It organises meetings, supports and tries to popularise Astronomy and related subjects and publishes the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India.
[1] Prof. Dipankar Banerjee, Director of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, is the Society's President.
[12] Initially there was strong support for such a society and by 30 September 1911 there were 239 members (192 original and a net 47 added during the first session).
[14] Sections were formed for general observation, meteors, Earth’s Moon and variable stars, experts were appointed to advise on instrumental matters and photography.
[13] However the organisation faded to obscurity following the departure from India of one of the principal members, Herbert Gerard Tomkins.