Professional Documents
Culture Documents
N.Md.Faiyaz Ahmed
M.com, M.Phil, PGDADV, NET
Assistant Professor of Commerce (Finance & Accounts),
Islamiah College (Autonomous),
Vaniyambadi
Vaniyambadi- 635 752, Velore District, Tamilnadu
INTRODUCTION
Women Entrepreneurs may be defined as the women
3. Women's family obligations also bar them from
or a group of women who initiate, organize and
becoming successful entrepreneurs
operate a business enterprise. Government of India
4. Indian women give more emphasis to family ties
has defined women entrepreneurs as an enterprise
and relationships. Married women have to make a
owned and controlled by a women having a minimum
fine balance between business and home.
financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at
5. Lack of knowledge of availability of the raw
least 51% of employment generated ted in the enterprise
materials and low-level level negotiation and
to women.
bargaining skills
Women in business are the surprising phenomena 6. Another argument is that women entrepreneurs
India. Women entrepreneurs are emerged in business have low-level
level management skills. They have to
due to push and pull factors such as Saddled with depend on office staffs and intermediaries, to get
household chores, death of bread winner and domestic things done, especially, the th marketing and sales
responsibilities
esponsibilities of women, want to get independence side of business.
Such situation is described as pull factors. While in 7. Low-level
level risk taking attitude
push factors women engaged in business desire to 8. They lack encouragement and motivation from
show their talent, to gain recognition, importance, others. Men in fact discourage them and are
social status etc. jealous of their success in business.
Indian women are not only educated, cated, talented, How to Develop Women Entrepreneurs
confident, ambitious, career oriented but tthey also
Consider women as specific ific target group for all
know their minds! This Hence, foresight, time time-
developmental programmes.
management ability, patience, negotiating and
Better educational facilities and schemes should
budgeting skills of an entrepreneur are ingrained in
be extended to women folk from government part.
the modern woman
Training in entrepreneurial attitudes should start at
Problems of Women Entrepreneurs in India: the high school level through well-designed
well
courses which build confidence through
1. Male dominant social order is the stumbling block behavioral games. A Women Entrepreneur's
in their way towards business success. Male Guidance Cell set up to handle the various
members think it a big risking fator a ventures run problems of women entrepreneurs all over the
by women. state
2. The bankers put unrealistic and unreasonable
securities to get loan to women entrepreneurs.
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4. Naina Lal Kidwai, Deputy, Chairman Max 7. Radhika Roy, Managing Director/ NDTV
Financial Services Ltd.
The story goes that Radhika Roy, NDTV's founder
Naina Lal Kidwai (born 1957) is the Chief Executive (she set up the company in 1987) and chief executive
Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking producer. For the two new channels, one in English
Corporation India branches. She is the first Indian and the other in Hindi, Roy is said to have
woman to graduate from the Harvard Business painstakingly worked out all the details -- content,
School. Naina Lal Kidwai is the former Group fixed point chart (the programme schedule), set
General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India. design, and the look and feel of the products on air
She has been awarded with Padma Shri, one of the and managing the company's day-to-day affairs. She
highest civilian honours (2007). She is currently the is the guiding vision and force behind NDTV.
Chairman of Max financial Services Ltd.
8. Rama Bijapurkar, Independent Management
5. Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson, Apollo Consultant
Hospitals Group.
Rama Bijapurkar is one of India's most respected
She is the daughter of Apollo founder, Dr. P.C. Reddy thought leaders on market strategy and consumer
.She was born in 1957 in Hyderabad,. Under Preetha related issues in India. She is also a keen commentator
Reddy’s leadership, The Apollo Specialty Hospital on social and cultural changes in the evolving
has emerged as a major oncology referral centre in liberalizing India. She has her own market strategy
Asia, and this hospital is one of the few places with consulting practice and works with an impressive list
facility to offer bone marrow transplantation. The of Indian and global companies, guiding the
hospital was first to perform cord blood development of their business-market strategies. She
transplantation in India. describes her mission as bringing "market focus to
business strategy".
Currently, the Apollo Group has more than 6,400 beds
and 16,500 employees, and has emerged as an 9. Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designer
integrated global healthcare provider, attracting
patients from all over India, the other countries of the Ritu Kumar is synonym of the Indian fashion industry;
Indian subcontinent like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, she created inroads to the world of fashion with her own
and Pakistan, the Middle East and the Gulf states recipe of blending tradition and modernity to produce
the finest example of the work of art. Ritu has been
6. Preeti Vyas Giannetti, CEO/ Vyas Gianneti regularly designing the wardrobes for the Indian beauty
Creative pageants comprising swimwear, evening wear,
traditional Indian wear, casual wear and formal evening
She’s unique. The only Creative Director who is CEO gowns. Some of her global achievements include the
and ranked as one of the 25 most powerful women in wardrobes for the Miss India, for participation in the
Indian business. She is famous as a designer, but International beauty pageants like Miss Universe, Miss
prefers to be seen as a creative strategist. Started by World & Miss Asia Pacific respectively. Many times
Preeti Vyas Giannetti in 1997, VGC was the very first she has won the award for the Most Outstanding
agency in the country to provide holistic Evening Gown in International pageants.
communication solutions to its clients, ranging from
advertising to design and interactive media. Today, it 10. Shahnaz Husain CEO, Shahnaz Herbals
is a total brand communications agency with a
dedicated team of over 75 professionals in Delhi and Shahnaz Husain Group, largest producers, ayurvedic,
Mumbai, blue-chip clients and capitalized billings of herbal products, world, personal profile, producing,
over $40 million. This includes providing holistic marketing, ayurvedic products, substitute, chemical
communication strategies and services such as cosmetics, niche product, Indian market, brand
Advertising, Brand and Corporate Identity, Packaging retailed, major stores, Shahnaz Husain products,
Design, Publication Design, Retail Displays, Graphic business style, subsidiary, ancillary activities, training
Design, Web Design, etc. VGC recently launched its institutes, Ayurvedic massage centers, health resorts .
sports firm- Vyas Giannetti Creative Sports- India. Her company, Shahnaz Husain Herbals is one of the
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largest manufacturers of herbal products in the SOME SCHEMES:
world. It formulates and markets over 400 products
for various beauties and health needs. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
A number of awards, both national and international Swarnjayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana(SJSRY)
have been conferred on Shahnaz Husain. Some of Differential Rate of Interest Scheme(DRI)
them are "The Arch of Europe Gold Star for Quality", Micro Credit to Self-Help Groups(SHGs)
"One of the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the
World", "The 2000 Millennium Medal of Honor", Stree Shakti Package - For women to put up small-
"Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award", etc. scale industry
Mahila Udyam Nidhi Scheme -Supported by various
11. Shobhana bhartia, Editorial
state governments and banks
Director/Hindustan Times Media
Annapurna scheme - For financing women to
Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957) is the Vice- establish food catering units
Chairperson and Editorial Director of the india’s
leading newspaper and media house. She is Priyadarshini scheme –Offers loans to women
considered to be one of the motive forces behind the entrepreneurs
transformation of the Hindustan Times "into a bright,
young paper. Loan by Commercial Banks & Financial Institutions
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