Saral has modified a sanitary pad-making machine to produce 50-70 three-ply disposable surgical masks per minute for less than US 6 cents each. Saral is partnering with a Mumbai-based auto firm to ...

In an important step towards improving menstrual hygiene, the western Indian city of Ajmer has become the first in the country to install sanitary napkin vending machines on a large scale. Around of ...

Sparkle’s sanitary pads are made from some unusual materials: bamboo fibre, banana fibre and corn starch. Couple Hetal and Chirag Virani, both 32, founded the company in order to tackle India’s high ...

Kristin Kagetsu left the United States in 2014 with an idea: to bring sanitary pads to India. The 27-year-old MIT graduate co-founded Saathi Pads – a health care startup that produces biodegradable ...

My hero of the week is Arunachalam Muruganantham, the man who made the period safe for the women of India. Muruganantham’s decadelong odyssey to create an affordable sanitary pad for village women is ...