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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA

T.SWETHA*; DR.K.VENUGOPAL RAO**

*SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW,

SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (SKIM), ANANTAPUR.

**PROFESSOR,

S.K.INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, S.K. UNIVERSITY, ANANTAPUR

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ABSTRACT

Entrepreneurship introduces a critical element of dynamism into an economic system. The

process of globalization & liberalization has introduced a set of changes like the introduction of

dynamism into the system through the process of globalization. The Aim of the article is to

elucidate the history of entrepreneurship, its development stages, it also discussed about eminent

entrepreneurs from Indian history to present Era .The data has been collected from secondary

source. Further, this paper depicts the role of women entrepreneurship in India. Since time in

memorial women are contributing a great deal to the development of any nation across the world.

It goes without saying that Indian women entrepreneurs have significantly contributed to the

industrial development of India. Apart from giving good citizens to the nation, women have also

given good organizations to the nation.

1. Introduction

The story of the Indian entrepreneurship is fills with paradoxes. During the pre-colonial and

colonial era, the entrepreneur was seen more as a trader-money lender merchant, bound rigidly

by caste affiliations and religious, cultural and social forces ranging from the philosophy of fate

to the system of joint family. Entrepreneurship as the present era understands was definitely not

forthcoming from this social segment. Political & economic factors had an extensive effect on

the entrepreneurial spirit. There were many issues that impact negatively on Indian

entrepreneurship like Lack of political unity and stability, absence of effective communication

systems, existence of custom barriers and oppressive tax policies, prevalence of innumerable

currency system until around the third decade of the 19th century.

Indian Entrepreneurship ruled by the community system in the Historical past. Brahmans were

learned men who had assisted the kshatriyas (rulers) in the administration, vaishyas have

performed trading and industrial productive activities and shudras engaged in an agricultural

occupation. Also, the people were organized in a very simple type of economic and social

system. In the way to implement this concept to modern entrepreneurship, it can compare with

the villages are the organization and an entrepreneur is called as a craftsman.

The independent India could claim to have created a conductive climate for spread of

entrepreneurship. It is in this broad backdrop that the later evolution and growth of Indian

entrepreneurship has to be located.

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Definition:

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can

spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” - Anonymous

“An entrepreneur need not necessarily mean one who is running a commercial business, but

also one who is adventurous”. -Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of the Isha Foundation

“An entrepreneur is a person who stood for what he/she believed in and was able to transform

the lives of others through his/her action”. –Rahul et.al, Authors of the Game Changers

Objectives of the Study:

1. To elucidate the history of entrepreneurship in India.

2. To study the eminent entrepreneurs in Indian history and their journey towards

entrepreneurship.

3. To analyze the future of entrepreneurship in India.

4. To elucidate the role of Women Entrepreneurship in India

Methodology of the Study:

The data and information has been collected from secondary sources like magazines, business

newspapers, journals, periodicals, reports, text books and websites. Further, interviews , lecturers

on related area were also taken into consideration for the study. The period of the study for

eminent entrepreneurs were considered as 2 centenaries i.e., from 18th

century to 20th

century.

2. History Of Entrepreneurship:

The history of entrepreneurship in India starts in the era of Indus Valley Civilization. Its

economy depended majorly on trade, which was facilitated by advanced transportation

technology.

During the copper age, the Indus Valley Civilization area showed ceramic similarities with

southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran which suggested considerable mobility and trade.

During the Early Harappa period (about 3200–2600 BCE), similarities in pottery, seals,

figurines, ornaments, etc. document intensive caravan trade with Central Asia and the Iranian

country. There was an extensive navigation trade network operating between the Harappa and

Mesopotamian civilizations as early as the middle Harappa Phase, with much commerce being

handled by modern Bahrain and Failaka located in the Gulf. Such long-distance sea trade became

feasible with the innovative development of plank-built watercraft, equipped with a single

central mast supporting a sail of woven rushes or cloth.

