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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.
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 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.
Arunachalam Muruganantham, affectionately known as "Padman," is a name that has become synonymous with revolutionising menstrual hygiene in rural India. Hailing from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Muruganantham's remarkable journey from poverty to pioneering a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine is nothing short of inspiring.
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...
When the cleanliness and sanitation drives are doing rounds across the country, the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a school dropout from a poor weavers family in southern India, is like providing a threshold to these drives.
Supported by a European Journalism Centre (ECJ)’s Innovation in Development Reporting Grant (IDR) Arunachalam Muruganantham was obsessed with making the perfect sanitary pad for his wife. After...
When he realized his wife had to choose between buying family meals and buying her monthly "supplies," Arunachalam Muruganantham vowed to help her solve the problem of the sanitary pad. His research got very very personal -- and led him to a powerful business model.
Jan 26, 2018 · India’s real Padman, Arunachalam Muruganantham talks about his journey from being a school dropout to making low-cost sanitary napkins for women in rural areas.
In a small south Indian town, a man’s empathy for his wife has sparked a revolution. In 1998, Arunachalam Muruganantham asked his wife why she hoarded dirty rags and was told she needed them ...
