- THC Sections (chapters) are all over India and in several countries of the world. There are about 30 Hon Secretaries – 20 abroad and 10 in India – who are attached to their respective sections.
- Monetary sponsorship is awarded to:
- Candidates completing the mountaineering courses conducted by the various recognized mountaineering institutes.
- Social causes related to the Himalaya.
- The Himalayan Journal is published every year – this is dispatched to all members. Non-members can purchase copies online.
- The Himalayan Club E-letter is published every quarter that goes to members and others on the mailing list. THC’s website uploads electronic copies of the Journal.
- THC regularly conducts talks, seminars and film festivals which are very popular with the outdoors fraternity.
- THC has three awards:
- The Himalayan Club Kekoo Naoroji Award for Excellence in Mountain Literature.
- The Garud Medal for exemplary support staff for Himalayan expeditions.
- The JCN award for Excellence in Mountaineering (not necessarily for making it to the summit).
- THC has libraries in the following locations:
- Delhi
- Mumbai
- Pune
- Kolkata
- The following social initiatives have been undertaken:
- The Ladakh Initiative that was set up to help villages affected by a cloud-burst.
- The Himalayan Club Disaster Relief Fund which is meant for any natural disasters or ‘acts of god’ that negatively impact the Himalayan people.
- The Sherpa Project which is documenting the oral histories of The Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling.
- The “Anand Ram Fund’ which has been set up to help the family of a porter who died in an accident.
- The Aspie Moddie Welfare Fund which donates a sum to a deserving family of a support staff who has lost his life or means of livelihood due to an accident on the mountains or a mountain village or community that has been affected by natural disaster.
- THC initiates and collaborates in projects in the areas of environmental concerns and socio-political concerns.
- Training, safety and outdoor leadership programmes are regularly conducted.
- THC has contour maps that are available for reference only, to teams planning Himalayan ventures.
- THC supports/ sponsors Himalayan expeditions, including peak climbing expeditions, without any financial or administrative commitment. There is a process by which each such request is scrutinized to see aspects like team capability vis-à-vis technical difficulty of the terrain/peak, etc. Aspects like equipment, fund-raising and logistics are a responsibility of the individual team.