A Study on Factors Influencing Entrepreneurship Intention Among the Students

Entrepreneurs are the real supporters of a country's economy, because they create new ventures and provide employment opportunities and contribute to the GDP. The rate of growth of entrepreneurship varies from country to country due to the initiatives taken by the government and as well as the influence of other environmental factors exists in the country. The vast majority of the students go for employment after the completion of their education. Among the students community, very minimum percentage of students chose entrepreneurship as their career option. Nowadays universities and colleges include entrepreneurship in their curriculum and try to inculcate entrepreneurial traits and intention among the students. Many researchers have attempted to find out the causes for entrepreneurship intention among the students across the world. Hence this paper aims to address some important factors which are influencing the students' entrepreneurship intention.