Muruganantham has become well-known as a social entrepreneur.[21] He has given lectures at many institutions including IIT Bombay,[22] IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore[3] and Harvard University.[23] He has also given a TED talk.[12] His story was the subject of a prize-winning documentary by Amit Virmani, Menstrual Man,[24][25] and the film Phullu (2017) directed by Abhishek Saxena.