Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep

According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme, women make up 8.05 million or 13.76 percent of India's 58.5 million entrepreneurs. In shark tank season 2, 40% of the businesses being pitched were owned by women. The increasing number of women entrepreneurs and business owners is not only creating more job opportunities but also challenging deep-rooted gender norms and stereotypes and they are acting as role models for other young women. This will lead to a large-scale societal mindset shift. Today, you find women entrepreneurs in every walk of life, from the health industry to nutrition, to social causes, branding, handicraft, to e-commerce, to name it. Not only have they provided stability to their own families, by way of a second income, but are providing employment and growth opportunities across urban and rural India to other women, today’s youth."