One Day National Seminar on Women’s Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment
Date : 15.03.2023 Venue : Prof. Alkondon Hall
Mode : Ofine Mode
Organized By
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (E-COMMERCE)
NALLAMUTHU GOUNDER MAHALINGAM COLLEGE (Autonomous)
An ISO 9001:2015 Certied Institution Re-Accredited by NAAC
Afliated to Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore
Pollachi – 642001, Tamil Nadu, India
Sponsored by
INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (ICSSR)
Ministry of Education, New Delhi
under the Theme
Women @75
One of the most meaningful and famous quotes by the Former Prime Minster Smt.Indira Gandhi for Women Empowerment is “To Be Liberalized, Women must be Free to be themselves in the context of their capacity and personality. Any society cannot progress if half of its members, the women, do not have equal opportunities and their talents and capabilities are ignored.” The changing economic and social conditions in the society due to forces of globalization present new challenges and opportunities for women. Due to the upliftment of educational facilities, women are seeking money – spinning employment in several elds with increasing awareness. Women are inowing into entrepreneurship even while facing social – cultural, economic, technical, nancial and managerial difculties.
Women entrepreneurship movement can give drive by providing inspiration, appropriate consciousness, exercise,
environment and provision. This would boost their socio-economic status, a prerequisite for women’s empowerment. In this context, the National Seminar on “Women’s Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment” focus on the following sub-themes:
- Women empowerment in India and its importance
- Women empowerment principles
- Women empowerment through education
- Women empowerment through skill development
- Sector -wise women empowerment through employability/ entrepreneurshipin India
- Policy measures for the promotion of Women’s entrepreneurship
- Schemes available for rural and urban Women Empowerment
- Gender Disparities in service sector.
- Policies for women employment and entrepreneurship
- Linkage between education, employment and entrepreneurship
- Public and Private sector initiatives for empowerment of women
- Sustainable Pathways for women Empowerment
- The topics considered may include, but are not limited to the above topics