India's National Supercomputing Mission Achieves Significant Milestones
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Initiative | National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Primary Goal | Build and deploy indigenous supercomputing capabilities in India |
| Focus Areas | R&D enhancement, self-reliance in supercomputing, support for education, medicine, energy, etc. |
| Key Components | Supercomputer installation, high-speed networks like Trinetra, training centers for HPC and AI |
| Supercomputers Deployed | 34 supercomputers (as of March 2025), 35 petaflops capacity |
| Major Institutions | IISc, IITs, C-DAC |
| Researchers Supported | Over 10,000 researchers (1,700+ PhD scholars) |
| Research Output | 1 crore compute jobs completed, 1,500+ papers published |
| Critical Research Areas | Drug discovery, disaster management, energy security, climate modeling, astronomy, material research |
| Indigenous Development | PARAM Rudra, Trinetra network |
| Noteworthy Projects | AIRAWAT (200 petaflops, ranked 75th globally), Param Pravega (3.3 petaflops), Param Shivay (first indigenous supercomputer) |
| Phases | Phase 1: Initial infrastructure, Phase 2: Indigenous manufacturing, Phase 3: Complete indigenization |
| Support from ISM | India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) to enhance semiconductor production for supercomputing |