SHANLAX International Journal of Economics http://www.shanlaxjournals.com 37 Strategic Entrepreneurial Dimensions of Rural Self Employed Women in Kerala: A Micro-Study Liji Samuel Research Scholar, Department of Economics University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-2298 Abstract For the past 25 years, Indian women have taken a bold stance to overcome the illicit commercial world to this day. Women’s business growth can be seen as a way to empower women. During the period of participation, women’s participation in household income has increased. In India, wom- en entrepreneurs face many challenges in starting their businesses. Earlier, women were reported to have more problems than other men in their families and discrimination against women. Keywords: Women entrepreneur, Rural development, Tailoring, Self-Employed, Kollam, Kerala Introduction Human beings have been enterprising since the dawn of history. Entrepreneurs are individuals who initiate, organize, manage and control the activities of business units to supply goods and services. They provide the dynamic force in the economic life of society[Schumpeter, 1951]. The progress of the right kind of entrepreneurship is one of the experiments in an emerging country like India. The participation of women in income-generating activities for the family has been increasing over time. Female work participation not only increases their family income but also brings economic independence among women in the households. Functions of an Entrepreneur Modern writers on entrepreneurship outline broadly three functions of the entrepreneur: 1. Innovation 2. Risk-taking and 3. Organization and management of a business to have leadership and control over it[Nath, 2000]. A woman as an entrepreneur is economically more powerful than as a more worker because ownership not only confers regulators over assets (and liabilities) but also so gives her the freedom to create decisions. Through entrepreneurship development, women will not only generate income for themselves but also will create employment for other women in the locality[Biplab Moitra,2001]. This will have a multiplier effect on the generation of income and poverty alleviation. Women Entrepreneur In India, women’s entrepreneurship can be considered as “necessity entrepreneurship” rather than “opportunity entrepreneurship” [Manimekalai, 1998]. Women usually have smaller networks and less geographical mobility than men, more so in young, married women who need to take care of their families. These women can use their skills and available local resources to start their enterprises[Nair,1998]. OPEN ACCESS Manuscript ID: ECO-2021-09044202 Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Month: September Year: 2021 P-ISSN: 2319-961X E-ISSN: 2582-0192 Received: 20.04.2021 Accepted: 30.07.2021 Published: 01.09.2021 Citation: Samuel, Liji. “Strategic Entrepreneurial Dimensions of Rural Self Employed Women in Kerala: A Micro-Study.” Shanlax International Journal of Economics, vol. 9, no. 4, 2021, pp. 37–43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34293/ economics.v9i4.4202 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License