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A study on impact of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes on women of Dharwad district was undertaken during 2013-2014. Two taluks, Dharwad and Hubli of the Dharwad district were selected in the study. Women beneficiaries who had undergone Entrepreneurship Development Programmes between 2010-2013 were selected from the records of the respective training institutes i.e KVK and RUDSETI. Fourty each women beneficiaries from agriculture and non-agriculture based training programmes from both the institutions were selected for the data collection. The total sample for the study was 160 women beneficiaries out of which successful women entrepreneur were selected for the study. It was encouraging to see that among selected women beneficiaries from KVK and RUDSETI women had established their enterprise succesfully. Key words: Enterprise, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) and Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI)