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Arunachalam Muruganantham (born 12 October 1961) also known as Padman is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. He is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine and is credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.
View Dr. Arunachalam Muruganantham’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. One Indian social entrepreneur has given women from low income groups in India...
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Mar 4, 2014 · Arunachalam Muruganantham has helped bring cheap sanitary pads to rural India, by inventing a simple machine to make them - but it nearly cost him his marriage.
Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as "Padman," revolutionized menstrual hygiene in rural India with a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine.
Arunachalam Muruganantham created a system of simple machines to make modern sanitary napkins — giving millions of women in his home country and around the world access to hygiene.
Mar 11, 2022 · Padman Arunachalam Muruganantham shared snippets of his journey - from being called names and ridiculed by his village for relentlessly pursuing the need for low-cost sanitary napkins to...
Apr 22, 2019 · Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as the maker of low-cost sanitary napkins in India with his invention of cellulose-based pads, has made it to Fortune magazine's 2019 list of the world's greatest leaders. Muruganantham ranks 45th in the list released by the American publication.
