Professional Documents
Culture Documents
COLLEGE
SESSION(2012-2013)
Women are
leading men in
corporate
CONCEPT &DEFINITIONS
OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneur:
Entrepreneurship:
Women Entrepreneur:
It may be defined as a woman or group of women who initiate, organise and run a
business enterprise.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN
AS ENTREPRENEURS
Imaginative
Attribute to work hard
Persistence
Ability and desire to take risk
Profit earning capacity
Ability to motivate people
Knowing how to win
gracefully
CATEGORIES OF WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS
I.
CATEGORIES OF WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS IN INDIA
First Category:
Second Category:
CATEGORIES OF WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS IN
PRACTICE IN INDIA (cont.)
Third Category:
Illiterate women
Financially week
Involved in family business such as Agriculture,
Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries, Agro
Forestry, Handloom, Pottery etc.
I. PULL FACTORS:
Percentages
Countries
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
INDIA
States
No of Units
Registered
No. of Women
Entrepreneurs
Percenta
ge
Tamil Nadu
9618
2930
30.36
Uttar Pradesh
7980
3180
39.84
Kerala
5487
2135
38.91
Punjab
4791
1618
33.77
Maharastra
4339
1394
32.12
Gujrat
3872
1538
39.72
Karnatka
3822
1026
26.84
Madhya
Pradesh
2967
842
28.38
14576
4185
28.71
Total
57,452
18,848
32.82
OVERALL PRODUCT
SELECTION BY WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS IN INDIA
1.
2.
3.
Woman
who
singlehandedly founded and
made Balaji Telefilms
Currently the creative
head of Balaji Telefilms
and counted as one of
the top 10 women
entrepreneurs of today.
Known to be fiercely
protective
of
her
company and brand,
Ekta
is
also
very
professional and has
strong
business
acumen.
Ekta Kapoor
Shahnaz Husain
A native ofAmritsar.
Kumar
has
been
designing
the
wardrobes com of the
three
winningMiss
Indias,
for
their
participation
in
InternationalBeauty
Pageants.
Ritus outfits have been
patronized
by
style
icons
such
as
latePrincess
DianaandJemima Khan.
Ritu
Kumar
PSYCHO-SOCIAL BARRIERS
Poor self-image of women
Inadequate motivation
Discriminating treatment
Faulty socialisation
Role conflict
Cultural values
Lack of courage and self-confidence
Inadequate encouragement
Lack of social acceptance
Unjust socio-economic and cultural system
Lack of freedom of expression
Afraid of failures and criticism
Susceptible to negative attitudes
Non-persistent attitude
Low dignity of labour
Lacking in leadership qualities
SUGGESTIONS
Procedure of getting finance should be simple
Effective propagation of programmes and yojnas.
Linkages between product, services and market centers.
Encouragement to technical and professional education.
Change in Attitude
Training
Increase in mobility
Initiate them to Professionalism
Provision of various amenities
Inculcating marketing skills
Self recognition and growth
Domestic Agencies:
Small Industries Development Bank of
India, SIDBI
Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI)
Ministry of Small Scale Industries (SSI),
Government of India.
National Bank for Agriculture Rural
Development (NABARD)
Department of Women and Child
Development (WCD), Ministry of HRD, GOI
Self Help Groups (SHG)
Mahila Mandali
WOMEN ORGANISATIONS
SUPPORTING WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS
Shri Mahila Griha Udhyog Lijjat Papad;
www.lijjat.com
Mahila Bunkar Sahakari Samiti, UP
SABAL: Crafting Exports of Indian
Handicrafts; www.sabalaindia.com
www.indiatogether.org
THANK YOU!!!