The Tuberculosis Association of India is a voluntary organization. It was set up in February, 1939 as a registered society by incorporating the King Emperor's Anti-Tuberculosis Fund and King George Thanks-giving (Anti-Tuberculosis) Fund.
Its aims and objectives are:

• The prevention, control, treatment and relief of tuberculosis.
• The encouragement of and assistance in the establishment throughout India of State Associations having objectives similar in whole or in part to those of the Association.
• The affiliation or control of and the rendering of assistance to any institution having objectives similar in whole or in part to the objects of the Association.
• The undertaking of the Research and Investigation on subjects concerning tuberculosis and allied chest diseases.
• The doing of all such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.

Its members are the State Affiliates who nominate their representatives to its Annual General Meeting and Central Committee.

Activities of the Tuberculosis Association of India

The present major activities of the TAI are :

• Providing quality diagnostic and treatment services through the
  New Delhi TB Centre.
• Complementing supplementing Revised National Tuberclosis Control Program ( RNTCP ),(Directly Observed Treatement Shord Course) DOTs services of Government of India ( GoI ). No new units are to be established to avoid costs and duplication.

Fund raising for the foregoing activities:

• TAI does not receive any Government grants for its activities.  A TB Seal Campaign which is inaugurated every year on 2nd October by the President of India who is the Patron of TAI.  A TB  Seal costs 2 rupees and carries a message about tuberculosis.

• Technical education by way of holding national and state level conferences which serve the scientific  purpose of updating knowledge of tuberculosis