“I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.” – Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is an Indian entrepreneur, founder of Biocon Limited, and an inspiration for many women-led businesses .
After graduation, she went to Australia to get trained as a brewmaster. After earning the degree of brewmaster, she returned to India but was rejected for the job as it was a male-dominated job in India.
After facing rejection, she started Biocon with little capital in Bengaluru. She faced challenges related to financial, technical, and infrastructure while building Biocon.
With hard work and determination, she scaled Biocon to become India’s largest biotech company and won many prestigious awards.
Kiran also became the first Indian female billionaire and the 68th most powerful woman in the world to Forbes.
The above story of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw depicts that a woman is no lesser than a man and can excel in all the fields of her life be it household or business.
Also, Kiran impacted the Indian economy by contributing to employment creation and GDP and uplifting the socio-economic status of the society.
Earlier, the contribution of women-led businesses to India’s GDP was less compared to men due to the several barriers that were in existence at that time.
Also, the environment was not very friendly/supportive for women entrepreneurs.
A woman doing business has to go through many patriarchal, societal, and demographic issues.
There were Multiple Challenges Faced by Women-led Businesses.
Some of the major challenges were:
- Gender bias
- Low literacy amongst women
- Poor financial background
- Lack of family support
- Fear of failure and many more
How do Women-led Businesses Contribute to the Indian Economy?
With time, the landscape of women doing business in India is changing. Also, the participation of women in entrepreneurship is rapidly increasing.
The workforce is becoming more inclusive with the women’s dominating the space with their innovative skills.
The contribution of women entrepreneurs are:
GDP growth
Every sector is seeing participation from the women workforce. Most of the women’s employment is under startups and small and medium enterprises.
A country with more women entrepreneurs and increased women participation in the labour force would increase its GDP at a much faster rate and contribute to the employment generation and high standard of living.
More Balanced Growth
Women-led businesses are paving the way for households women and encouraging them to participate in the workforce by creating opportunities for them, which also lead to change in the socio-economic status and upliftment of the society.
Increase in per capita income
Today women are breaking the stereotypes and are creating their names in every sector, be it agriculture, technology, retail, e-commerce, etc.
The inclusive growth of the economy has contributed to the reduction in poverty along with increased per capita income and literacy rate.
Boosts economic growth
With more women starting up on their own, there is an increase in the mobilization of household savings, as it gets invested in the form of capital and contributes to the country’s economic growth.
Factors that Led to an Increase in Participation from Women Entrepreneurs:
Education – It has been the most vital catalyst for the growth of women-led businesses in India. An educated woman can take her own decisions and can start anything on their own and excel in it.
Changing landscape
With the growing demand and change in technological advancement, women are getting more opportunities to start with entrepreneurship.
With the reduction in family barriers and easy access to resources, recognition from family and friends is playing a huge role in their success.
Access to knowledge and resources
Earlier it was a bit difficult to get information at your fingertips, but now with the internet, everything is available on your smartphone and at your fingertips.
You can learn any skill or receive any information in the comfort of your home.
With the easy accessibility to resources, women are learning new skills, getting multiple scopes to showcase their talent or to start something in their interest area.
Government Initiatives
The government of India has taken various initiatives to promote women-led businesses by providing access to easy and quick capital to women entrepreneurs and by giving numerous skill development platforms to women to learn and to get started with something of their own.
With the increase in the number of business women, it would reduce gender inequalities and boost entrepreneurship amongst women.
Conclusion
“A person with the right intent can achieve anything in their life.”
The above statement holds good in the context of Female entrepreneurs like Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Falguni Nayar, Roshni Nadar and many more who have created an impact in society with their determination and have shown the potential of women and their contribution towards nation building.
In the coming times, women’s participation will increase and shape the future of the Indian economy with transformational GDP growth and employment creation.
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