Arunachalam Muruganantham

Businessman

1961-10-12

Arunachalam Muruganantham is an Indian social entrepreneur known for creating low-cost sanitary pad manufacturing technology. He was born on 1961-10-12 in Tamil Nadu. His work expanded menstrual hygiene access in underserved communities.

Quotes by Arunachalam Muruganantham

Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make pollination.
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Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a psycho.
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The strong creation created by God in the world is not the lion, not the elephant, not the tiger - the girl.
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You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them.
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I have been working in north Indian villages, so I know the truth. Compared to the south Indian states, north India is less developed, and there's little awareness on menstrual hygiene.
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When I speak a serious subject in an informal and humorous way, it has bigger impact. So much so, when BBC made a small documentary, they first thought of having a voiceover for me. The producer liked my English so much, he said they were retaining my original voice.
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I am the son of a hand-loom weaver. I have a connection with yarn. I thought, 'Why not try to make an affordable sanitary pad for my wife?'
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