Manipuri Women Entrepreneurs: A Case Study Of Meira Packaged Food

Nongmeikapam Jinalee, M.Phil Scholar; Dr. Amit Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor

Nongmeikapam Jinalee, M.Phil Scholar Department of Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor Department of Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl

Keywords: women empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs, Packaged Food, Meira

Abstract

Today society is recognizing women empowerment through entrepreneurial skills of women and creation of
various types of enterprise by them. A strong desire to do positive things is an inbuilt quality of Manipuri
entrepreneurial women, who is capable of contributing values in family as well as social life. Manipur is
one of the hilly states of Northeast India. It is gifted with rich resources and yet many of the resources need to
be explored. Even women of Manipur are also a resource of the state, yet their skills and entrepreneurial
aspects are not fully recognized, but still they are one of the emerging sources of income and job provider of
the local women. This present paper is an effort to bring out the contributions made by the women of
Manipur to their society and highlight the struggles and the problems faced by them. Relevant Literature
had been reviewed specially focusing on “Meira”.