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Entrepreneurship is essential to achieve high rate of economic growth as it results in more production and employment opportunities. Entrepreneur recognizes opportunities and faces challenges. He assembles the factors of production to turn dreams into reality. Entrepreneurship is considered a prime element in the development of many countries across the globe. The countries which promote entrepreneurship development achieve high economic growth rates in comparison to those countries which impediment entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial economies are considerably different from non-entrepreneurial economy in social and economic respects like quality of life is better in entrepreneurial economy. The government and other employers may find it difficult to provide employment in future. This increases the role of entrepreneurs who will create new jobs and opportunities. The present paper is a case study of Su-Kam; leading Power Back-up Solution provider in India. The primary objective of this paper is to describe the entrepreneur behind Su-Kam; who set up a Cable TV business with a small sum of Rs. 10000 and turned that into an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified company. Presently the company is a real Indian MNC; having 10000 dealers, 06 manufacturing units with export to more than 71countries and 23 offices in India and1 at Dubai.The company has 2100 plus employees base across India and have obtained investment from Reliance India Power Fund (A joint venture between RADAG (Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) Temasek Holdings, Singapore). The paper concludes by taking some lessons from the success of Su-Kam to other entrepreneurs in India.

Private sector actors are taking on an increasingly prominent role in energy transitions, including in hydropower development and finance. Yet, there is little empirical research on the topic. This study covers private sector views on accelerating hydropower investment in Nepal, using Q methodology. Three main viewpoints were identified among 17 interviewed hydropower developers, planners, and investors based in Nepal: 1) Efforts need to be focused on reforming hydropower policies and administration at the national level; 2) Funds for hydropower development need to be increased and sought from a diversity of domestic and foreign private sources; 3) Nepal needs to integrate its energy grid with its South Asian neighbours, starting with India. Areas of strong disagreement include the role of political stability in enabling hydropower development, as well as modes of engagement with Indian, Chinese, and Western partners. Areas of consensus include the need to smoothen land acquisition procedures as well as discomfort with the state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority's perceived monopolistic status in the sector. Overall, this study contributes to debates on private sector involvement in hydropower development with a nuanced empirical assessment of views which contain clear visions for an independent and domestically driven future of the country's hydropower sector. ; This work was supported by the UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council [ES/P011373/1] as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund. Udisha Saklani also acknowledges funding from the Margaret Anstee Studentship at Newnham College, as well as the Philip Lake Fund II and University Fieldwork Fund Award of the University of Cambridge, UK.