Rose, Neelam M.Sharma, Mugdha2016-11-302016-11-302005http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/88406The present study was conducted to develop stencil printing designs for entrepreneurship. To attain the specific objectives 30 home scientists, 30 home science students, were selected purposively and 30 rural women from Kaimari village were taken randomly. To collect the data preferential choice index and a self structured knowledge inventory was prepared. Results highlighted that five most preferred designs for each of the category of top, lady’s shirt and saree were (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), (3, 4, 7, 9, 6) and (10, 3, 5, 4, 9), respectively. Main reason for the preference of design was suitability. Selected designs with their placements which were preferred most by the respondents were design number 7 placed diagonally from shoulder and design number 8 on placement center front and back. Design number 3 and 7 for lady’s shirt, with placement diagonal from corner with sleeve and for saree design number 3 and 10 having placement border with scattered motif and border, respectively. One best background colour and texture was recorded for each apparel and selected designs with their placement were printed. Thus, six products were developed. Training in the stencil printing techniques was imparted to rural women. Majority of the respondents were from the age group 15-20 years, illiterate, married, housewives, belonged to nuclear family and families with monthly income Rs. 1000-5000. Training was found to be very effective as there was significant gain in knowledge. One-third of the respondents were willing to start their entrepreneurial unit after acquiring knowledge in stencil printing. Results indicated that age, education, and monthly income was negatively and non-significantly related with knowledge acquisition regarding stencil printing technique.enThesis