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PASS and Uger: Tools for Menstruation Management Sustainability
IDC School of Design
Ph.D Thesis of Lakshmi Murthy
PASS and Uger Tools for Menstruation Management Sustainability
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, India
Author : Lakshmi Murthy
Supervisor: Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Nightingales Lead: An account of a Federation’s work during the COVID 19 Pandemic
Authors Names: Ms.Daiahun Khonglam, Dr.Lakshmi Murthy, Ms.Smriti Kedia
Institutional Affiliation: Ms. Daiahun Khonglam, Incharge of Nightingale Federation under NERCORMP, Changlang
Dr. Lakshmi Murthy and Ms. Smriti Kedia of Jatan Sansthan, Rajasthan
2015
MEN – THE MISSING PIECES IN THE JIGSAW PUZZLE OF MENSTRUAL MANAGEMENT DESIGN
The Third International Conference on Design Creativity (3rd ICDC)
Bangalore, India, 12th-14th January 2015
Green is the new colour for menstruation. Environmentally sustainable, Uger fabric pads, shows the way
Author : Lakshmi Murthy
Vikalpdesign, Udaipur, Rajasthan and Ph.D. Student, Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
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No, do not, cannot, must not; be quiet ‐ re-examining the rulings, restrictions and superstitions around menstruation.
This article has been written for a Students Magazine, for Swathy Karthik, Student, Masters Programme, Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, March 2015
Author : Lakshmi Murthy, ellemurthy@gmail.com
Where users are designers and researchers: women collaborate in menstrual product design.
Keywords – reusable, pad, sanitary, collaboration, research
Author : Lakshmi Murthy, Ph.D Student, IDC, IIT Bombay and Vikalpdesign, Udaipur
2014
No more room for error: Spaces must be made for ergonomic and sustainable menstruation management at the work place.
Keywords – ergonomics; sustainability, menstruation; reusable; workplace
Author : Lakshmi Murthy, Ph.D Student, IIT Bombay and Vikalpdesign, Udaipur, Rajasthan,
It’s time to take the bull by the horns – menstrual product debris can be reduced by using Uger fabric washable pads
Author : Lakshmi Murthy
Vikalpdesign, Udaipur, Rajasthan and Ph.D. Student, Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Restructuring anatomies – A case study of Uger reusable sanitary napkin and its potential for scale up
Conference : Design for a billion – IIT Gandhinagar – November 2014
Category : Case Study,
Author : Lakshmi Murthy, Vikapdesign, Udaipur, India and Ph.D Student IDC, IIT Bombay India,
Kahani Her Mehine Ki – The Same Story, Every Month – A Learning Tool on Menstruation for the Visually Impaired
Authors : Lakshmi Murthy, Sadhvi Thukral
Lakshmi Murthy is the founder of Vikalpdesign, based at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Sadhvi Thukral is a graphic designer, a Masters Programme in Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.
2012
No, do not, cannot, must not; be quiet ‐ re-examining the rulings, restrictions and superstitions around menstruation.
This article has been written for a Students Magazine, for Swathy Karthik, Student, Masters Programme, Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, March 2015
Author : Lakshmi Murthy, ellemurthy@gmail.com