Abstract:
Social enterprises are the mission driven business ventures aim to meet a market place needs, wants and
problems in an innovative and sustainable manner by developing a viable business model, around products,
services, processes or other platforms. With these broader perspectives, they develop a culture and process of
innovating on the existing ideas, to solve the critical problems of the society and bring social change by
minimising the gap in the development sectors. As women in rural India have been identified as one of the
most disadvantaged groups, in term of development, the importance of social entrepreneurship has been
recognised to empower them and to recognize their contribution for rural reconstruction and development.
Therefore, the paper will focus the contribution of female led social enterprises in the reconstruction and
revitalization of rural economy, sustainable rural development by solving socially significant problems faced
by the marginalised section of the society particularly the women. The paper also brings to light the success
stories of two female led social enterprises, their contribution for the socio-economic development of rural
areas and the challenges they face.
Description:
Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini
