• Dr. Komal Mistry

According to the Women’s Financial Network, women start businesses at two times the rate of men. While women are starting more businesses than men, they find it harder at the outset to grow their businesses and access venture capital. Women entrepreneurs constitute 10 % of the number of entrepreneurs in our country (Bharthvajan R). All over the world there is a realization that the best way to tackle poverty and enable the community to improve its quality of life is through social mobilization of poor, especially women into self-help groups. Since independence many revolutionary schemes have been launched for the empowerment of women in our country. Indian government has taken lot of initiatives to strengthen the institutional rural credit system and development programs. Here, researcher has made an attempt to collect evidences of problems and prospects faced by aspiring women entrepreneurs of Gujarat.

Challenges, Prospects, Women Entrepreneurs

"Learning to Take Risks, Learning to Succeed: A Study on Challenges Faced by Imminent Women Entrepreneurs of Gujarat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.527-532, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006075.pdf

"Learning to Take Risks, Learning to Succeed: A Study on Challenges Faced by Imminent Women Entrepreneurs of Gujarat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp527-532, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006075.pdf