The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at
New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote
Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. The founding members included the Indian poets
Keshav Malik,
J P Das, H K Kaul and Lakshmi Kannan. The Society conducts seminars, creative writing workshops, reading and publication of poetry anthologies. It also conducts All India Poetry Competitions, including competitions among school children.