Women Entrepreneurship: An Untapped Resource for the Indian Economic Growth | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

ABSTRACT

The Women Entrepreneurs are aspiring these days. An entrepreneur is a person who arranges, coordinates, and bears the risk of a business organization. Now-a-days women are decamping from the conventional, gender-specified roles and entering into the business world. And it’s not only that they are acquiring high corporate positions but they are also successful women entrepreneurs. The transition of the Indian society, in terms of increased qualification of women and various aspirations for career, required a change in the life style of Indian women. She has competed with man and equally stood up with him in every walk of life and business too. These women entrepreneurs are positive, persuasive and willing to take risks. The rise in women entrepreneurs can be contributed to many reasons, such as passion for their ideas, zeal to become their own boss, and the need to address philanthropic causes. Women's entrepreneurship needs to be analysed separately for three main reasons; a) Negligence in the society, b) Sectoral Issue and 3) Recognition as an Employer. Thus this paper attempts to explore the Purpose, Problems & Prospects of women entrepreneurship in lieu of economic growth.