Trichy based TREC-STEP bags National Entrepreneurship Award for incubation, mentorship and support to startups

Tiruchirapalli Regional Engineering College Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (TREC-STEP), has been selected as winner of the National Entrepreneurship Award 2016 under the category of Institutions/organisations providing incubation, mentorship and support to startups.

TREC-STEP, considered one of the country's earliest science and technology park was set up in 1986 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Government of Tamilnadu, along with National Financial institutions such as IDBI, IFCI, ICICI and other institutions. TREC-STEP presently incubates 19 companies who work in the areas of clean tech, engineering and manufacturing, bio technology, healthcare and IT.

The award will be presented to TREC-STEP on 30 Jan in a ceremony presided over by Home Minister Rajnath Singh