Meet Ayaan Goyal: A 17-Year-Old Changemaker Championing Child Rights

At just 17, Ayaan Goyal, a student of Modern School, Barakhamba Road, is already making waves as a powerful child rights advocate. As the founder of Child Rights Matter, Ayaan is taking bold steps to combat child labour and exploitation—through legal awareness, community outreach, and corporate accountability. His industry guide on child labour ethics, endorsed by 11+ top companies across sectors and featuring a foreword by former Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal, is being recognized as a pioneering step in ethical corporate engagement. On the ground, Ayaan has led impact-driven workshops across Delhi - Jor Bagh, Nizamuddin, Sunder Nagar - reaching over 500 individuals including domestic workers and underserved families. Through NGO partnerships with CRY, Save the Children, and TCTF, he’s also raised ₹4 lakh+ in CSR funding to power awareness and action. Ayaan’s legal chops are just as impressive. He’s interned with Trilegal and Supreme Court advocate Prabhjit Jauhar, contributing to research on juvenile justice. As a Volunteer Campaign Lead with CRY, he has spearheaded advocacy and fundraising drives - and was recently honoured with a Certificate of Appreciation by the Mayor of Delhi for his work.