About
Who is behind Aagaaz, why it started, and how to get in touch.
Who we are
I’m Ayesha Bindal, a student in Chandigarh. I started Aagaaz in 2026.
Over several months I spoke to lawyers, counsellors, a university student welfare head, a child rights official and a school harassment committee head. I kept hearing the same thing: the help exists, but people don’t know about it. Free medical care. A free lawyer. The right to give a statement at home instead of at a police station. Most people find out too late, or never.
Aagaaz means “a beginning”. The aim is simple: from awareness to action.
What we do
- This website, with short, plain-language pages on what to do and what the law says
- A navigation toolkit for Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, which we are finishing now
- Workshops in schools and colleges, run with the school’s counsellor in the room
What we are not
Aagaaz is a student-led project. It is not a registered charity, a helpline, a counselling service or a law firm. We cannot respond to emergencies and we cannot give advice on your case.
If you need help now, call 112 (emergency), 181 (women’s helpline) or 1098 (Child Helpline).
How we check what we publish
- Everything here is based on the law itself and on interviews with people who work with survivors
- Every page shows the date it was last updated
- Each law page lists its sources at the bottom, so anyone can check it
- If you find a mistake, please tell us. We will fix it
Contact
Email contact.aagaazfoundation@gmail.com to ask about a workshop, to tell us about a mistake, or to ask about the project.
Please don’t email us details of something that has happened to you or to someone else. We are not a support service, the inbox is not checked every day, and if what you tell us involves a child we are required by law to report it. The numbers above are the right place to start.
Your privacy on this site
- There are no logins and no forms. We never ask for your name or your story
- There are no cookies, no adverts and no tracking or analytics
- Like every website, the company that hosts this site receives your device’s IP address when a page loads. We never see it
- Your browser may still keep a record of your visit. Staying safe on this site explains what to do about that
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