1Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Anna University, Regional Campus Coimbatore, Navavoor, Coimbatore-641 046, Tamil Nadu, India
2Ph. D. (PT) Research Scholar-Management Studies, Karpagam University, Eachanari, Coimbatore-641 021, Tamil Nadu
3Assistant Professor-Department of Business Management, St. Joseph's Degree & PG College, Basheerbagh, King Koti Main Road, Hyderabad-500 029, Andhra Pradesh, India
4Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Gnanamani College of Technology, A.K. Samuthiram, Pachal Post, Namakkal-637 018, Tamil Nadu, India
5Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode-638 052, Tamil Nadu, India
Online published on 20 May, 2016.
This paper designed to assess the present scenario of women entrepreneurs in India as globally women entrepreneurs have become an integral part of the quest for the sustained economic development and social progress and are also playing a vital role. Entrepreneurship among women is relatively recent phenomenon. Due to the growing industrialization, social legislation, urbanization, political and economic transformations, the emergence of women owned enterprises are fast increasing in the economies of almost all countries. Spread of education and awareness has shifted the position of women from kitchen to higher levels of professional activities. Women entrepreneurship is gaining importance in India. In modern India, more and more women are taking up entrepreneurial activity especially in MSMEs. At the same time women entrepreneurs are faced with many social, economic and family problems too. This paper focuses growth & performance of MSME sector and the problems faced by women entrepreneurs in the competitive world of business environment.
Entrepreneurship, MSME's, Women Entrepreneurship
