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The present study was conducted to find the impact of training programme conducted on mushroom cultivation for women entrepreneurship development by KVK Nalbari and Baksa in Nalbari and Baksa district of Assam. A total of 150 women trainees were randomly selected who have attended the training programmes conducted on mushroom cultivation from 2015 to 2018 at both of the KVKs. It was observed from the respondent that the knowledge gained after exposure to training programme was satisfactory in all aspects in comparison with pre training knowledge score. The study revealed that exposure to training had increased the knowledge of farmers regarding mushroom production technique by 73.7% and it might be due to the keen interest of the participants, ease of cultivation technique and method followed for technology transfer. Some trainees adopted mushroom cultivation as their employment source. A few trainees also set up spawn production unit for quality spawn and supply the spawn to other mushroom growers. Another group of trainees started enterprise on preparation value added product like pickles, mushroom powder, mushroom biscuits etc. from mushroom. The study revealed that training on mushroom production conducted by KVKs developed favorable attitude toward mushroom cultivation among the trainees. The overall perception level of the respondents was found to be changed after training. Awareness and training on mushroom production helped in nutrient supplement and income generation leading to mushroom based entrepreneurship development