Entrepreneurship among the Santal Women in Mayurbhanj

Abstract

This research aims at understanding the process of entrepreneurship among the tribal newlinewomen in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India in order to identify the pathways for newlinesocio-cultural context, challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship among the newlinetribal women in the area. Based on both qualitative and quantitative research, this study newlineaims at analysing the effect of various intervention, policies and programs on the newlineencouragement of entrepreneurial activities among the tribal women. Also, the study newlinemeasures the success of the capacity building interventions, access to finance, market newlinelinkages and other supportive infrastructure in encouraging sustainable entrepreneurship newlinebusinesses. The findings add to the existing theoretical knowledge on entrepreneurship newlinedevelopment especially among the marginalized population and provides policy newlinerecommendations for the government, non-governmental organizations, and other newlinestakeholders to improve the social economic well-being of the tribal women in newlineMayurbhanj district. The role of women entrepreneurs in the growth of the Indian newlineeconomy has been quite significant. A look at the Indian scenario reveals that women newlinewho are self-employed constitute 7..2% of the total self-employment population. Most newlineof them are involved in the recognized sector which includes agriculture, handcrafts, newlinehandlooms, and cottage-based industries. The general characteristics of the tribal people newlineare quite different from that of non-tribal. They are not very sense entrepreneurial of in newlinethe real word but what they have is what can be called traditional entrepreneurship that newlineis characterized by the use of simple technology that is in harmony with their newlineenvironment. newline newline