IN THE NEWS

What the press has said about our work

Newspapers, television and online media on Pinkishe’s menstrual health work with girls and women, since 2018.

8,41,221
girls and women supported
6,519
menstrual health classes
150+
districts in 25 states and 3 union territories
50+
corporate and institutional partners
As of 30 September 2026
AS SEEN IN
NDTVCNBC-TV18The Times of IndiaThe Better IndiaThe CSR JournalDainik JagranNavbharat Times
NDTV The Times of India Outlook Vox CNBC-TV18 Republic YourStory Deccan Chronicle ThePrint DNA The Better India Dainik Jagran Navbharat Times Namasthe Telangana The CSR Journal The CSR Universe India CSR

And many more, in English, Hindi and Telugu. See every story →

EVERY STORY

All our coverage, year by year

Newspapers, magazines, websites and channels that have written about our work, newest first. Each one opens the original.

202611 stories
  • Namasthe Telangana (Telugu)September 2026

    A feature on how Khyati Gupta and Arun Gupta started Pinkishe.

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  • L’Oeil de la PhotographieSeptember 2026

    On the Festival della Fotografia Etica in Lodi, Italy, which shows Ginevra Bonina’s photographs on period poverty, made with Pinkishe.Also on the festival’s own page

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  • ET Edge InsightsAugust 2026

    On India’s Social Stock Exchange and the problem of demand.

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  • The CSR UniverseAugust 2026

    A long interview with our President, Arun Gupta, on lasting menstrual health work in schools.

    Read
  • Deccan ChronicleJuly 2026

    How the NSE Social Stock Exchange is changing India’s non-profit sector, with Pinkishe as one of two examples.

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  • The CSR UniverseJuly 2026

    Amazon India on its Prayatna programme, with Pinkishe named among its partners.

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  • YourStory (HerStory)June 2026

    A father and daughter, and the foundation they built.Also in YourStory’s daily newsletter

    Read
  • The CSR UniverseMay 2026

    Amazon India signs agreements under Prayatna, with Pinkishe among the partners.Also in 365 Telugu

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  • Percorsi di Secondo Welfare, ItalyMay 2026

    Period poverty and collaborative platforms in India, with Pinkishe as the main example.

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  • Give (blog)March 2026

    A Women’s Day piece on how Khyati Gupta started Pinkishe.

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  • India CSRFebruary 2026

    Indus Towers and Pinkishe complete pad vending machines in government schools in Telangana, under Nari Samman.Also in Business News Week, Prittle Prattle News and 365 Telugu

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20254 stories
  • VoxNovember 2025

    Our Founder, Khyati Gupta, named to Future Perfect 25.

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  • The EstablishedSeptember 2025

    Menstrual products in India have changed; women’s choices have not. Arun Gupta among the voices.

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  • Business News This WeekMarch 2025

    Artemis Health Sciences Foundation and Pinkishe launch the Her Comfort campaign on International Women’s Day.

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  • The CSR UniverseFebruary 2025

    Flipkart Foundation and Pinkishe begin the second phase of Udaan, in Ahmedabad and Varanasi.Also in NGOBOX

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20246 stories
  • Content Media SolutionNovember 2024

    Artemis Health Sciences Foundation and Pinkishe begin Her Comfort in Gurugram.

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  • Republic WorldSeptember 2024

    Republic’s Heroes of Change: our Founder, Khyati Gupta, among the honourees.

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  • IndiaMedTodaySeptember 2024

    Artemis Health Sciences Foundation and Pinkishe join hands on menstrual health in Delhi NCR.

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  • Give (blog)April 2024

    A profile of Pinkishe’s work with sanitary pads and period education.

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  • Business Standard (ANI release)March 2024

    Khyati Gupta among the honourees of the Women Icon Awards 2024.

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  • MENAFNMarch 2024

    Innisfree and Pinkishe on menstrual education, for International Women’s Day.

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20236 stories
  • NCR Express News (Hindi)November 2023

    NPCL’s menstrual hygiene campaign in villages and schools, with Pinkishe as partner.

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  • Public Interest RegistryOctober 2023

    Pinkishe among the finalists of the .ORG Impact Awards.

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  • The CSR UniverseAugust 2023

    Flipkart Foundation, Give and Pinkishe join hands for Udaan.Also in Flipkart Stories

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  • The CSR JournalAugust 2023

    The launch of Udaan, our menstrual awareness project with Flipkart Foundation.

    Read
  • DNA HindiJune 2023

    A Father’s Day video interview with Arun Gupta and Khyati Gupta.Also in India.com Hindi

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  • NDTVJune 2023

    The story of Pinkishe, and the father and daughter behind it.

    Read the story
20224 stories
  • ThePrint (ANI)December 2022

    Meta on WhatsApp Communities for social impact, with Arun Gupta quoted.Also in ANI

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  • OutlookAugust 2022

    We The People: reducing period poverty, one pad at a time.

