[2] In September 2005, he chaired the UK European Union Presidency dental programme.
[3] He also has an honorary "extraordinary professorship" in paediatric dentistry at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa (2007–2010), and is chair of the I.T.S.
[citation needed] Bedi is director of the Global Child Dental Health Taskforce.
Bedi also chairs of the Global Child Dental Fund, a charity established to further the work of the Taskforce.
[5] He was President of the British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2002), President of the Education Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) (2002–2004) and chair of the IADR Regional Development Programme Committee (2002–2004).