Entrepreneurship: Challenges or opportunities for women

India is a developing country. The educated Indian women have to go a long way to achieve equal rights and position because traditions are deep rooted in Indian society where the sociological set up has been a male dominated one. Entrepreneurship is a herculean task for women in India but if carried successfully can inculcate confidence among them and making them more conscious about their rights. Development of women entrepreneurship is very low in India in comparison to developed countries. Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women stand tall from the rest of the crowd and are applauded for their achievements in their respective field. Women have competed with men and successfully sand up with them in every walk of life and business are no exception for this. These women leaders are assertive, persuasive and willing to take risks. They managed to survive and success in this cut throat competition with their hard work, diligence and perseverance. There are many obstacles faced by women entrepreneurs during start up stage and running up of their enterprise. These obstacles need to be address so that women can make a significant contribution in sustained economic development and social progress of our country. This paper focused on the financial as well as other problems faced by women entrepreneurs in India during start up stage and running up their enterprise. This study brought out that lack of adequate information about the schemes of financial institutions for women entrepreneurs and stereotypical roles are the main problems for not attaining the higher position as an entrepreneur.