History elucidates that Aside from the subsistence of agriculture and hunting, the Indus people

supported themselves by trading goods. Through trade, the Indus Civilization expanded its

culture, coming into regular contacts with faraway lands.

Growth of Entrepreneurship –Retrospect and Prospect:

The growth of entrepreneurship particularly in the small scale sector can be traced to the Second

World War boom which brought many enterprising people from various walks of life including

businessmen, artisans, etc.., into the small industrial sector as entrepreneurs. During this period,

quite a number of skilled workers established small firms using older machines and investing

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capital from private sources. During the post-independence period, India launched planned

economic development programmes in all sectors of the economy including small industries.

One of the steps taken to encourage indigenous entrepreneurship was to ban the imports of a

large number of consumer and other goods. This created a big vacuum in the Indian domestic

market. Some of the businessmen, traders, agents themselves became entrepreneurs, taking

advantage of the prevailing market situation.

Indus valley civilization: organized enterprise at a time when the world just belonged to clothe

itself

The early years (1000 B.C-500 B.C): the Indian trader introduced re-exporting bought silk from

Chinese and sold to central Asia. Bought horses from west Asians and sold to the Chinese.

The Maurya Era: vast territory, better trade. Widespread use of metallic money, Missions to Sri

Lanka and Southeast Asia increase trade.

The economy, in all its important aspects, was controlled by the state, and mines, forests, large

farms, munitions, and spinning industries were state owned and managed. The people were

divided into seven endogamous groups--philosophers, peasants, herdsmen, traders, soldiers,

government officials, and councilors. The army was composed of the four traditional Indian

divisions: forces mounted on elephants, on chariots, cavalry, and infantry, and tended to be large

(Chandragupta's forces reputedly numbered 600,000 men). The religious life of the empire may

perhaps best be characterized as pluralistic. The general religious policy of the Mauryas was to

encourage tolerance. In modern times the Maurya Empire is remembered as one of the golden

ages of Indian history, a time when the country was united and independent.

The Gupta Era: (400 A.D – 600 A.D) - traders from associations to protect interests.

Codification of transnational business

The Middle ages-(700 A.D-1300 A.D): paper, printing invented. Dams, roads ease trade, south

–East Asia is indianised

The Mughal age (1500 A.D-1600 A.D): Dominated world commerce, large quantities of gold

and silver flow into the country

The Mughal Era II (1600 A.D-1700 A.D): British arrive in this era. The person named Surat

merchant virji Vora among first entrepreneurs. He used the technique that to Sold to British

above market rate and made them sell below. In this period only Sarrafs introduce insurance

system. Only countries outside of Europe to have such a system

The colonial era I (1700 A.D-1850 A.D): Introduced newer ways of doing business. By this

Local industry affected. Entrepreneurship spirit was low. Europe was then the hotbed of

technological innovation, the industrial revolution was then already around 80years old and

Europe was fast moving from a pre-industrial state to the industrial state. The traders brought

with them plenty of new ways of doing business. Seizing the opportunities that emerged, many

Indians became entrepreneurs. Dwarkanath Tagore, who formed India‘s first Joint Venture with

a foreigner, Carr Tagore Nanabhai Davar, who put up the country first textile mill in 1854. But

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perhaps, discontinuity was converted, for the first time, commercial capitalism (read trading) into

Industrial capitalism (read manufacturing).

The colonial ERA II (1850 A.D-1900A.D): Railways set up (1853).cowasjee Nanabhai Davar-

first cotton mill in Bombay. Sir J.N Tata founded Jamshedpur steelworks. Foundations of jute

mills, pharmaceutical industry were laid. Major players of the era were ghanshyam das

Birla,goenkas,khaitans,jamsetjee jejeebhoy,mafaltal gagalbhai,laxmanrao kirlsokar,walchand

hirachand,nusserwanjee wadia,pirojsha Godrej,K.Gopalakrishnan,L.K.singhania,Gujar- lal modi

and lala shriram

Business used as a common word In 16th

century ,entrepreneur came to focus as a

person responsible to undertake a business venture.18th

Century entrepreneur means the person

who bear risk as a part of his work.

