According to the international bank BNP Paribas’ 2015 Global Entrepreneurialism Report, India ranked first worldwide in the male: female ratio of entrepreneurs. The global ratio is 63%: 37% whereas in India it is currently, 51%: 49%.
Thanks to government support and increasing opportunities for business, women entrepreneurs in India have set up businesses in sectors such as retail, finance, real estate, technology, fashion, and social networking, breaking the myth that women are only good at designing, fashion and handicrafts. Funds are readily available for women from banks and other financial institutions comments SiliconIndia.
You can read about some of the successful Indian women entrepreneurs and Indian women in corporate leadership roles on our Amritt Website.