Social entrepreneur from Coimbatore Arunachalam Muruganantham figures in the list of World’s 50 Greatest Leaders 2019 by Fortune Magazine.
He is ranked 45th in the list released recently.
“Period. End of Sentence” a documentary that reflects his work, had won an Oscar in the Best Short Documentary category this year.
He is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine.
He is credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.