The colonial era III (1900 A.D-1947A.D): New crop arises in this Period. Change makers like

JRD Tata, MS Oberai, jamnalal Bajaj lead the way for Indian entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship came forth as an outcome of innovative products and

entrepreneurs focused on their Business expansion and growth.

After Independence:

Large scale industrialization entrepreneurs like Dirubai Ambani emerge.Globalisation arrives,

and with it the premjis, the Narayana murthys, the Rajesh Jains etc.,

Over the last 60 years, India has seen the entrepreneur evolves in different role. The modern

entrepreneurs are wealth creators, communicators, change agents, entertainers etc., the third

millennium honestly belongs to Indian entrepreneurs.

C.K.Prahlad (2008), Indian entrepreneurs seek domestic

opportunities for serving around 400 million people living below the poverty line. There is a

need to focus on creating wealth rather than sharing wealth,‖ ―The poor represent an opportunity,

a source for innovation,‖ ―It‘s a great innovation to be able to leapfrog the west,‖ a company

cannot be so profitable despite serving customers who are basically poor.

3. Eminent entrepreneurs in History & Their Journey towards entrepreneurship:

Walchand Hirachand Doshi (23 November 1882 – 8 April 1953)

Some of the major construction projects of the pre-independence era were all directed and

executed in the supervision of Walchand. Later it was again renamed as Premier Construction

with a major stake of the Tata's. In his later years, he went on to start a Shipping company, the

Scindia Steam Navigation Company which went on to grab 21% of the Indian coastal traffic.

Then the first Indian Aircraft company; the Hindustan Aircraft, and a modern shipyard known as

Hindustan Shipyard Limited and lastly the first car factory of India known as Premier

Automobiles

Jamsetji Tata (3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904)

He was known as the Father of Indian Industry. The entrepreneurial insightfulness of Jamsetji

coupled with his nationalistic outlook, which led him to believe that the fruits of his business

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success would enrich the nation as a whole, made him truly unique. The repression of the Indians

in the hands of British rulers coupled with widespread poverty all across the nation at that time,

was at the root of this entrepreneur‘s philosophy. This is what precisely set the stage for the

Enterprise to plough back profits into various social-development initiatives – a direct fallout of

the empathy set in the founder‘s philosophy of business. His started his adventurous life in

business by setting a cotton mill in Bombay and then one another in Nagpur. His dream was to

set-up a iron and steel company, a science institution where one can learn science, a world-class

hotel, and a hydro-electric plant.

Ardeshir Godrej (1868 - 1936)

The founder of the Godrej group of companies. Ardeshir Godrej studied law but couldn't do well

as a lawyer. So he came to Bombay and started to work as an attendant to a chemist. Because of

his great sense of business, he saw everything as a business opportunity. Taking a loan from his

father's friend he started to manufacture medical equipments that are required by a surgeon.

Equipment such as scalpels, surgeon's scissor, forceps etc. When he was satisfied that his

equipments are world-class, he went to the boss of the company which he was working as an

attendant. His boss accepted that the equipment are great but the tag "Made in India" will not be

there as that won't be marketable (I am talking about 1891). His boss said to him I am not against

India or such that but for marketing purpose we can't keep the Made in India tag. Adershir didn't

budge and the venture didn't materialize.

He failed twice (first as a lawyer and then in the manufacturing of surgeon's equipment) but he

learned the first lesson for success; and that is failure.

One fine morning he was reading the daily news, and there was news that burglary in Bombay is

increased and locks aren't proving useful as they should be. He looked that as a business

opportunity and started to research about making locks. This venture of his just picked up. For

this he is also known as the lock-master of India. Then he also made the first soap ever without

animal fat: Cinthol, which is still used by millions of people.

