Meet The Indian Superhero Padman, The Real Life Hero for Millions of Women Around The World

7His invention has ensured employment for 1 million women in India

Muruganantham hopes that ultimately all women in India will use sanitary napkins rather than resort to unhealthy materials. "All these women are still using old grandmother methods to manage the monthly period, which is dangerous to their health, some of these women also use sawdust and tree leaves," said Muruganantham while addressing an IMPACT conference in 2014.

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8He has also given a Ted talk

Today Muruganantham is an international speaker for generating awareness on women’s sanitary health in developing countries. He has also given TED talks on the subject. During one of his speeches, he was applauded by all the delegates present who included business magnates and corporate majors for his incredible marketing efforts without professional marketing mechanism in place.

Muruganantham hopes that his invention to produce low-cost sanitary napkins will also generate employment for 1 million poor women in India by involving them in the process. He has not commercialized his invention and ensures it is made available to NGO’s run by women.

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9A Bollywood movie has now been made about his incredible journey

Muruganantham could not conceive how phenomenal the reaction would be to his invention. Now an Indian filmmaker R.Balki and former star actress Twinkle Khanna, (the daughter of late Rajesh Khanna and Bollywood star Dimple Kapadia) have got together to portray the man in a Bollywood movie titled Pad Man.

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