Women will be an inherent part of the Indian workforce. Enormous potential in rural areas in women, who can be given right help and they can thereby contribute to the development of self as well as the country. This paper attempts to find the key corporate social responsibility initiatives directed at rural women so as to understand the role corporate industry is playing in empowering women in the rural areas. It also attempts to explore the majorchallenges faced by the corporate industry in the area of women empowerment in rural areas and lastly suggest
certain measures for the corporate industry.

Keywords: Rural women empowerment.