The locks made his company famous and now the Godrej group has diversified itself in the

business of real estate, appliances, security, FMCG products etc.

Govindram Seksaria (October 19, 1888 - June 29, 1946)

He was the Cotton King of the World. Not many people know but Govindram Seskaria is the

most famous businessman of the pre-independence era of India. At that time, not many Indians

ventured in to business when the British were ruling the country. But that didn't deter Govindram

and he went on to be known by the name of cotton king of the world. First he become a member

of Bombay Cotton Exchange and then of New York Cotton Exchange and many others

throughout the world. He started his firm in 1937 which sold vegetable oil and then diversified

business to many other fields.

Considering the hostile environment for Indians at the time of British Raj; Govindram is nothing

short of a pearl in the ocean.

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Ghanshyam Das Birla (April 10, 1894 - June 11, 1983)

G.D Birla is the founder of the Aditya Birla group, now a multinational conglomerate having its

base in Mumbai. Ghanshyamdas left the traditional business (to lend money on hocked items) of

his family and went to Bombay (now Mumbai) to start dealership in cotton. His venture was

successful.

Further in the years to come he diversified in various other industries. He started a paper mill, a

sugar factory, then a car factory, and also expanded his business in to cement, steel and also

started a commercial bank now known as United Commercial Bank which is still operational by

the name of UCO Bank.

Now Aditya Birla group operates in more than 33 countries and employs over 133,000 with an

annual turnover of USD 35 billion.

Kailash Chandra Mahindra (1894 - 1963).

K.C Mahindra was one of the three founders of the company which was first known as Mahindra

and Mohammad. One of the founder was his brother Jagdish Chandra Mahindra and the other

one was his close friend Ghulam Mohammad. But after India's partition Ghulam Mohammad

went to Pakistan and the company was renamed as Mahindra and Mahindra.

If J.C Mahindra was the dreamer then K.C Mahindra was the implementer. K.C Mahindra was

known for his micro-approach to everything and was a great implementer.

Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993)

Father of the Indian Aviation Industry. If JRD Tata started it then Ratanji Tata was the one who

made that in to a much larger success. The vision of his founder to set up a steel company was

completed by starting Tata Steel. And the other two wishes resulted in Indian Institute of

Sciences and Tata Power.JRD Tata was an aviator and got his commercial pilot license. He set

up India's first commercial airline company known as Tata Airlines in 1932 which was

rechristened as Air India in 1946 and is now India's national airline. For his achievement in

business he was awarded the highest civilian award of India: Bharat Ratna.

Bhai Mohan Singh (30 December 1917 - March 27, 2006)

Pioneer of the Indian Pharma Industry .He is the pioneer of pharmaceutical industry in India.

Ranbaxy was first a distributor of a Japanese firm, after the two original owners Mr. Ranjit Singh

and Gurbax Singh failed to pay a loan, Bhai Mohan Singh bought the company and joined hands

with an Italian pharma company.

He later went on to buy the Italian company and a major breakthrough came for the company

with the launch of sleeping drug Calmpose. Ranbaxy in the years to come launched many

products and also went on to make a name for itself around the world.

Varghese Kurien (November 26, 1921)

The man behind the White Revolution of India

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Varghese Kurien is the founder of Amul. The famous dairy product company. Amul is the

largest producer of milk in the world. He is famous for his achievement in making the largest

dairy development program of the world known as Operation Flood.

Dhirubhai Ambani (28 December 1932 - 6 July 2002)

Dhirubhai Ambani is the most famous businessman of India. Ask even a 5 year old in India, and

he/she will know about Dhirubhai Ambani or at least about his last name. In all his life, he learnt

and applied. From his student life in dusty lanes of a small village in Gujarat to the major seaport

city of Aden and finally in Bombay where he become the doyen of the Indian industry. All his

life he had been doing only one thing and that is to learn and apply.

