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    This document provides an overview of women entrepreneurs in India. It defines women entrepreneurs as women who start, organize, and operate a business enterprise, with a minimum of 51% ownership. Women have predominantly started businesses in the service, trade, and manufacturing industries. Factors pushing and pulling women to start businesses include changes in family income, utilizing education and free time, and gaining independence. Common challenges faced include male dominance, lack of access to financing, and competition. The document then profiles Shahnaz Husain, a successful Ayurvedic cosmetics entrepreneur who has built a global business valued at $100 million using only herbal products.

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    WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

    Guided by:

    Prof. Dilip Oak

    Presented by:

    Arpit Beedkar (0129)


    Sonali Brahmecha (0134)
    Vandita Gupta (0167)
    INTRODUCTION
    WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS MAYBE DEFINED AS-
    THE WOMEN OR A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO
    INITIATE, ORGANIZE AND OPERATE A BUSINESS
    ENTERPRISE.

    GOVT. OF INDIA DEFINES WOMEN


    ENTREPRENEURS AS:
    AN ENTERPRISE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY A
    WOMAN HAVING A MINIMUM FINANCIAL INTEREST
    OF 51% OF THE CAPITAL AND GIVING ATLEAST
    51% OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATED IN THE
    ENTERPRISE TO WOMEN.
    SECTORAL ANALYSIS
    Women have taken up jobs in 3 different and crucial sectors
    namely:
    SERVICE INDUSTRY (45%)
    TRADE INDUSTRY (35%)
    MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (20%)

    Service Industry

    Trade Industry

    Manufacturing
    Industry
    FACTORS
    Why do women get into business?

    Push Factors
    •Death of bread-winner
    •Sudden fall in family income
    •Permanent inadequacy in income of the family

    Pull Factors
    •Utilize education and free time
    •To get economic independence
    •To gain recognition, social status and importance
    •To evaluate their talent
    PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR

    1. Male dominance
    2. Social Attitudes
    3. Family involvement
    4. Lack of education
    5. Non-availability of finance
    6. Severe competition
    7. No risk-bearing capacity
    8. Lack of experience
    9. Too much dependence on middlemen
    SHAHNAZ HUSAIN
    BACKGROUND
    •She belongs to a royal Muslim family
    •Got married when she was 15
    •Went to Teheran with her husband, studied cosmetology
    •While pursuing her studies-learnt the harmful effects of cosmetics
    •She studied Ayurveda and believed that it is the best alternative to chemical
    cosmetics
    •Took extensive training in cosmetic therapy for 10 years in New York, Paris and
    Copenhagen.
    • Returned to India in 1977,opened her first beauty salon in Delhi, that used only
    Ayurvedic products that are absolutely safe with Rs.35,000
    •She has ushered an era of herbal cosmetics
    •Company has gone global
    •In 2002,her company touched $100 million.
    •Shahnaz husain herbal employees 4200 people in 650 salons spread across 104
    countries
    AWARDS

    •THE ARCH OF EUROPE GOLD STAR FOR QUALITY

    •THE 2000 MILLENNIUM MEDAL OF HONOR

    •RAJIV GANDHI SADBHAVANA AWARD

    •WORLD’S GREATEST WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD-


    SUCCESS MAGAZINE

    •WOMEN OF THE MILLENIUM AWARD

    •OUTSTANDING WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR, 2002


    THANK YOU

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