Menstrual Man, also known as Arunachalam Muruganantham, is a social entrepreneur from India who invented a low-cost sanitary pad making machine. His machine can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads. He was inspired to create an affordable sanitary product after discovering his wife used unhygienic rags during her period due to the high cost of commercial pads. Though ostracized for his experiments, his invention has provided livelihoods for many women in India and helped generate discussion about menstruation in a country where it remains a taboo topic.

1. Menstrual Man
By Group-3
Harini
Anzir A.M
Lata yadav
Siddharth maurya

2. INTRODUCTION
• Menstrual Man aka Arunachalam Muruganantham
• Social entrepreneur from Coimbatore , TN
• Inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine
• Innovated grass-roots mechanisms for generating awareness
about traditional unhygienic practices around menstrual in
rural india
• His mini machine Can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a
third of the cost of commercial pads

3. • Planning to expand the production of these machines to 106
nations
• Invention came at great personal cost - he nearly lost his family,
his money and his place in society
• No interest in making lot of money.
• In 2014, TIME placed him in its list of "100 Most Influential
People in the World" - Pioneers.

4. LIFE
• He grew up in poverty
• He lost his father in car accident and his
mother was worker in farm
• He was good student but he dropped
out of school at the age of 14
• 1998-got married
• He discovered his wife uses filthy rags
in menstrual cycle

5. • Costly sanitary napkins available in market is the reason behind
this unhygienic practice
• He decided to develop low cost product
• Initially he used cotton but that product was rejected by his wife
and sister
• He bought commercial product and realized raw materials used
in that product hardly cost 10 paisa that time.

6. • He looked for female volunteers but at
last he tried on himself
• For his experiments he was ostracized
by community
• Even his wife and mother decided to
leave him
• But he didn’t lose hope
• Now he is well known for social
entrepreneur.

7. INVENTION
 Purpose :
• Low-cost of machine was
required to produce along with
minimal training required to
operate.
• Quality to meet the demand.
 Cost of machines- Comparison:
• Imported Machines : 3.5 crores
• Invented Machine
• Mini-Machine HigherVersion
Rs.65,000 Rs.3 Lakhs

8. Stages of Production in Machine:
• The semi-automatic machine deploys
4 stages for finished products:
• Main Raw Materials used in this
machine are : wood-fiber, thermo
bonded non-woven, polyethylene,
release paper & super bonded paste.

9.  The 4 stages :
• First Stage : Conversion of raw material into de-fiberation pulp.
• Second Stage : Conversion of de-fiberated pulp into required
shape
• Third stage : Sealing of the Product
• Fourth Stage : Passing through Sterilization unit

10.  Invention into limelight:
• At 2006, he visited IIT-Madras to show his idea & get suggestions
• His idea was registered for the ‘National Innovation Foundation's
Grassroots Technological Innovations Award’ & it won the
award.
• He received it from President Pratibha Patil.
• This event brought him into the media spotlight and he obtained
some seed funding and founded ‘Jayaashree Industries’, which
now markets these machines to rural women all over India.

11. • Affordable pads enable many more women to earn their
livelihood during menstruation.
• Inspired many other entrepreneurs to enter this area

12. MENSTRUAL AWARENESS IN INDIA
• Discussion on menstruation still a taboo in India
• Widely praised as a key step in changing women's lives in
India
• Awareness in developing nations, where only 10% of rural
women use pads.
• Girls will drop out of school around puberty

13. CONCLUSION
• Not running after money
• Installed in 23 Indian states, 6 other countries
• Sustaining against MNC
• Lectured at IIT Mumbai, IIM Ahmedabad[ and at Harvard
• Award from President for ‘National Innovation’
• Dream to make india ‘100% Sanitary Pad using Country’ in his
life time