Design thinking is a problem-solving strategy that involves visually expressing collected data to create new strategies and solutions. It includes phases such as exploring problems, ideating solutions, creating prototypes, and evolving ideas based on feedback. The document then discusses Mr. Arunachalam Murugnatham, known as the "Pad Man" of India, who invented an affordable sanitary pad-making machine after realizing women in his family used dirty rags during menstruation, helping address women's health and empowerment.

1. WHAT IS DESIGN
THINKING?
A METHOD OF PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY WHEREIN THE DATA COLLECTED IS
EXPRESSED VISUALLY IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW STRATEGIES, WAYS AND METHODS
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES OR STRENGTHEN WEAKNESSES.

2. DESIGN THINKING FRAME WORK :
DESIGN
THINKING
EXPLORE
IDEATE
CREATE
EVOLVE

3. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT A SUPERHERO:

4. NO, LET’S TRY AGAIN
Mr. Arunachalam Murugnatham also knowns
as the PADMAN of our country is a social
entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. He is the
inventor of the low-cost sanitary pad-making
machine and is credited for innovating
grassroots mechanisms for generating
awareness about traditional unhygienic
practices around mensuration in rural India.

5. HOW A SIMPLE INNOVATION CAN
CHANGE MANY LIVES

6. WHERE IT ALL STARTED
 Lakshmi a simple guy who really loved his family, his wife, and his sisters realized
that the women in his house use dirty clothes during their Mensuration period.
 He was not very educated but still he understood that using dirty cloth can
causese serious health issues.
 https://youtube.com/shorts/MEgr50R13sA?feature=share

7. Step 1 : EXPLORE

8. FAILURE SUCCESS

9. STEP 2 :IDEATE
 FORMATION OF AN IDEA

10. STEP 3: CREATE

11. STEP 4: EVOLVE
TRY TRY TRY

12. FINAL RESULT
Lakshmi not only invented a cost-friendly method to make pads but also employed women and
thus making them self-dependent.

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