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The Term ‘Entrepreneurship’ is very crucial for the economic development of the country (Aribaba et al., 2019; Urbano & Aparicio, 2016). Over the decades, India has faced several problems like unemployment, poverty, uneven income distribution, financial distress, etc. One reason known for unemployment is the use of technology, which will reduce employment in some sectors of the economy whereas it boosts employment in other sectors (McLeod,2019). Entrepreneurs are significantly playing an important role in economic development, job creation, the standard of living, reducing poverty, and solving the problem of unemployment in any country. The entrepreneur starts a business that provides jobs to many people and it led to an increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of that country finally helping in boosting the economic growth (Tambunan, 2009). To achieve the goals of economic benefit, equal participation from all sections of society should be called for entrepreneurship. In India, educated youth is a job-seeker and after their study, they are joining in public/private sector as labor workforce. They assume that getting a job after studying will be the safest option for their life. Here, there is a need to change this mindset among youth. Their focus should be job-creator rather than job-seeker. Apart from the young generation, women’s entrepreneurship is also playing a significant contribution to the development of the country. Entrepreneurs are equipped with a variety of skills. They possess various traits like- immediate response to upgrade themselves as well as their business surroundings (Tehseen et al., 2015), having a passion for entrepreneurial activities (Agarwal et al., 2016), desire for new learning and innovations (Lenka et al., 2017), always ready to assume risks (Boermans et al., 2017), a huge amount of confidence (Ferreira et al. 2017), better understanding in finances, decision-making in critical situations (Sony & Baporikar, 2019), and good interpersonal skills (Agarwal & Lenka, 2017), etc. Along with their male counterparts, women also surge for contribution in entrepreneurship with similar characteristics. Nowadays, they are walking at the same pace as their male counterparts. But this is also true for business as women are becoming entrepreneurs may be less in number than men but they have a strong impact on a country’s economy (Alam et al., 2011; Desai et al., 2011). The men and women are like two poles but still, they have a resemblance in things like motivation, start-up activities, risk-aversion, self-fulfillment, inclination towards the internal locus of control (Alsos et al., 2006). In the past time, entrepreneurship was frequently recognized with the male equivalent. It has resulted in huge shortcomings in the field of research for women entrepreneurs as they faced many problems. The perspective of society has been changed toward women and now if they are managing their work life and personal life together, they are considered proficient in their work (Alam et.al., 2011). It is only possible with the help of self-help groups, support from NGOs, level of education, and liberalization (Mathew & Panchanatham, 2011) that women got upgraded platforms and status quo.