After doing his matriculation; though he wanted to continue study, Dhirubhai went to Aden,

Yemen to earn money as his home's financial condition was not good. In Aden he worked with a

trading firm as a clerk. In those days, Aden was the second-most busiest port in the world, and

traders from across the world came there for business. He learnt the ins and outs of trading, read

everything that he could lay his hands on.

While the British Raj was ending in Yemen, many Indian expatriates went either to Britain in

search of better life or came back in India. Dhirubhai choose the latter and started his business;

first an import-export firm, then Reliance Industries and after years of hard work his dream to

make the world's largest oil refinery of the world was completed in 1999 Jamnagar, Gujarat.

(source: The economist , Indian Entrepreneurs : 10 Greatest Businessman From History)

4.Entrepreneurship-Present Era:

C.K.Prahlad, ―Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid‖ states that the need for innovation in

entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs should follow the ― sand box ― approach in innovation. The

reason is ,sand in box is free flowing, shifting boundaries i.e., free from exploration and even

playful experimentation with in extremely fixed specific constraints(the walls, straight & rigid).

In countries like India with 700 million bottom-of-the pyramid. Consumers at varying level of

income, the need for innovations that meet these criteria is now become obvious. Nation urges

Entrepreneurs to Explore domestic opportunities

To succeed, one need to continuous innovation & to have continuous innovation, one need to tap

thinking of every one in enterprise. Innovation plays a key factor in an entrepreneurial quality.

5.Importance of Innovation In entrepreneurship

The rules and principles are similar for every entrepreneur who owns large or small enterprise.

Only the difference is, The starter face toothache and hick ups at the early stage ,where as

existing business face different problems, limitations, management problems and constraints in

the market etc. Both the cases it needs to learn many things and should be innovative for the

survival in the business market. The daily crisis cannot be postponed, it has to be dealt with right

away. And the existing operation demands high priority and deserves it. It thus takes special

effort for the existing business to become entrepreneurial and innovative.

As Drucker says, The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages and declines. And in a

period of rapid change such as the present, an entrepreneurial period, the decline will be fast.

Innovation requires major effort. It requires hard work on the part of performing, capable

people—the scarcest resource in any organization.

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Forbes List of 100 richest Indian people

Table: List of Indian Richest People in 2013

Rank Name Net Worth ($ mil) Age Hometown

1 Mukesh Ambani 21,000 55 Mumbai

2 Lakshmi Mittal 16,000 62 London

3 Azim Premji 12,200 67 Bangalore

4 Pallonji Mistry 9,800 83 Mumbai

5 Dilip Shanghvi 9,200 57 Mumbai

6 Adi Godrej & family 9,000 70 Mumbai

7 Savitri Jindal & family 8,200 62 Hisar

8 Shashi & Ravi Ruia 8,100 - Mumbai

9 Hinduja Brothers 8,000 - London

10 Kumar Birla 7,800 45 Mumbai

11 Anil Ambani 6,000 53 Mumbai

12 Sunil Mittal & family 5,900 55 New Delhi

13 Shiv Nadar 5,600 67 New Delhi

14 Kushal Pal Singh 5,500 81 New Delhi

15 Uday Kotak 4,300 53 Mumbai

16 Gautam Adani 3,900 50 Ahmedabad

17 Micky Jagtiani 3,800 61 Dubai

18 Anand Burman 3,500 60 New Delhi

19 Rahul Bajaj 3,400 74 Pune

20 Cyrus Poonawalla 3,300 71 Pune

21 Anil Agarwal 3,100 59 London

22 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh 3,000 - New Delhi

23 Subhash Chandra 2,900 62 Mumbai

24 Kalanithi Maran 2,800 47 Chennai

25 Pankaj Patel 2,500 59 Ahmedabad

26 Brijmohan Lall Munjal 2,400 89 -

27 Desh Bandhu Gupta 2,350 75 Mumbai

28 Ajay Kalsi 2,300 - Delhi

29 Rajan Raheja & family 2,200 58 Mumbai

30 Yusuf Hamied 2,000 76 Mumbai

31 Indu Jain 1,900 76 New Delhi

32 Chandru Raheja 1,850 72 Mumbai

33 Habil Khorakiwala 1,800 70 Mumbai

34 Benu Gopal Bangur 1,700 81 Kolkata

35 Brij Bhushan Singal 1,600 76 Delhi

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Rank Name Net Worth ($ mil) Age Hometown

