About Speaker: Arunachalam Muruganantham  is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore Tamil Nadu. 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 29 states of India in rural areas. His social entrepreneurship has given low-income women dignity, by making it possible for them to afford to buy sanitary towels and provide them with an income at the same time. In 2018 his innovation and life story were featured in the movie Padman starring Akshay Kumar. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.   #EnlightenedLeader #LeadershipConference