry School: 1997 – 2003.
  9. Member of Council, The Poetry Society: 1994 – 1996.
  10. Visiting Scholar, Department of English and American Literature and Languages, Harvard University, USA: 1984 - 1985.
  11. Violet Vaughan Morgan Fellowship, Oxford University: 1983.
  12. Lecturer in English, Government of Orissa: 1975 - 1979.