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.

ACT 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 ACT 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 Brijesh Pare, Head Department of Chemistry,Madhav Science PG College , Ujjain is the President of ACT.

Dr. D. V. Prabhu, Department of Chemistry, Wilson College, Mumbai is the General Secretary of ACT. and Prof Hemant Khanolkar, Department of Chemistry,Fr.Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering,Bandra,Mumbai is the Treasurer of ACT.