Menstrual Man (aka Padman) on Inventions & Social Change

Menstrual Man: The Eccentric Visionary with Arunachalam Muruganantham

In 1998, Muruganantham asked his wife why she hoarded dirty rags at home and was told she used them during her period because sanitary napkins (produced by large multinationals) cost too much. Muruganantham, a school dropout and self-taught inventor, decided to try his hand at building a simple machine to produce low cost, sterile sanitary pads. With limited resources at his disposal, he used unorthodox testing methods, and came up with a set of low-cost machines capable of producing sterile sanitary pads at a tenth of the cost of what was previously available. In 2014, Time Magazine named Muruganantham one of the world’s 100 most influential people, with his work having a major impact on girl’s health and education.

Presented by Canada-Indian Networking Society with support from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Luna Pads, Vancouver Observer, SFU Woodward’s, and Banyen Books & Sound.

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