PARAM Rudra Supercomputer Unveiled at IIT Bombay, Boosts India’s HPC Capability
Mumbai: India marked another major milestone in its high-performance computing journey with the inauguration of PARAM Rudra, a state-of-the-art 3 PetaFLOPS supercomputing facility at IIT Bombay under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
The facility was inaugurated by Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in the presence of Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director, IIT Bombay, Shri Sanjay Wandhekar, Centre Head, C-DAC Pune, Smt. Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator, MeitY, Dr. Pratishtha T. Pandey, Head NSM and R&D Infrastructure, DST, Dr. Hemant Darbari, Mission Director NSM, and senior officials from DST, MeitY, IIT Bombay and C-DAC.
Developed under the build approach of NSM, PARAM Rudra is powered by indigenously designed Rudra servers, conceptualised by C-DAC and manufactured in India, reinforcing the Government of India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision. The system integrates C-DAC’s indigenous software stack and Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) technology, delivering high performance with enhanced energy efficiency.
Highlighting its impact, Prof. Karandikar said that PARAM Rudra will significantly strengthen computational research at IIT Bombay, benefiting more than 200 faculty members and 1,200 students, while also supporting researchers, startups and industry-led innovation nationwide in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing.
Smt. Sunita Verma of MeitY emphasized the importance of sustained investment in supercomputing systems, processors, software and networking as India advances toward exascale computing.
With the commissioning of PARAM Rudra, India has now deployed 38 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 44 PetaFLOPS under the NSM, strengthening the nation’s self-reliant and future-ready supercomputing ecosystem.
The National Supercomputing Mission, jointly steered by MeitY and DST and implemented by C-DAC and IISc Bengaluru, continues to advance India’s high-performance computing vision through its four pillars of Infrastructure, Applications, Research and Development, and Human Resource Development.