© 2018 JETIR November 2018, Volume 5, Issue 11 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) JETIRK006037 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 246 Women Entrepreneur in India-Problems, Solution & Opportunities Prof. Rozina R. Surani * Electrical Engineeirng Department, Vishwkarma Government Engineering College-Chandkheda, Gujarat, India Abstract The Woman of 21 st century wants positive life style which includes occupation/career, home, marriage, and children as well. There have been a huge change occurs in the status of women in India; which is developing very fast. Since last 10 to 15 years phenomenal changes occur in workplace diversity of women. The modern career-oriented woman equipped with Professional Education, Proficiency in English Language, Smart Personality and a powerful drive. As per latest research women can play a significant role in entrepreneurship and socio-economic development of any nation. In this era, Woman can venture into new fields and excel in new careers. In modern India, women have held a higher position such as Prime Minister, CEO, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Chief Ministers, Governor etc. These research paper summaries various opportunities, difficulties and probable solutions of Indian Women Entrepreneur in the 21 st century. Keywords— Women Entrepreneur, Female Entrepreneur, Gender and Entrepreneur, Women in 21st century INTRODUCTION “Entrepreneurship is an activity of setting up a business/enterprise and taking financial risks hoping profit” [1]. The entrepreneur is always an innovator because to sustain in any business or venture needs an innovative techniques and management skill too. As per MasterCard Index "Women entrepreneurs have been carving out a niche for them across the globe, including India especially in niche and unconventional businesses. However, there is significant potential to harness the untapped potential of women's entrepreneurship in India. According to the MasterCard index India scored an overall 41.7 points, ranking 49 among 54 economies globally with comparatively low in Women Business Ownership percentages”. Women‟s entrepreneurship needs to be studied as it is a need of 21 st century. Women should come forward to be an entrepreneur as; entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important source of economic growth. However, the number of women entrepreneur are still very less as compare to men entrepreneurs. Gender bias is still a big issue and still women are not considered and treated as equal as men from the entrepreneurship perspective across the globe. This issue needs to be addressed and solved by policymakers i.e. certain policy should be change to motivate women entrepreneurs. Also woman in the profession of entrepreneurship has been neglected largely in society since many years. As compared to men very fewer women entered in entrepreneurship even many government policy has been designed to motivate women to come forward to be an entrepreneur. Across the world, majority of women choose the profession of either education or health. 40% to 50% of women select social sciences, business, or law and hardly 5% to 10 % women found in engineering, manufacturing, construction, science and technology and innovation/researcher kind of profession[10]. And major reason for not selecting the profession of engineering and technology is gender differences in employment, productivity, and earnings [10]. Even very good PSU industries gives lees important to women, may be they believe that women cannot work in night shifts or the traditional belief system of Indians!!!!!While economic growth of any country depends on manufacturing sector, this is the time where each and every person of our country should change their thought process.