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MIT D-Lab featured at MIT Museum in Essential MIT exhibit

MIT Museum visitors viewing the D-Lab exhibits, which include a clay pot cooler,  a Saathi pad, biomass briquetting technlogies, and the SurgiBox. Photo: MIT D-Lab

News | Oct 19, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

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MIT D-Lab featured at MIT Museum in Essential MIT exhibit

A ‘big, bold idea’ for better sanitary pads

Kristin Kagetsu. Credit: Stephen Sauer

News | Apr 13, 2022 | Meredith Somers

MIT Sloan School of Management, Ideas Made to Matter
A ‘big, bold idea’ for better sanitary pads

Systems Change: Sustainable Innovations Powering the Great Transformation

Kristin Kagetsu, Co-founder Saathi

News | Nov 10, 2021 | Climate Hub

The New York Times
Systems Change: Sustainable Innovations Powering the Great Transformation

Eco-friendly sanitary pads made of banana fibre – Saathi pads’s solution to menstrual waste ... read more on social.yourstory.com

News | Aug 10, 2015 | Snigdha Sinha

Social Story
Eco-friendly sanitary pads made of banana fibre – Saathi pads’s solution to menstrual waste ... read more on social.yourstory.com

John Hoffmire: Saathi pads: Sustainability addressing India's needs for sanitary pads

Feminine hygiene pad from Saathi, a 2015 D-Lab Scale-Ups venture.

News | Mar 22, 2016 | John Hoffmire

Deseret News
John Hoffmire: Saathi pads: Sustainability addressing India's needs for sanitary pads

Saathi: Healthcare startup makes biodegradable pads from banana fibre

Amrita Saigal of Saathi Pads.

News | Jan 06, 2017 | Vishal Dutta, ET Bureau

The Economic Times (India)
Saathi: Healthcare startup makes biodegradable pads from banana fibre

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