Women Entrepreneurship in India: Challenges and Support Modules

Abstract

In India women entrepreneurship development is very low in comparison to developed countries. Besides the government, the other stakeholders need to shoulder the responsibility for entrepreneurship development and skill training.  The realisation has dawned upon the developing and developed nations that developing women entrepreneurship is essential to flourish as economically dominant nation in the modern high-tech world.  In India, the women are trying to shed off the nomenclature of  ‘Abla Naari’. Women are increasingly making their presence felt in the business field as entrepreneurs and this has brought about a phenomenal change in the demographic attributes of business and economic growth of the country. An active role in society of the women-owned businesses enterprises is encouraging social academicians to focus on this interesting development.