7 Things To Know About Ira Khan's Agatsu Foundation

Aamir Khan's daughter Ira Khan is out with Agatsu Foundation focussed on mental health. She has got support from her mother Reena Dutta and step-mother Kiran Rao in order to start her foundation. Khan said that she wanted to create a foundation to ‘make life better’. She made the announcement on Wednesday through her Instagram handle.

The Agatsu Foundation

• Ira Khan is the founder, director and CEO of the Non-Profit organisation called Agatsu Foundation.
• The scope of the company is everything related to mental wellbeing. Ira Khan has also opened up about her mental health issues and how she is dealing with them in several incidents.
• The scope of the company is to provide quality mental health support, mind and body awareness programmes and training to promote self-actualisation.
• The website of the Agatsu foundation has a helpline number, volunteer corner, Expresso corner and an Apprenticeship corner.
• In the Apprenticeship corner, Ira Khan has an 8-month Apprenticeship for students wanting to bridge the gap between their education in psychology and pursuing their career as a counsellor/therapist.
• In the launch video, Ira Khan is supported by her mother Reena Dutta and step-mother Kiran Rao along with Dangal star Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ira's boyfriend Nupur Shikhare, and stand-up comedian Rahul Subramanian.
• Ira Khan revealed in the video that she had plans to end corruption and unemployment, feed dogs and earn lots of money to donate to an NGO.

In her own words, Ira Khan says, "What you read above is the bigger picture. If you start to think about the scope of mental health, you realize it affects all aspects of your life. Whether you want to help yourself or seek help, whether you're already struggling with a diagnosed mental disorder or you're just someone who's dealing in their own way with the vastness of life and our universe... we need to start looking after ourselves."

She further adds, "We need to understand that the brain is part of the body and therefore so is the mind. As we take care of our bodies through basic periodic hygiene, we need to take care of our minds. We need a prophylactic approach to mental wellbeing. There are many aspects to this goal and outlook."