Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India inaugurated a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility, PARAM Rudra, established by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) at IIT Bombay today.
The 3 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, reinforcing the Government of India’s Make-in-India initiative. The system is powered by C-DAC’s indigenous software stack and incorporates advanced Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technology for enhanced efficiency.
In his address, Prof. Abhay Karandikar highlighted that the PARAM Rudra facility will significantly strengthen computational research, benefiting over 200 faculty members and 1,200 students at IIT Bombay, as well as researchers nationwide. He noted that the facility will catalyse innovation in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing, while also supporting startups and industry-driven research.
Ms. 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.
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 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 & Development and Human Resource Development.