Vigour for success has always been in the blood and soul of GNDEC alumni as they leave a benchmark for generations to come by captivating the most prestigious entrepreneurship awards of the region.It’s an honour to mention that Er. Kuljive Mahajan, MD, Concern Pharma, was one amongst 14 entrepreneurs honoured by The Chief Minister of Punjab during Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2019. Er. Mahajan started his business after completing Mechanical Engineering in the year 1991. Sharing his saga of success, he mentions that STEP at GNDEC has played a vital role in accomplishing him as an entrepreneur. Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP), being a platform for budding impresario’s supports such talent by providing proficient and technical guidance for start ups.Another alumni of GNDEC, Er Ravi Garg, who is 2006 graduate of Information Technology was conferred by Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) with Trident Award for Young Innovative Entrepreneur of the year 2018. He is founder and CEO of Master Software Solutions, Chandigarh, which is giving serious competition to many MNC’s of the region. He expresses gratitude to the staff and faculty of GNDEC for providing him the skill set required to come up to this level of acco,plishment. Principal Dr Sehijpal Singh congratulated the awardee alumni and said “these types of felicitations encourage young engineers to adopt entrepreneurship as a career options”. It is matter of pride that both the awardees are the first generation entrepreneurs and are supported by Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) established since 1986 in GNDEC.