Empowerment Of Women Through Entrepreneurship

Empowerment of women through entrepreneurship is a collection of 31 papers, which presents a new and fundamental way of brining empowerment through different entrepreneurial activities ranging from agriculture, non-agriculture manufacturing brings the fact that women are independent and significantly contribute to family and soicety in terms of measurable economic activities. The dynamisms,innovation, self-confidence are described in this book. All facts and figures are supported by various authenticated reports and published documents. This book may act as compendium of women entrepreneurship issues and their solutions.
About Author :
Dr. L. Rathakrishnan is working as Reader in the Department of Rural Industires and Management at Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram. he has a distinct and outstanding academic record. The author had his Ph.d. from Pondicherry University and doing research and teaching in the area of Rural Industries and Management, Resource and Environmental Economics and Women Empowerment. he had an opportunity to associate with French Institute of Pondicherry, as an economist, for two years and submiteed an independent research report on Forest Based Industries in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. On top of it, the author had visited the London School of Economics and Politicial Science, U.K. and completed his Post Doctoral Research (PDR) programme successfuly. He had published more than 40 research articles and one book (in French). He had attened and presented 30 research papers in National and International conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is a member in Ten National and International Organizations.
Contents :
Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part I. Women Empowerment: The Background Part II. Self-Help Group: Means of Sustainable Women Entrepreneurship Part III. Empowerment of Women Through Entrepreneurship : Empirical Findings Part IV. Women Entrepreneurs: Problems and Prospects Index