The volume in general speaks of humanistic and constitution need in terms of empowerment of women detailing the various government orders and institutional building and measures initiated by various departments in empowering womenfolk. One could see the measures comprising economic, social, educational more importantly entrepreneurial in providing opportunities especially to the women below poverty line. The success of empowering women is a two way approach. Men on one hand and the women on the other. Entrepreneurship by itself may not bring in the anticipated power to the women folk especially in taking lead, initiative projects and managing them effectively and successfully. Here, we mention entrepreneurship development is not a single factor, but it is a composite vision, creativity expansion, diversification and adaptation of appropriate of modern technologies and most importantly the new ways of making use of resources and expanding the market for a particular produce or service. Definitely, promotion of entrepreneurship will play a vital role in empowering the women folk. This work consists of eighteen chapters depicting the theme elabora.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR E.D. Setty
Dr. E. Desingu Setty, trained as a social scientist has extensive and diverse national and international experience in the field of development for around a half century. He was awarded Ford Foundation scholarship for his undergraduate program in Rural Studies. He holds two Master Degrees, viz., MCD & MA and PhD. Served as a direct hire international faculty at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand for a period of nine years. A celebrated writer of thirteen books and over fifty papers and articles published in national and international journals, his three-volume work on the Valayar of South India is likened to Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal’s Asian Drama. Prepared a report on Rural Industrialization, Small-Scale and Cottage Industries in Asia under the aegis of the United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan, Served as a consultant to UNESCAP, UNESCO, BRAC (Dhaka), Bangladesh, LIPI (Indonesia) and Continuing Education Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Thailand). He was Professor at Maharishi Institute of Management, Visiting Professor at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies and CMR Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Presently working as a Consultant with Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India.
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