Anyone can browse BARS without an account. Register if your organisation wants to upload Insights, post updates, list events or connect with other organisations. NVSC members do not register — BARS creates their accounts.

Who can do what

Register

1. 1
   Click Register at the top of any page.
2. 2
   Choose your pillar: Samaaj (society), Sarkaar (government) or Bazaar (industry).
3. 3
   Choose your Country (India is selected already). For India, pick your State / UT and City / District from the lists; for any other country, type your State / Province / Region and City (both optional).
4. 4
   Fill in your organisation's details and optionally upload its documents: Samaaj and Bazaar organisations can add the certificate, PAN card and last year's activity report; Sarkaar bodies only last year's activity report. Volunteers, individuals and professionals register under their own name and need no documents.
5. 5
   Add your logo (optional; registration does not ask for a cover image). Your directory card (beside the form on a computer, below the logo box on a phone) shows live how your card will look in the Directory, with the logo spot labelled.
6. 6
   Enter your name, mobile and email. Click Send OTP and type the 6-digit code from your email.
7. 7
   Set a password (at least 8 characters, with a letter and a number), tick the declaration and click Create account.

The first person to register an organisation becomes its Org admin. Colleagues who register later with the same organisation name and pillar join it as members.

Verification

After Create account you land on the login page with a Registration received note. A new organisation's account opens only after the BARS team approves it: until then you can't log in and it isn't listed in the Directory. When it is Approved everyone who registered with it gets an email — log in and take a look. If changes are needed — or an approval is later withdrawn — you get an email with the reason. You can still log in, but uploading, posting, stories, events, likes, comments and connections are paused: log in, and the Org admin corrects the details and uploads the documents asked for from My account → Profile → Update & resubmit. The BARS team is notified, and once it approves the registration everything opens up again. Colleagues joining an organisation that is already approved can log in straight away.

Log in and log out

• Click Sign In and enter your email, mobile number or NVSC member ID, and your password. The eye button beside the password shows or hides what you typed.
• To log out, click your initials (top right) → Log out.
• Forgot your password? Click Forgot password? under the password box, enter your email and click Send code. Type the 6-digit code from the email, choose a new password and click Reset password, then log in with it.

Insights are reports, datasets, policies and guides published on BARS. Every Insight is checked by a reviewer before it goes public.

Road Safety One AI

1. 1
   Open Road Safety One AI from the main menu.
2. 2
   Ask a question in the Hey BARS bar at the top — the answer comes from verified Insights.
3. 3
   Below it, Organisations in the network shows six registered organisations, a different random set each time you open or reload the page; View full directory opens the Directory.
4. 4
   Daily Spotlights shows organisations' photo and video spotlights from the last 24 hours. Tap a round logo to watch: tap the right side for the next spotlight, the left side to go back, press and hold to pause.
5. 5
   To reply to a spotlight, log in and type in the Reply to … box under it. The organisation is notified.
6. 6
   Featured posts lists every organisation's daily photo and video posts together with the Insights published by Samaaj, Sarkaar and Bazaar organisations. Recent posts come first, mixed across organisations — never more than two from the same organisation side by side — and the mix changes each time you reload. An Insight card opens with Read Insight. Keep scrolling and older posts load on their own. Videos play while on screen; tap the speaker for sound, tap the video to pause.
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   Under each post: the heart likes it (tap again to unlike), the speech bubble opens the comments, and Share copies the post's link or sends it to WhatsApp, Facebook, X or LinkedIn. Anyone can read comments; log in to like or comment.

Browsing Insights with filters

1. 1
   Open /old-repository.
2. 2
   Type in the search bar, or narrow the list with the filters: State, Category, Focus area, Format and Peer-verified only.
3. 3
   Sort by Latest, Most viewed, Most downloaded or Most cited.
4. 4
   Click an Insight to open it.

Search

Click the magnifier in the header (or press Ctrl/⌘ + K) to search Insights and organisations together. Press Enter to see all results.

On an Insight's page

• Download — opens the document so you can save it.
• Ask about this Insight — asks Hey BARS questions about this document only.
• Share — shares or copies the link.

Hey BARS is an AI assistant that answers road-safety questions in English, Hindi or Hinglish, using only content published on BARS. Every answer lists its sources, except questions about BARS itself (who we are, our councils, pillar leads and committees), which are answered without a source card. Without logging in you can ask 3 free questions; after that, Sign in or Register to keep asking. Logged-in users can ask as many questions as they like.

1. 1
   Click the Hey BARS button at the bottom right of any page.
2. 2
   Type your question and press Enter — or click the microphone and speak it. Your words appear in the box as you speak; when you stop (or click the microphone again) the question is sent. Choose English or हिन्दी in the red Listening… bar; ✕ cancels. Voice works in Chrome, Edge and Safari, not in Firefox.
3. 3
   Click a Source card under the answer to open the Insight, organisation or event it came from.
4. 4
   Ask follow-up questions in the same chat. New chat starts over.

Finding an organisation

1. 1
   Open the Directory from Directory in the footer, or View full directory on the Road Safety One AI page.
2. 2
   Pick a pillar tab (All, Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar) and use the filters for organisation type, state, focus area and verification.
3. 3
   Click a card to open the organisation's page — its profile, Insights, events and latest posts.

Connecting (registered users)

1. 1
   On the other organisation's page, click Connect, add a short message if you like, and click Send request.
2. 2
   They accept or decline from their notification bell.
3. 3
   Once accepted, both organisations can see each other's contact people.

