• K.N.B.KUMARI
• DR.M.UMA DEVI

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurs play a key role in any economy. These are the people who have the skills and necessary initiatives to take some new ideas to market or provide a service and make the right decisions to make their ideas profitable. Women entrepreneurs are significant players in any developing country particularly in terms of their contribution to economic development. According to the National Sample Survey Organization only 14 per cent of the total entrepreneurs in India, which works out to 8 million, 10 per cent of all formal enterprises are owned by women. The data also revealed that most of these women run companies are small-scale and about 79 percent of them are self-financed. This indicates that in spite of the numerous initiatives taken by women to venture beyond their domestic wall and enter the corporate walls. The Educated Indian women have to go a long way to achieve equal rights and position because traditions are deeply rooted in Indian society where the sociological and psychological factors set up have been a male dominated one. Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women have been standing tall from the rest of the crowd and are celebrated for their achievements in their respective fields. Women must be of strong intent and be decisive of the purpose of establishing her business from the preliminary objective, to the implementation layout, to the finale goal. Emerging countries are definitely in dire need to boost women entrepreneurship as women workforce is promptly available to exploit the unexplored dimensions of business endeavors. The transformation of the social fabric of the Indian society, in terms of the increased educational status of women and varied aspirations for better living, has necessitated a change in the lifestyle of every Indian woman. The present study has been an attempt to generate awareness and to understand the meaning of what women entrepreneurship is and how important it is or the development of the world rationally, economically and in all spheres. An extensive literature review is done on women entrepreneurs. At the end some major problems faced by Indian women entrepreneurs, success stories of Indian women entrepreneurs, factors influencing women entrepreneurship and the perspective of different sections of the society about women entrepreneurship have been noted. Index terms-women entrepreneurship, success stories, problems faced by women.

Entrepreneurs, National Sample Survey Organization, Entrepreneurship, Sociological, Psychological, Economic Development.

"WOMEN ENTERPRENUERSHIP IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.g612-g619, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310570.pdf

"WOMEN ENTERPRENUERSHIP IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. ppg612-g619, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310570.pdf