WOMEN Entrepreneur

“An enterprise owned and controlled by a women having a minimum financial interest of 51% of the employment generated by the enterprise to women”

- Government of India

“A women entrepreneur can be defined as a confident, innovative & creative women capable of achieving self economic independence individually or in collaboration, generates employment opportunities for others through initiating, establishing and running the enterprise by keeping place with her personal, family & social life.”

- Kamal Singh

Push FactorsDeath of bread winnerSudden fall in family incomePermanent inadequacy in income of the family

Pull FactorsWomen’s desire to evaluate their talentTo utilize their free time or educationNeed and perception of Women’s Liberation, Equity etc.To gain recognition, importance and social status.To get economic independence

Nationalized banksState finance corporationState industrial development corporationDistrict industries centersDifferential rate schemesMahila Udyug Needhi schemeSmall Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)State Small Industrial Development Corporations

(SSIDCs)

Nehru Rojgar YojnaJawahar Rojgar YojnaTRYSEM (Training and Rural Youth of

Self-Employment)DWACRA (Development of Women

and Childrens in Rural Areas)

Earlier there were 3 Ks Kitchen Kids Knitting

Then came 3 Ps Powder Pappad Pickles

At present there are 4 Es Electricity Electronics Energy Engineering

Mahila Grih Udyog 7 ladies started in 1959: Lizzat Pappad

Lakme Simon Tata

Shipping corporation Mrs. Sumati Morarji

Exports Ms. Nina Mehrotra

Herbal Heritage Ms. Shahnaz Hussain

Balaji films Ekta Kapoor

Born on June 7, 1975 Daughter of film star Jitendra,

and Shobha Kapoor She had no interest in the

entertainment business during her childhood.

Did schooling from Bombay Scottish School

Graduating from Mithibai College in commerce

She was just quite ordinary at school

Now Creative Head of BalajiTelefilms

Incorporated in 1994Redefined the Indian television spaceGot strong start with hit show Hum PaanchRose to unprecedented heights in the late

1990s and 2000s.First blockbuster show "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”

Fingers on the audience pulseFocused on the target marketFocus on budget is key to

profitabilityFocuses on her core

competencies at BalajiHard workingOutstanding vision

Ekta was crowned ‘queen of soap operas’ and ventured into filmmaking in the late 1990s

Was awarded with Ernst & Young (E&Y) Startup Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2001

6th Indian Telly Awards 2006, Hall of Fame award for having contributed colossally to the Indian television industry

Has been named a Young Global Leader 2006 by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum

Most Promising Entrepreneur of the Year 2009’ by Indo-American Society

She was chosen to head the Confederation of Indian Industries' (CII) entertainment committee

Ekta Kapoor has joined hands with Bhojpuri film production banner Siddhivinayak Media Entertainment to produce two big budget Bhojpuri films.

'Hum Bal Brahmachari Tu Kanya Kunwari', will be a joint production of Ekta's Balaji telefilms and Siddhivinayak Media Entertainment

Born on March 23, 1953

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Schooling at Bishop Cotton Girls School and Mount Carmel College,Bangalore

B.Sc. in Zoology from Bangalore University in 1973

Ballarat University in Melbourne, Australia and qualified as a master brewer.

Awarded honorary doctorates from University of Abertay, Dundee, U.K. (2007), University of Glasgow, U.K. (2008) and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. (2008)

HER CAREER

Trainee brewer in Carlton & United Beverages in 1974Became India’s first Brew Master

Switch of occupationTrainee Manager with Biocon Biochemicals Limited in

Ireland in 1978Founded Biocon India in collaboration with Biocon

Biochemicals Limited

DETERMINATION

First company world wide to produce Insulin and in October 2008 it developed oral insulin too

As a leader she used to set feasible goals like production of enzymes and antibodies from fermentation and research process

Dual role to play at workplace & at home place

Subordinate to menJust that her being womenNon-awareness of facilities provided by

governmentCompetition with large scale unitsProblems related to marketing

Procedure of getting finance should be simpleEffective propagation of programmes and yojnaLinkages between product, services and market

centers.Encouragement to technical and professional

education.

The role of business Women in economic development is inevitable. Now-a-days women enter not only in selected professions but also in professions like trade, industry and engineering. Women are also willing to take up business and contribute to the Nation's growth. There role is also being recognized and steps are being taken to promote women entrepreneurship. Resurgence of entrepreneurship is the need of the hour. Women entrepreneurship must be moulded properly with entrepreneurial traits and skills to meet the changes in trends, challenges global markets and also be competent enough to sustain and strive for excellence in the entrepreneurial arena.

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