Voluntary Work and Other Positions
Professor Bedi was an elected member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1995 to 2005 and chaired the Archbishop's Council (Church of England) Urban and Community Affairs Committee (1996–2001). He was a founding Board member of the Higher Education Leadership Foundation, a member of the HE National Mentoring Scheme for senior staff (2003-7) and a member of the HEFCE Strategic committee for Wider Participation (2003-9). He has also served as Chairman of the British association of Physicians of Indian Origin (2006–09 and as a Trustee of the Children’s Society (2006–2009). He is presently the pro bono Clinical Director of the charity Dentaid.
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“Her voluntary fruits, free without fees;”
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