Professor Abhay Karandikar, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), on Thursday inaugurated a new supercomputing facility at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The facility is called PARAM Rudra. It has been set up by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The facility is designed to support advanced research and high-performance computing needs.
The three Peta FLOPS high-performance computing (HPC) system has been developed and deployed under the Build Approach of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). PARAM Rudra is based on indigenously designed Rudra servers developed by C-DAC and manufactured in India. The system is powered by C-DAC’s indigenous software stack and incorporates advanced Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technology for enhanced efficiency.
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In his address, Prof Abhay Karandikar highlighted that the facility will significantly strengthen computational research, benefiting over 200 faculty members and 1,200 students at IIT Bombay, as well as researchers nationwide.
The professor also noted that the facility will help innovation in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing, while also supporting startups and industry-driven research.
Sunita Verma, group coordinator, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), emphasised that the Rudra-based cluster marks a major milestone in India’s indigenous supercomputing journey and underlined the importance of sustained investments in HPC systems, software, microprocessors, and networking to advance towards exascale computing.
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Dr Hemant Darbari, NSM Mission Director, stated that with this addition, 38 supercomputers with a cumulative capacity of 44 Peta FLOPS have been commissioned across the country under NSM. He also mentioned that the PARAM Rudra facility at IIT Bombay will also augment research prospects of several institutions in and around Mumbai and help in collaboration and scientific outcomes.
The National Supercomputing Mission is jointly steered by MeitY and DST with C-DAC and IISc Bengaluru as the implementing agencies. The mission focuses on building a comprehensive indigenous supercomputing ecosystem through its four pillars – supercomputing infrastructure, applications development, research and development, and human resource development.
