Contact Details
Mr. K Suresh Kumar
psgstep@vsnl.com
PSG College of Technology,
Peelamedu,
Coimbatore – 641004
 
Phone:
0422-4363300
PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park, Coimbatore
 

PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) has successfully graduated 89 companies in the last eleven years of its very successful existence. With a focus on incubating enterprises in the IT, Electronics, Biotechnology & Textile domains and those related to mechanical engineering, the graduate companies of this STEP have created more than 1000 jobs, while contributing more than Rs 40 cr (Rupees four hundred million) to the national economy annually.

PSG - STEP was established in the year 1998 by PSG College of Technology in association with the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India & All India Financial Institution to promote technology based enterprise in the areas of Software, Electronic Products, Hi-tech Mechanical Products, Eco-friendly Textile Products & Bio-technology using the core strengths of PSG College of Technology.

The host institution of PSG STEP, PSG College of Technology, is an ISO 9001:2000 certified institution and one of the foremost institutions founded by the PSG & Sons’ Charities Trust, a charitable trust formed in 1926. The College was established in 1951 as PSG Industrial Institute for effective industry-institute interaction and today has student strength of about 5200 with 11 engineering and technology departments besides the computer applications, management sciences, basic sciences and humanities departments. Among the various Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes offered by the college, as many as 18 programmes were accredited in the year 1997 itself by the National Board of Accreditation of AICTE. The departments benefit greatly from the expertise of more than 15 visiting faculty from renowned institutions and industries. More than 150 research scholars are pursuing research programmes leading to M. Phil / MS / Ph D degrees and the college is a recognized QIP centre for Postgraduate and Ph D programmes.

The first of its kind in the region, PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) has pioneered in establishing the IT incubation facility in the region to support start-up companies.  PSG-STEP has so far supported more than 120 entrepreneurs, and two of its incubatee companies have received seed funding. PSG-STEP is the nodal office for the Incubation Asia Pacific Network (IAPN) an Initiative supported by infoDev, World Bank & NSTEDB, DST. The Asia Pacific Incubation Network will focus on the Capacity Building for the Business Incubation Managers, Addressing the challenges faced by the Asia Pacific Incubation Community, Establishing an e-platform where the incubators can exchange information, Facilitating the soft landing of the incubatees in the network countries and Synergizing & Leveraging from the programmes AABI and other regional networks.”