PARAM Rudra: PM Modi Launches India's Latest Line Of Homegrown Supercomputers, Says 'Significant Step'

PARAM Rudra Supercomputer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated India's latest line of supercomputers, named PARAM Rudra, on Thursday. The launch event saw three units of the indigenously developed supercomputer and one high performance computing (HPC) system being dedicated to the nation.

At the launch event, PM Modi said, "With Param Rudra Supercomputers and HPC (High Performance Computing) system, India takes significant step towards self-reliance in computing and driving innovation in science and tech."

"These supercomputers will go a long way in ensuring that India's scientists have access to state-of-the-art facilities," he added. "The three supercomputers launched today will help in advanced research from physics, earth science, and cosmology," the Prime Minister said further.

The three supercomputers, built at a cost of nearly Rs 130 crore, have been developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). One unit each of these homegrown supercomputers have been deployed in Delhi, Kolkata, and Pune.

PARAM RUDRA SUPERCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

The PARAM Rudra supercomputers are equipped with applications catering to domains such as weather and climate, computational fluid dynamics, bioinformatics, and material Science. The systems offer Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities over Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks, along with Compute and Storage as a cloud service.

WHAT IS NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTER MISSION?

The National Supercomputing Mission was established to provide the country with a robust supercomputing infrastructure to meet the growing computational needs of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups. It is the first initiative of its kind aimed at boosting the country's heavy computing prowess.

The NSM is jointly managed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and is being implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.

(With inputs from ANI)