Entrepreneurship is now not limited to the entrepreneurs only but the wealth generated by the entrepreneurs help to grow economy. So more the number of entrepreneurs more the wealth they generate and lastly helps the economy to grow even faster. But for someone to become an entrepreneur one must have that entrepreneurial intention. It is an entrepreneurial intention that motivates someone to do entrepreneurial activity and open a business. Entrepreneurial intention can be influenced by many factors. One of the factors is gender of the entrepreneur. The main focus of this research is to find out whether gender affects the entrepreneurial intention of the management students or not? Do males and females have same entrepreneurial intention or different? The statements are verified using questionnaire based on the sample size of 300 management students from Nagpur University Colleges. The results show that there is a significant relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intention amongst the management students. Male and female students’ entrepreneurial intention are affected by the same factors. Males have higher attitude toward behaviour than females. Furthermore females have higher perceived behavioural control than males. It demonstrate that now females are taking interest in entrepreneurship as a career.
Entrepreneurial intention, gender, management, students, theory of planned behavior
