AIAI actively promotes and fosters interests of industrial and business houses through seminars and workshops at the state and national levels. These events are aimed at promoting trade, investment, technological advancement, manpower development and business opportunities in India. Through these events, it addresses problems pertaining to industry and trade on specific subjects.

It represents & constantly endeavors to promote large, medium and small-scale industries involved in almost all major manufacturing fields including engineering, cotton, textiles, rayon, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metals, rubber, sugar, plastics, paper and many other sectors.

It successfully organized the XI^th International Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises in Mumbai, which was inaugurated by the Maharashtra Governor, Dr. P.C. Alexander. Over 300 delegates from over 36 countries attended the conference, in addition to a 50-member delegation from Pakistan. The Pakistani delegation comprised women entrepreneurs who exhibited their wares, namely textiles, leather, stone work, etc. H.E. Mr. Fiorenzo Stolfi, Minister for Industry, Post and Telecommunication, San Marino and H.E. Mr. Brooke Debebe, Vice Minister for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia participated in the conference in addition to senior government officials.
Other seminars organized by the AIAI include:

• Capital market reform, inaugurated by Shri Yashwant Sinha, honourable Minister for Finance. The next capital market reforms seminars is scheduled to be held in December.

• Economic reforms addressed by Dr. Bimal Jain, Governor of RBI & Dr. D.R. Mehta, Chairman, SEBI.

• Power Sector reforms inaugurated by Mr. Rangarajan Kumarmangalam

AIAI further represents the industry's views and influences and sensitizes the government machinery on policies and legislation, which affect industry and trade. This is achieved by representing members on the various high-powered government advisory boards and committees. The association seeks the views of its members on issues that affect industry and trade through its various committees and study groups involving members of different industries.

Representatives chosen from its members are invited to sit on various important policy advisory boards and expert committees of the capital market, textile, software, direct taxes, indirect taxes, pharmaceuticals, banking and finance, small - scale industries exports and infrastructure. The AIAI has representation on Reserve Bank of India and several other advisory committees of the State and Central Government. The association has direct membership of over 1200 members and over 60 affiliated industrial associations with indirect membership of over 25,000 members from large, medium and small scale sectors as well as export houses and star export houses.

The association organizes Open House Meetings of Commissioners of Sales Tax, Income Tax, Octroi & other officials with its members to amicably settle this problem.

AIAI has organized a number of successful trade fairs, which have been patronized by leading companies. These include industrial exhibitions as well as exhibitions in the field of finance and investment, automobile and three-wheelers, India fair etc. AIAI has hosted its annual "Global India Conference on Trade and Investment" for the fourth year in succession. The annual conference is a major event. It has been addressed by the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and other Union Ministers, Governors and Chief Ministers of various States and other international dignitaries.The main objective of the conference is to focus on economic reforms successfully implemented by India and challenging changes in the international trade arena. This conference provides Indian trading houses, businesspersons and overseas investors a platform for better appreciation and understanding of such changes to operate effectively in international markets and fully share India's growth potential.

AIAI acts as a bridge between its members and overseas business communities to promote bilateral trade by organizing activities to promote trade, investment, technology-transfer and manpower training The association endeavors to promote bilateral trade and in order to facilitate the goal regularly organizes one to one business meetings with various foreign dignitaries and delegations from abroad. It has till date signed over 36 Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with various International Chambers of Commerce. Some of the recent delegations have been from USA, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Baharain & others. A book, titled 'WTO, Impact on Indian Business' encompassing the entire gamut of the emerging New World trading order has been published by AIAI's. Chapters address key issues like implementation of the WTO agreement, trade-related aspects of intellectual property, WTO and the competition policy and new millennium implications.