Title: Women in EntrepreneurshipEditor: Prof. Elangbam Nixon SinghBinding: Hard CoverFirst Edition: 2016
About the book
Women, in the twenty first century, are considered by sociologists
and Government as equal partners in the development process but the status of
women as entrepreneur particularly in the entire North East India seems to be
bleak. Although Government sponsored schemes for development of
entrepreneurship in the region are in operation, geographical isolation,
fragility of the existing infrastructure, scarcity of finance and micro social
environment of the entrepreneurs pose formidable challenges in the path of
entrepreneurship development in entire region.
It is a fact that woman in entrepreneurship is
not a new concept in India. Women had taken many enterprising roles right from
ancient times. History talks about many women leaders who had fared well in
many spheres of life. However, women have never been regarded on the same
status as their male counterparts. There is a perception that
women are less capable, less entrepreneurial, or less enterprising. In fact in
some conservative societies it is believed that they should not be
entrepreneurs at all. Women are taken to be homemakers. In many societies
around the world, there are expectations that women will be home to care for
families, and therefore the burden of child care falls squarely on their
shoulders.
India’s
North Eastern Region can be said to be the least economically developed area of
the country because of many reasons. Even if the pace of industrial and
entrepreneurship development in the region is slow. However, the developmental
process is going on. For the development of industrial and entrepreneurial
sector in the region, many of the government agencies as well as
non-governmental agencies are taking the initiative in this regard. Besides
this, women in this region are very active in entrepreneurial activities.
The present book
entitled ‘Women in Entrepreneurship’ is a collection of 19 research papers based
on women entrepreneurship which has tried to identify some of the important
issues relating to the women enterprises in North East India. Though the papers
are mainly confined to the region, the findings and suggestions of the
different papers shall be equally applicable to all over the country,
particularly for the development of women in entrepreneurship. The editor has tried
to include research papers dealing with women in entrepreneurship in micro
level, which can also be widened to macro level. The findings of the papers
will help policy-makers to formulate policies and programmes for the upliftment
of women through entrepreneurship. At the same time, the present findings
derived from the study will immensely help the various policy makers in the
various states to formulate women-centric policies which can motivate and
generate economic resources of the women who constitute half of the society.
About the Editor
Prof. Elangbam
Nixon Singh is the Head, Department of Management, Mizoram Central University,
Aizawl. He has contributed many articles and research papers in referred
journals and books of social sciences, apart from presenting a number of papers
at various national and international conferences. Prof. Singh has already published
five books, viz., ‘Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurship’, ‘Industrial
Sickness in Manipur-Causes and Remedies’, ‘Savings and Investment in Rural
India’, ‘Entrepreneurship for Economic Development’ and ‘Women Entrepreneurship
in Northeast India: Issues and Challenges’. He has successfully completed and
submitted 3 (three) Major Research Projects reports under the funding of ICSSR,
New Delhi (2) and UGC, New Delhi (1).
At present, he
is an Associate Editor of ‘Management Convergence’, an international journal of
management, published by the Department of Management, Mizoram University,
Aizawl. His areas of interest are Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management,
Finance and Accounting.
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