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  • Milaap (video)August 2022

    A short film on Pinkishe’s work with free sanitary pads and period education.

    Watch
  • Dainik Bhaskar UP (Hindi)May 2022

    Girls in Meerut schools learn about menstrual hygiene.

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20212 stories
  • The Better IndiaDecember 2021

    How Pinkishe began, and its menstrual health work with girls and women.

    Read the story
  • Give (blog)May 2021

    An interview with Arun Gupta on why menstrual health takes a back seat during a crisis, in the lockdown.

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20182 stories
  • The Times of IndiaMarch 2018

    Maniesh Paul launches PadBank at Cyber Hub, Gurugram, on International Women’s Day.

    Read the story
  • 94.3 My FM (radio)February 2018

    A radio feature on our volunteers’ work in Gwalior, in the early years.

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Print clippings from local papers are further down the page. If we have missed a story about our work, please write to info@pinkishe.org.

RECOGNISED

Recognised for this work

Two of the honours given to Pinkishe Foundation for its menstrual health work.

Certificate of the Republic Heroes of Change Award 2024, presented to Khyati Gupta
2024 · REPUBLIC TVHeroes of Change AwardReceived by Khyati Gupta, Founder of Pinkishe Foundation, for Pinkishe Foundation.
The Mahatma Award 2022 being presented on stage at the Liveweek ceremony
2022 · LIVEWEEK GROUPMahatma Award, Social Good and Impact
See all our recognition →
ON SCREEN

On television and online

Each video plays only when you press play.

HEROES OF CHANGE AWARD · 2024
Khyati Gupta receives the Heroes of Change Award
CNBC-TV18 WITH NEWS18 · 2023
Whisper Keep Girls in School: Arun Gupta in discussion with P&G Whisper
META (FACEBOOK) · 2022
Facebook highlights Khyati Gupta’s story on International Women’s Day
ESTAH SOCIETY · 2024
Arun Gupta on his journey and Pinkishe’s work
INDIA IS US · PODCAST · 2023
In conversation with Arun Gupta
SWITCH (ZEE) · 2024
What happens when men experience period pain: our period pain simulator at Zee
OVER THE YEARS

Clippings from the papers

Local and regional papers, from the schools and towns where we work. Tap any clipping to read it in full.

THE BUSINESS GUARDIAN · GURUGRAM · 2024Project Her Comfort with Artemis Health Sciences Foundation, for girls and women in Delhi NCR.Read the story →
NAVBHARAT TIMES · INDIRAPURAM, GHAZIABAD · 2024A sanitary pad vending machine for house helps and women guards at a housing society.Read the story →
SAVERA NEWS · UDHAMPUR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR · 2024NCC girl cadets ran a menstrual hygiene campaign, with sanitary napkins from Pinkishe.
NAVBHARAT · SARANGARH-BILAIGARH, CHHATTISGARH · 2024Sanitary pads and a talk on periods for the brides at the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah.Read the story →
DHARA NEWS · MEERUT · 2023Girls at a Rajpura school learnt about periods and received sanitary pads.
DHARA NEWS · MEERUT · 2022Girls at ITI Saket learnt about menstrual hygiene and the sanitary pad vending machine.
THE GRAM TODAY · ONLINE · 2021Lal Rang Zindagi Ka, an online literary seminar on Menstrual Hygiene Day.
GHAZIABAD · 2021Pinkishe chosen for Facebook’s Community Accelerator programme.
NAVBHARAT TIMES · GHAZIABAD · 2018Sanitary pads sent from Ghaziabad to women in flood-hit Kerala.Read the story →
HISAR · 2018An awareness drive and sanitary pads for women in Hisar.
THE TIMES OF INDIA · GURUGRAM · 2018Maniesh Paul launches PadBank at Cyber Hub, on International Women’s Day.Read the story →
DAINIK JAGRAN I-NEXT · MEERUTThe launch of Kishori, with P&G Whisper: street plays on periods in four districts.Read the story →
DAINIK JAGRAN I-NEXT · MEERUTOur programme with P&G in Meerut’s government schools.Read the story →
NATIONAL PRESS TIMES · MEERUTOur programme with P&G in Meerut’s government schools.
NINE NEWS NETWORK · HAPURA Kishori street play on periods at the Kasturba Gandhi school.Read the story →
DAINIK JAGRAN · HISARGirls learn to use the pad vending machines, on Menstrual Hygiene Day.Read the story →
NATIONAL PRESS TIMES · MEERUTA one-day workshop with the women’s cell at Meerut Institute of Technology.
DHARA NEWS · KHARKHODA, MEERUTA menstrual hygiene workshop at a government inter college.
VIRAAT VAIBHAV · MEERUTWomen in Lal Kurti received sanitary pads and learnt about menstrual hygiene.
RANGPO, SIKKIMA session with the NSS unit of Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology.
HALDWANIGirls at the Dharohar shelter home learnt about menstrual hygiene.

Where a paper or a date is not shown, we could not read it from the clipping.

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