The document discusses women entrepreneurship in India. It defines a woman entrepreneur as a confident and creative woman who can achieve economic independence through establishing and running an enterprise while balancing personal and family responsibilities. It describes the functions of women entrepreneurs as exploring new business opportunities, undertaking risks, innovating, and taking on leadership and administrative roles. It also outlines some of the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in India such as lack of access to finance, raw materials, mobility and male-dominated society. The document then profiles Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh, a widow from Mumbai who runs a successful hotel and school to support her five children after losing her husband in an accident.

1. Women Entrepreneurship
Aafreen Shah Mohammed Amin,
Roll No-93, MCOM(Business Management
learner), semester-4,
Subject-Entrepreneurship management.

2. The concept of Women
Entrepreneur in India
Kamal Singh who is a woman entrepreneur from Rajasthan,
has defined woman entrepreneur as
• “a confident, innovative and creative woman capable of
achieving self-economic independence individually or in
collaboration,
• generates employment opportunities for others through
initiating, establishing and running the enterprise
by keeping pace with her personal,
family and social life.”

3. Functions Of Women
Entrepreneur
Exploration of the prospects of starting a new business
enterprise.
Undertaking of risks and the handling of economic
uncertainties involved in business.
Introduction of innovations or imitation of innovations.
Coordination, administration and control.
Supervision and leadership.

4. The concept of women
entrepreneurship
Women entrepreneurship is the process in which the
women performs the functions of an entrepreneur.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROCESS
PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF
ENTREPRENEUR
Women entrepreneurship is the process in which the
women performs the functions of an entrepreneur.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROCESS
PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF
ENTREPRENEUR

5. Contribution of women entreprenership
in the economy of the society.
Entrepreneurship provides the most powerful economically
empowering avenue for women, for the community, and the
nation.
In India, as per the Business Report 2014 and Survey
conducted by IFC, women-owned enterprises contribute
3.09% of industrial output and employ over 8 million
people.
About 98% of women-owned enterprises, however, are
micro enterprises. The bulk of the businesses, roughly
78%, are in the services sector.

6. Problems faced by women
entrepreneurs in india
Problem of Finance.
Scarcity of Raw Material.
Stiff Competition.
Limited Mobility.
Family Ties.
Lack of Education.
Male-Dominated Society.
Low Risk-Bearing Ability.

7. The corrective measures that need to be taken can be
summed up as “Amplify and Simplify”.
Amplify the women’s support systems like child care and family support.
Amplify skill development and capacity building processes for soft skills,
technology and management skills.
Here it is important to make these measures effective through a
focussed region- and individual-specific approach. A bottoms-up
approach in choosing a business venture, starting with the mapping
of the individual profile to the business opportunities and
industry/sector, and ultimately linking this to the regional
advantages like natural resources, manpower etc.,
will enhance the success rate.

8. The corrective measures that need to be taken can be
summed up as “Amplify and Simplify”.
• Amplify mentoring and market linkage to support for women owned
enterprises through networks like women entrepreneur associations.
Another good practice is to share resources and document and spread
entrepreneurial success stories.
• Simplify the external entrepreneurial ecosystem by enabling ease of
doing business, including easy access to credit facilities such as
collateral-free loans from banks, FIs and MFIs.
• Simplify government schemes eligibility criteria, documentation and
clearance mechanisms. Bring in smarter technology,
single-window clearances and better inter-departmental
co-ordination to enable simpler, faster, transparent and
effective service delivery for women start-ups.

9. Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh- an emerging
entrepreneur of Mumbai (Twocircles.net) news by
Rehan Ansari.

10. About Ishrat shahabuddin shaikh
• Ishrat Shahabuddin Shaikh, 42, a widow and an entrepreneur who
epitomizes the idea of brilliant management as she runs her eating joint
and also brings up five kids all alone. Born and brought up in Azamgarh
Shaikh comes from a modestly rich family. She migrated to Mumbai
after she got married Shahabuddin Shaikh at the age of 18.
• Shanno as Ishrat is popularly known within her family, was a
housewife enjoying a peaceful and happy life until her family met
with an accident in 2002. She lost her husband; her daughter,
Khansa and other two daughters Zara and Sara got seriously
injured.
While talking to TCN, Ishrat said, “That gruesome accident
shattered my life into pieces. I was in a situation, where on the
one hand I had to bring up my kids and at the same time I
had to take over the business.
Then there was SAFA School also, which was the dream of my husband.”

11. SHALIMAR – OWNED BY ISHRAT
The most important aspect of the hotel is the taste of food it
serves. “Taste of our dishes has improved a lot since the time
Ishrat Madam took over,” informed, Abdul Rehman Azmi,
manager of the hotel. “She even introduced sweet section and
consolidated Dastarkhwan; five enclosed cabins offer sit-down
seating from 2 people to a dozen, pure white upholstery and
rare privacy in Mumbai. Each cabin has its own telephone
and more importantly best suited for the family,” said Abdul
Rehman Azmi.

12. SAFA HIGH SCHOOL & JR COLLEGE- RUN
BY ISHRAT SHAHABUDDIN SHAIKH.
Dongri Sandhurst Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra ,
India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India