Open My account from the menu under your initials. It has four tabs:

Daily post

1. 1
   On Overview, click Post today's update.
2. 2
   Add a photo or a short video (up to 2 minutes) if you like, and write a caption.
3. 3
   Click Post update. It appears on your organisation's public page straight away.
4. 4
   Likes and comments show under the post. Every like and comment — on your posts and on your published Insights — sends your organisation a notification (the bell), except your own. Any member of your organisation can remove a comment on your posts: click Remove under it, then Remove again.
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   To see them from your dashboard, open the post from your archive: the heart, comments and Share are under the caption.

Daily Spotlight

1. 1
   Click Add spotlight on Overview, or Your spotlight in the Daily Spotlights bar on the Road Safety One AI page.
2. 2
   Choose a photo or a short video, add a line of text if you like, and click Share spotlight.
3. 3
   It shows in the Daily Spotlights bar for 24 hours. To remove it sooner, open it and click the bin icon.
4. 4
   Replies from other organisations appear under Spotlight replies at the top of the Activity tab. Only your organisation's members see them, and any of you can remove one.

Notifications

The bell in the header shows connection requests (with Accept / Decline), replies to your spotlights, likes and comments on your posts, and updates about your Insights and verification.

Settings

• Open Settings from the menu under your initials to change your name, designation, mobile or location (country, then state and city — typed in for a country outside India), then click Save changes.
• To change your email, enter the new one and click Send OTP; type the codes sent to both your old and new email, then click Change email.

Any registered user or NVSC member can upload an Insight. It goes live only after a BARS reviewer approves it, normally within 24–48 hours.

1. 1
   Click Upload in the header.
2. 2
   Enter a Title, a Short summary, at least one point under What's inside, and choose a Category. Other details are optional but help people find it.
3. 3
   Attach the document (PDF, Word or Excel, up to 25 MB) and a cover image (JPG, PNG or WEBP, up to 5 MB).
4. 4
   Add a few tags, add the original source link if it is not your own work, and tick the rights confirmation.
5. 5
   Click Submit for review. Note the reference number shown (RES-…). Save draft keeps it without submitting.

After you submit

Good practice

• Upload only material you have the right to share.
• Cite verifiable sources such as MoRTH, NCRB or peer-reviewed work.
• Remove any personal or victim-identifying details.

Finding an event

Open See all events on the home page. Filter by city, date, type or format, and click an event for its details. On the event page, Details & registration (or Join now for a live online event) opens the organiser's link, and Add to calendar saves it to your calendar.

Listing your event (registered organisations)

1. 1
   On My account → Overview, click + Add event.
2. 2
   Enter the title, type, format (In person, Online or Hybrid), start and end time, and the venue or joining link.
3. 3
   Click Add event. It goes live at once on your page, the Events page and the home page until it ends.

Only the person who added an event can edit it; any member of the organisation can delete it.

Anyone can sign the New Delhi Declaration and get a certificate. No account is needed.

1. 1
   Open New Delhi Declaration from the main menu and click Take the pledge.
2. 2
   Enter your name, then your email and click Send OTP. Type the 6-digit code from your email.
3. 3
   Choose your state and city. Organisation details are optional.
4. 4
   Click Submit Now. Your certificate appears with a Download button, and a link to it is emailed to you.

Submitting a piece

1. 1
   Open Magazine → Contribute from the main menu and click Submit your contribution.
2. 2
   Fill in your details, the title, type and a short summary of your piece.
3. 3
   Paste the article or attach it as a PDF or Word file (up to 10 MB).
4. 4
   Tick the consent box and click Submit to the magazine. Keep the reference number (MAG-…) you receive.

Buying a printed copy

1. 1
   Open Magazine → Buy Magazine from the main menu (or click Order Now or Order your copy on the Magazine page).
2. 2
   Enter your delivery address and choose the number of copies (₹300 each, free delivery in India, up to 20 per order). For a school, college or organisation, pick Institutional pack · 10 copies (₹3,000) — Order pack on the page sets this for you.
3. 3
   Click Pay Now and pay by UPI, card, netbanking or wallet.
4. 4
   You see your Order ID and receive a confirmation email. Copies are dispatched within 5 working days.

Copies are non-returnable. A copy damaged in transit is replaced if you email photos to contact@bars.org.in within 7 days of delivery.

Organisations can apply to become BARS members. The annual fee is ₹99,000 + taxes for corporate / business institutions and ₹21,000 + taxes for registered NGOs / non-profits; government institutions pay no fee. Membership is subject to BARS approval.

1. 1
   Open About → Membership from the main menu, or click Apply Now on the Join BARS slide on the home page.
2. 2
   Read the benefits, terms and fees, then go to the Enquiry Form (Apply for membership at the top jumps there).
3. 3
   Fill in the organisation's details — including its Country (India is preset; organisations from any country can apply) — and choose its pillar (Samaaj, Sarkaar or Bazaar). The website / LinkedIn link is optional and can be typed without https://.
4. 4
   Add your own details. For Contact Number, the country code (e.g. +91, +44) follows the organisation's country; change it from the small code list if your number is from another country, and type the number without the code (Indian numbers: 10 digits).
5. 5
   Click Submit. Keep the reference number (MEM-…) you receive; the BARS Membership Team contacts you by email.

NVSC members receive their Member ID and password by email. Log in with your email, mobile or Member ID, and change the password straight away from Settings.

You see items for the full council and for your own sub-committees. You can delete only the documents you shared, and deleting is permanent.

File limits

Still need help?

• Use the form on the Contact page or Help & Support — the BARS team replies by email within one working day.
• Email contact@bars.org.in (Monday–Friday, 9 am–6 pm IST).
• Helpline: +91 1800 11 0197 (toll-free).
• NVSC members: contact the NVSC secretariat.