36 Sudhir & Samir Mehta 1,560 - Ahmedabad

37 Harsh Mariwala 1,550 61 Mumbai

38 Venugopal Dhoot 1,500 61 Mumbai

39 Murali Divi 1,490 61 Hyderabad

40 Mangal Prabhat Lodha 1,450 57 Mumbai

41 G. M. Rao 1,420 62 Bangalore

42 N.R. Narayana Murthy & family 1,400 66 Bangalore

43 K. Anji Reddy 1,390 71 Hyderabad

44 Hari & Shyam Bhartia 1,380 - Delhi

45 Balvant Parekh 1,360 89 Mumbai

46 Vikas Oberoi 1,350 42 Mumbai

47 Ashwin Dani 1,340 70 -

48 Ajay Piramal 1,300 57 Mumbai

49 Kapil & Rahul Bhatia 1,290 - Delhi

50 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala 1,250 52 Mumbai

51 Senapathy Gopalakrishnan & family 1,240 57 Bangalore

52 Niranjan Hiranandani 1,230 63 Mumbai

53 Nandan Nilekani & family 1,200 57 Delhi

54 Mofatraj Munot 1,170 68 Mumbai

55 MG George Muthoot 1,140 63 Delhi

56 Ashwin Choksi 1,120 69 Mumbai

57 Rajesh Mehta 1,100 48 Bangalore

58 Abhay Vakil 1,080 62 Mumbai

59 Murugappa Family 1,060 60 -

60 Gautam Thapar 1,050 52 New Delhi

61 Glenn Saldanha 1,030 42 Mumbai

62 Devendra Jain 980 84 -

63 Ranjan Pai 975 40 Bangalore

64 Qimat Rai Gupta 965 76 Delhi

65 Baba Kalyani 915 64 Pune

66 Jitendra Virwani 910 47 Bangalore

67 V.G. Siddhartha 885 53 Bangalore

68 Anand Mahindra 880 57 Mumbai

69 K. Dinesh & family 860 58 Bangalore

70 Jaiprakash Gaur 855 82 Delhi

71 Irfan Razack 825 59 -

72 Shishir Bajaj 810 65 Mumbai

73 Vijay Mallya 800 57 Bangalore

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Rank Name Net Worth ($ mil) Age Hometown

74 Anu Aga 790 70 Pune

75 Lachhman Das Mittal 785 82 Delhi

76 Hemendra Kothari 780 66 Mumbai

77 S.D. Shibulal 770 58 Bangalore

78 Analjit Singh 740 59 Delhi

79 Harsh Goenka 730 55 Mumbai

80 Sanjiv Goenka 725 52 Kolkata

81 Joy Alukkas 700 56 Thrissur

82 Ramesh Chandra 695 73 New Delhi

83 Prathap Reddy 690 81 -

84 Radhe Shyam Agarwal 675 67 -

84 Radhe Shyam Goenka 675 66 -

86 Karsanbhai Patel 660 69 Ahmedabad

87 T.T. Jagannathan 655 64 Bangalore

88 M.A.M Ramaswamy 650 81 Chennai

89 Krishna Kumar Modi 645 72 Delhi

90 Keshub Mahindra 635 89 Mumbai

91 Vikram Lal 630 71 -

92 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 625 59 Bangalore

93 Shobhana Bhartia 620 56 -

94 Naresh Goyal 600 64 London

95 Ramesh Agarwal 580 67 Bhopal

96 Virendra Mhaiskar 560 41 Mumbai

97 B.R. Shetty 540 68 Dubai

98 Anand Jain 525 56 Mumbai

99 Onkar Kanwar 510 70 Delhi

100 Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi 460 84 Delhi

Source: Forbes, 2013

6.Women entrepreneurs in India

Since time in memorial women are contributing a great deal to the development of any

