Research Journal of Recent Sciences ________________________________________________ ISSN 2277 - 2502
Vol. 1(ISC-2011), 410-414 (2012)
Res.J.Recent.Sci.

Review Paper

NGOs and their Role in Development of Science In Development of Rural Women Entrepreneurship
Kittur Parveen and Hundekar S.G.
Department of Studies in Commerce, Karnatak University, Dharwad. Karnataka, INDIA

Available online at: www.isca.in
(Received 16th September 2011, revised 11th January 2012, accepted 25th January 2012)

Abstract
Women entrepreneurship is an emerging reality in the world. In the coming years one of the biggest challenges to the world will be
retaining the rural population by employing them in some kind of activity. In India women constitute at least half of the population.
Unless entrepreneurship among the rural population becomes economically rewarding through the intervention of NGOs and
SHGs, it will be difficult to attract and retain the rural women for any kind of engagement or activities in the rural areas. The
NGOs in India are functioning to a great extent especially in rural areas. The NGOs and SHGs are working in the right direction to
train rural women entrepreneurs and empower them in order to eradicate poverty in rural areas. Taking the issue of NGOs and
their role in developing science, this research paper reveals and examines the development of rural women entrepreneurship which
indirectly develops a system in rural women.
Keywords: Rural women entrepreneurship, Non Government Organization (NGO), public relations, constraints and opportunities,
Self Help Group (SHG), training, women empowerment.

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