Women Entrepreneurship in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India Goswami Priti1, Prof Thakur Yashwant Singh2 1Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, Dr Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (M.P) 2Head of Department of Business Management and Dean of School of Commerce and Management, Dr Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (M.P) Online published on 22 June, 2018. Abstract Micro, Small and Medium enterprises play a very significant role in increasing the base of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature to know the factors which motivates the women to be the entrepreneur and contributes in the growth of MSME in India. Paper is fully literature review based and from literature it is found that gender and educational qualification significantly influence the women entrepreneur and the characteristics of entrepreneur has the effect on the success of micro, small and medium enterprises in India. In India government is promoting women entrepreneurship through MSME but it is not successful because of lack of knowledge and awareness among women. MSME are providing large scale employment with low investments. Study concludes that woman entrepreneurship is way out of economic disparity and towards empowerment. Women entrepreneurship contributes positively in various dimensions and aspects in economic development and job creation. Top Keywords MSME, Women Entrepreneurship, Factors motivating women to be entrepreneur, Socio-economic characteristics of women entrepreneur and Problems of Women Entrepreneur. Top |