The activities are organized through the six zonal councils with headquarters of Mumbai. The Annual Convention comprises talks by eminent experts, demonstration of new interesting experiments, oral and poster presentation by teacher participants. Apart from several regional level conferences and symposia, workshops are also held for the benefit of post- graduate and research students. December 10 is celebrated as National Chemistry Day by organizing subject related activities like chemistry quiz, essay and presentation competitions for students in addition to talks and lectures by eminent chemical scientists.

IACT interacts with Government Education departments and offers assistance in syllabi framing and implementation. The Association plays a pivotal role in the organization of the National Standard Examination in Chemistry (NSEC) which is the first stage examination leading to participation in the International Chemistry Olympiad. Each year, around 35000 higher secondary school students from all over India take this examination. The members of IACT are actively involved in all stages of the Chemistry Olympiad programme. It is indeed a matter of gratification and pride that over the years India's performance in the International Chemistry Olympiad has been consistently good.

Prof. P. K. Sai Prakash, CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007 is the President of IACT.

Dr. D. V. Prabhu, Department of Chemistry, Wilson College, Mumbai 400007 is the General Secretary and Prof. M. A. Tandel, Department of Chemistry, Wilson College, Mumbai 400007 is the Treasurer of IACT.