nation across the world. It goes without saying that Indian women entrepreneurs have

significantly contributed to the industrial development of India. Apart from giving good citizens

to the nation, women have also given good organizations to the nation. Obviously, what man can

do, women can do better through their dedication and commitment. This has been proved time

and again in the analysis of Indian business history. Under the stewardship of women scores of

industries have made rapid strides and progress. The business models and management styles

followed women entrepreneurs worth replicating across the world. There is saying where

women are respected, dwells God. Similarly where women are there in the industry dwells

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progress and prosperity. Following is the list of the women entrepreneurs who made a mark in

their chosen business.

Table: Most powerful women in Indian business

Name of the Woman

Entrepreneur Designation

Name of the Company /

Industry

Chanda Kochhar Deputy Managing Director ICICI

Vedika Bhandarkar Managing Director & Head

(investment Banking)

J.P. Morgan India

Arnavaj Anu Aga Chairperson Thermax

Chief Executive Officer HSBC Group

Indra Nooyi President & Chief Financial

Officer

Pepsi Co.

Meher Pudumjee Chairperson-designate Thermax

Dr.Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw CEO Biocon

Anuradha Desai Chairperson Venkateshwara Hatcheries

Sujjala Firodia Motwani Joint Managing Director Kinetic Engineering

Mallika Srinivasan Director Tafe

Vinita Bali MD Britannia Industries

Swati A Piramal Director, Strategic

Alliances &

Communications

Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.,

Vidya Chhabria MD Jumbo Group

Shobana Bhartia Vice Chairperson The Hindustan Times Ltd.,

Lalita Gupte Joint Managing Director ICICI Bank

Kavita Hurry Managing Director ING Vysya Mutual Fund

Renu Karnad Executive Director HDFC

Naina Lal Kidwai Deputy CEO HSBC

Zia Mody Corporate Lawyer AZB & Partners

Kalpana Morparia Deputy Managing director ICICI Bank

Sunita Narain Chairperson Centre for Science &

Environment

Deepti Neelakantan Chief Operating Officer J.M.Morgan Stanley

Amrita Patel Chairperson National Dairy Development

Board

Priya Paul Chairperson Appejay Surrendra Park

Hotels

Gita Piramal Managing Editor The Smart Manager

Madhabi Puri Buch Country Head, Operations

& Service Delivery

ICICI Bank

Renuka Ramnath CEO ICICI Venture

Hema Ravichandar Senior Vice President &

Group Head, HRD

Infosys Technologies

Preetha Reddy Managing Director Apollo Hospitals Group

Shika Sharma CEO ICICI Prudential Life

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Insurance

Jenny Abraham Managing Director (India &

Sri Lanka)

