Women Entrepreneurship

“A women Entrepreneur is one who accepts challenging role to meet her

personal needs and become economically independent.”

Definition : “ An enterprise owned and controlled by

women having a minimum financial interest of 51% of capital and giving at least 51% of employment generated in the enterprise to women.”

“Women who think of a business enterprise, initiate it, organize and combine the factors of production, operate the enterprise and undertake risk and handle economic uncertainty involved in running a business enterprise.”

Why do Women Take-up Employment?(Needs WE)

Push FactorsDeath of bread winnerSudden fall in family incomePermanent inadequacy in income of the family

Pull FactorsWomen’s desire to evaluate their talentTo utilize their free time or educationNeed and perception of Women’s Liberation, Equity

etc.To gain recognition, importance and social status.To get economic independence

Categories of Women Entrepreneurs in Practice in India (Contd.)

Third CategoryIlliterate womenFinancially weekInvolved in family business such as

Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries, Agro Forestry, Handloom, Powerloom etc.

Women Entrepreneurship in India

States No of Units Registered

No. of Women Entrepreneurs

Percentage

Tamil Nadu 9618 2930 30.36

Uttar Pradesh 7980 3180 39.84

Kerala 5487 2135 38.91

Punjab 4791 1618 33.77

Maharastra 4339 1394 32.12

Gujrat 3872 1538 39.72

Karnatka 3822 1026 26.84

Madhya Pradesh

2967 842 28.38

Other States & UTS

14576 4185 28.71

Total 57,452 18,848 32.82

Women Work Participation

Country Percentage

India (2000-2010) 38.6

USA 52

UK 43

Indonesia 40

Sri Lanka 35

Brazil 35

Some Examples of Great Women Entrepreneurs

Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai, Investment Banker Fortune magazine listed her as one of the world’s most powerful businesswomen in 2003. India Inc recognises her as one of its most powerful investment bankers. But Naina Lal Kidwai, HSBC’s deputy CEO, can’t be reduced to simple woman-banker equations; her professional vision transcends gender

Shahnaz Husain Shehnaz Hussain Herbals- one of the largest herbal

manufacturer in the world

SH Group, based in New Delhi orth $100mn

Employed around 4200 people, in 650 salons, spread across 104 countries

Belongs to a royal muslim family, married at the age of 15

Never advertised, relied on word of mouth publicity

First Indian women whose goods were retailed in foreign markets

Vineeta Bali Director, Academic Success Program

she practiced law as a business litigator for three years, and then as a transactional attorney for the Silicon Valley Law Group for several years.

Her main responsibilities as a transactional attorney were in the following areas: mergers and acquisitions, investor financing and corporate funding, business formation and corporate governance, securities compliance for privately held and public companies.

Ekta Kapoor

Most dynamic young achiever in theCountryCreative Director of Balaji TelefilmsQueen of Indian Television industry-’SaasBahu Serials’Hands on managerBest Entrepreneur in 2001 Inexperience was her biggest challenge

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

The women behind Biocon- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

India’s biggest Biotechnology company

Set up Biocon in garage of her rented house

In 2004 she became India’s richest women

Entered the Fortune list of 50 most pewerful women in international business

Forward looking, self driven,enterprising & outspoken

Awarded with Padmabushan in 2005

Challenges faced:

Her ageGenderUnfamiliar business environmentTechnical challenges

ProblemsDual role to play at workplace & at

home placeSubordinate to menJust that her being womenNon-awareness of facilities provided

by governmentCompetition with large scale unitsProblems related to marketing

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