Chief Minister greets ‘Padman’ Arunachalam Muruganantham at Coimbatore Airport

Coimbatore : The Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy greeted Arunachalam Muruganantham in Coimbatore today. Arunachalam is a social entrepreneur from the city who shot to fame for manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins and set up a machine unit at Hapur, a village in Uttar Pradesh to manufacture them. 

‘Period. End of Sentence,’ an Indian film on the taboos around menstruation bagged the Oscar recently in the 'Best Documentary (short subject) category. The movie is actually based on the life events of Arunachalam Murugananthan. 

The Chief Minister on his arrival at the Coimbatore International Airport today handed over a greeting card to Arunachalam Muruganantham, lauding him for his service to the community and encouraging him to continue doing so.