TNS

Schauna Chauhan Director Parle Agro

Mahima Datla Vice Presidnet, Strategic

Business Development

Biological E

Tanya Dubash Director, Marketing Godrej Consumer Products

Suchitra Ella Founder Director Bharat Biotech International

Manisha Girotra Chairperson & MD UBS Securities

Radhika Haribhakti Executive Director J.M.Morgan Stanley

Pooja Jain Director Luxor Writing Instruments

Latika Khaneja Director Collage Sports Management

Cheryl Netto Executive Director J.M.Morgan Stanley

Vishaka Mulye Head, Structured Finance

and Credit Markets

ICICI Bank

Apurva Purohit Chief Operating Officer Times Television

Devita Saraf Marketing Director Zenith computers

Hemu Ramiah Managing Partner Landmark

Pia Singh Director, DLF Universal MD, DT Cinemas

Sangita Singh Vice President & Chief

Marketing Officer

Wipro Technologies

Ashu Suyash Head Fidelity Fund Management

India

Sangeeta Talwar Executive Director Tata Tea

Komal Wazir Executive Director Shaw Wallace

Meenakshi Madhvani Managing Partner Spatial Access

Ravina Raj Kohli Former President Star News Former CEO MCCS

Ekta Kapoor Creative Director Balaji Telefilms

Villoo Morawala Patell Founder & CEO Avestha Gengraine Tech

Shahnaz Hussain CMD Shahnaz Husain Group

Simone Tata Chairperson Trent

Ranjana Kumar CMD NABARD

Source –India‘s Mighty Feminine Power‖, Business Economics – Jan-15-2007

7. Future of Entrepreneurship

Technology plays a crucial role in the future of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs have the chance

to do both strategic planning and administrative work for their business. They can get involved in

all sides of their business because the Internet makes it possible to do so.

The future of entrepreneurship could involve high-performing entrepreneurs rather than people

working for huge, faceless organizations..

The Internet and especially social media tools makes it possible to ‗turning passion into a

thriving business‘, and that anyone can create a personal brand and leverage it worldwide

through technology.

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Further, that entrepreneurs need to get up to speed with the latest innovations in business.

Managers, entrepreneurs and other business-driven people simply cannot compete in today‘s

market if they do not adopt the right tools.

Social media, for instance, is indispensable to any business, in any industry, as it offers a range

of business benefits both internally, within a company, and externally, between a company and

other nodes of the business, such as clients or suppliers. it will also moving from an era of

multinational businesses to one of the global small business. This means that anyone, wherever

that person is located, can build a successful business if online tools are properly optimized.

As the Internet revolution advances, so does entrepreneurship. With constantly new and easier

ways to build business, succeeding in this new era is a matter of having two things: Internet and

a device that gives you access to it. Once an entrepreneur is in possession of these two, it is a

matter of learning and mastering the different tools available online to turn your idea into a

thriving business.

8. Conclusion

“An entrepreneur searches for change, responds to it and exploits opportunities. Innovation is a

specific tool of an entrepreneur hence an effective entrepreneur converts a source into a

resource.” -Peter Drucker, Management Guru

Entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of any economy. Indian entrepreneurs are more about

overcoming barriers, obstacles, inspiring & surmount in their fields. Entrepreneurship is one of

the important segments of economic growth. Innovation is a key factor that an entrepreneur

brings in an overall change through innovation for the maximum social good. The growth of

entrepreneurship particularly in the small scale sector can be traced to the Second World War

boom which brought many enterprising people from various walks of life.

As someone said ―failures are the stepping Stones for Success‖. If we observe the way any

entrepreneur, their life is not a bed of roses. They faced many obstacles in the way of

entrepreneurial achievement. Furthermore, women can tell the condition of a nation, she acts as a

central cohesive source of support and stability, not only to her family but also to whole nation.

There is saying where women are respected, dwells God. Similarly where women are there in

the industry dwells progress and prosperity. The bottom line for all the entrepreneurial life taught

the first lesson for success; and that is failure.

9. References:

1. Swami Vivekananda ―Entrepreneurship on Focus‖

2. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur

3 Jaggi Vasu dev, the 3 ‗I‘ mantras of entrepreneurs, Business Line, 2012

4. Tata steel India, Pioneers, ―The men of Steel‖, jemshedji Tata profile.

5. Scribd, History of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and SME Management.

6. Economics of the Indus valley civilization, by Chad greenwood

7. Ratnagar, Shereen (2006). Trading Encounters: From the Euphrates to the Indus in the Bronze

Age. Oxford University Press, India

8. Ozgurzan, ―Peter Drucker on Entrepreneurship‖

9. The economist, Indian Entrepreneurs: 10 Greatest Businessman from History

10.C.K.Prahlad, Entrepreneurs to Explore domestic opportunities,2008.

11. Daniel Priestley, “The Future Of Entrepreneurship”

12. Walchand Hirachand Doshi blogs, catalign innovation, 2011

13. Forbes, 2013.