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Arunachalam Muruganantham

1961 - Today

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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. His mini-machines, which can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads, have been installed in 23 of the 28 states of India in rural areas. He is currently planning to expand the production of these machines to 106 nations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Arunachalam Muruganantham is the 412th most popular inventor (down from 373rd in 2024), the 1,034th most popular biography from India (down from 728th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Arunachalam Muruganantham ranks 412 out of 426. Before him are Kamil Tolon, Marc Andreessen, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Harold Stephen Black, Lawrence Hargrave, and Charles F. Kettering. After him are Arthur Fry, Walter Frederick Morrison, Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, Richard Pearse, and David Hahn.

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Among people born in 1961, Arunachalam Muruganantham ranks 671. Before him are Jos Lansink, Mahamat Kamoun, Michael Schulz, Tahnee Welch, Gillian Gilbert, and Tonino Benacquista. After him are Guri Schanke, Sudarat Keyuraphan, Iliya Valov, Hervé Morin, José Touré, and Maja Haderlap.

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In India

Among people born in India, Arunachalam Muruganantham ranks 1,034 out of 1,861. Before him are Dulquer Salmaan (1986), Reemma Sen (1981), Charles Correa (1930), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Karan Johar (1972), and Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916). After him are Sushmita Sen (1975), Deepika Kumari (1994), Nithya Menen (1988), Rajkummar Rao (1984), Amala Paul (1991), and Subhash Ghai (1945).

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Among INVENTORS In India

Among inventors born in India, Arunachalam Muruganantham ranks 2. Before him are John Shepherd-Barron (1925). After him are Shiva Ayyadurai (1963).

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