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Shri S Damodaran

Shri S Damodaran

(Environmental Protection)

About Shri S Damodaran

  • S Damodarana was awarded Padma Shri award in 2022 for his major contribution in the field of social work. 
  • He was the first graduate in his family, from a very early age, Mr. Damodaran was determined to serve society in a meaningful way 
  • He was instrumental in declaring India’s first village Thanadavampatti as 100% open defecation free in Tamil Nadu and declared India’s first slum Kalmandhai as an open defecation-free zone.
    • He has designed the innovative child friendly toilet models suitable for urban slums, anganwadi centres and for the schools.  
  • With his mentorship, Guardian Microfinance Institution, the first MFI in the world was promoted by Gramalaya which is only providing loans for household water connections and toilet construction. 

Social Work

  • S. Damodaran is the Founder of Gramalaya, started in 1987. 
  • Gramalaya is an Indian Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) that has recently led successful campaigns in the rural and urban areas of Tamil Nadu. 
    • As of 2022, as an approved key resource centre of the Ministry of Jalshakti Gramalaya has been actively involved in community-led sanitation programmes aimed at eradicating open defecation and replacing it with safe personal hygiene protocols and eco-friendly toilets. 
  • For the past six years, Gramalaya has been working in menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls by promoting reusable cloth sanitary napkins.  
    • It is also looking at reducing malnutrition among young children 
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