• Chitra Sharma Mishra
• Dr. Sukhmani Waraich
• Dr. B S Bhatia

The role of women entrepreneurs is very important to the economic development in most of the nations as women represent nearly half of the population of the nation. Growing rates of women’s contribution have facilitated developed nations in ever-increasing their growth rate. As compared to male work participation rate in India women work participation rate is quite low. This paper attempts to find out trend and pattern of women work participation in Punjab. A snowball sampling technique is used for the selection of the units. Women working in the areas of manufacturing, trading or services which are owned and managed by them are covered in the study as women are self employed in tiny and micro ventures. Women involved in fashion boutiques, beauty parlors, tuition centers, tiffin services, small shops are approached to take data for collection and empirical investigation. The study managed to come up with two main policy recommendations that are envisioned to go a long way in improving the performance of women entrepreneurs in Punjab as well as in India.

Entrepreneurship, Tiny and Micro Ventures, Women Entrepreneurs.

"Women Entrepreneurs: A Study of Selected Districts of Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.474-483, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901864.pdf

"Women Entrepreneurs: A Study of Selected Districts of Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp474-483, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901864.pdf