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An entrepreneur is someone who has an entrepreneurial quality with an eye on prospects and an uncanny vision, someone who is prepared to take risks because of the adventurous skill within, and the same is true for women. A woman entrepreneur is an adult who owns and operates a business, particularly one that is commercial, frequently at personal financial risk. Due to their caste, members of scheduled castes have historically faced discrimination and inequitable treatment in society. Scheduled caste women entrepreneur have a number of challenges from the outset till the business is operating. The objective of the current research is to study the scheduled caste women entrepreneur and challenges faced by them in Chirang District, Assam. The researcher of this study analysed various research and articles in order to identify the concerns; it is based on primary and secondary data. The results of this study show that major obstacles to the growth of women's entrepreneurship include the inability to balance family and career, socio-cultural barriers, a male-dominated society, illiteracy or low levels of education, a lack of financial assistance, a lack of technical expertise, marketing and entrepreneurial skills, a lack of self-confidence, and mobility restrictions. There have been some recommendations made to address these issues. Also with the increase in the number of women getting educated, there is considerable awareness among women to be self-employed and gradually the role of women is changing in the society.