• KALPANA C
• LAHARI KV

Women play an important role in the development and growth of the society. The term ‘women empowerment ‘has become a cliché in recent times focusing on the social aspects, losing its edge on the significance of the various factors in the economy. Although there has been a drastic increase in the literacy rate of women in India since Independence, the climate of opinions in the society still ceases to exist as a hurdle for them to forge ahead. Therefore, empowering women in the field of entrepreneurship paves the way for them to explore, identify, evaluate, elaborate, decide and recreate the best suited domain from their surroundings. In developing countries like India, women entrepreneurs should be given a chance to explore the opportunities to utilize the resources provided by the Government in the best possible way. The present empirical study utilizes a structured questionnaire with the objective to find out the knowledge, awareness and attitudes of one hundred postgraduate female students of Bengaluru based colleges on empowering women through entrepreneurship. Personal Interviews and appropriate statistical tests have also been carried out to gather information and analyse the date and prove the hypothesis. The study is intending to benefit social science practitioners, research scholars, corporates, academicians, planners and policy makers who aspire to gain more insight and facilitate to promote women entrepreneurship. This paper also portrays the challenges faced by women due to societal backlash and focuses on the essentiality of women empowerment in India.

Women Empowerment; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth and Development; Government Policies and Schemes; Social Constraints;

"EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: CHALLENGES AND ISSUES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.295-299, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908195.pdf

"EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: CHALLENGES AND ISSUES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp295-299, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908195.pdf