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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Abhijeet Tarar (103)

Arpit Beedkar (128)Sonali Bramhecha (134)Sachin Dhakrao (148)Vandita Gupta (167)


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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS MAYBE DEFINED AS-

THE WOMEN OR A GROUP OF WOMEN WHOINITIATE, ORGANIZE AND OPERATE A BUSINESSENTERPRISE.

GOVT. OF INDIA DEFINES WOMENENTREPRENEURS AS:AN ENTERPRISE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY AWOMAN HAVING A MINIMUM FINANCIAL INTEREST

OF 51% OF THE CAPITAL AND GIVING ATLEAST51% OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATED IN THEENTERPRISE TO WOMEN.


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Service Industry

Trade Industry

Manufacturing

Industry

Women have taken up jobs in 3 different and crucial sectors

namely:

SERVICE INDUSTRY (45%)

TRADE INDUSTRY (35%)

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (20%)


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Why do women get into business?

Push Factors

Death of bread-winner

Sudden fall in family income

Permanent inadequacy in income of the family

Pull Factors

Utilize education and free time

To get economic independence

To gain recognition, social status and importance

To evaluate their talent


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1. Male dominance

2. Social Attitudes

3. Family involvement

4. Lack of education

5. Non-availability of finance

6. Severe competition

7. No risk-bearing capacity

8. Lack of experience

9. Too much dependence on middlemen

Problems Faced by Women Entrepreneurs


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Shahnaz Husain


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She belongs to a royal Muslim family

Got married when she was 15

Went to Teheran with her husband, studied cosmetology

While pursuing her studies-learnt the harmful effects of cosmetics

She studied Ayurveda and believed that it is the best alternative to chemical

cosmetics

Took extensive training in cosmetic therapy for 10 years in New York, Paris andCopenhagen.

Returned to India in 1977,opened her first beauty salon in Delhi, that used onlyAyurvedic products that are absolutely safe with Rs.35,000

She has ushered an era of herbal cosmetics

Company has gone global

In 2002,her company touched $100 million.

Shahnaz husain herbal employees 4200 people in 650 salons spread across 104countries


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AWARDS

THE ARCH OF EUROPE GOLD STAR FOR QUALITY

THE 2000 MILLENNIUM MEDAL OF HONOR

RAJIV GANDHI SADBHAVANA AWARD

WORLDS GREATEST WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD-SUCCESS MAGAZINE

WOMEN OF THE MILLENIUM AWARD

OUTSTANDING WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR, 2002


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Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw


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Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Ltd.

Founded Biocon India with a capital of Rs.10,000 in her garage in1978.

Initial operation was to extract an enzyme from papaya.

Her application for loans were turned down by banks then on threecounts-

- Biotechnology was then a new word

- The company lacked assets

- Women entrepreneurs were still a rarity

In 2004, Biocon went for an IPO and the issue was oversubscribedby over 30 times.

PostIPO, Shaw held close to 40% of the stock of the company andwas regarded as Indias richest woman with an estimated worth of

Rs. 2,100 crore


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Sulajja Firodia Motwani

Controlling top positions at KineticEngineering Ltd, Kinetic Motor Company Ltd,Kinetic Marketing Services Ltd.

Active participant in setting the operations of

the company in India.

An epitome of boldness, determination andcourage.

Due to the tremendous expansion under her

tenure, the company has emerged from beinga mere moped manufacturer to one offering acomplete range of two wheelers right frommopeds, scooters to motorcycles.


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Indra Nooyi


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Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo.

Directed the companys global strategy for more than a decade and

led PepsiCos restructuring, including the 1997 divestiture of its

restaurants into Tricon, now known as Yum! Brands.

Took the lead in the acquisition of Tropicana in 1998, and mergerwith Quaker Oats Company, which also brought Gatorade toPepsiCo.

Key contributions include promoting and supporting sociallyresponsible business practices, including taking on one of the

planets most pressing problems, climate change. Her commitment to global citizenship is evidenced by her multiyear

growth strategy, Performance with Purpose.

Featured in the Wall Street Journals List and Times List in 2007

and 2008.


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Ekta Kapoor

Creative head of BalajjiTelefilms.

A smart woman with a

definite agenda and has alsobeen appropriately termed asAsia`s most powerfulcommunicator.


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Other eminent women entrepreneurs

- Simone Tata- Cosmetics- Vidya Manohar Chhabria- Consumer Electronics and Durables

- Priya Paul- Boutique Hotels

- Priyanka Malhotra- Book Publishing and Caf Business

- Bhawana Kakkar- Painting and Arts

- Manju Bharatam- Social Entrepreneur

- Rajashree Birla- Community and Rural Development

- Lalita Gupte, Kalpana Morparia, Chanda Kochhar, RenukaRamnath- Banking(ICICI)

- Anu Aga- Engineering(Thermax)- Indu Jain- spiritualist, entrepreneur(media), humanist, educationalist

- Neelam Dhawan- IT

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