Lok Sabha Question No. 4502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: National Supercomputing Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Vijay Baghel, Dr. Lata Wankhede

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4502

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20 .08.2025

## NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION

## 4502.  SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

DR. LATA WANKHEDE:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the manner in which the National Supercomputing Mission has enhanced India's self reliance in the field of high-performance computing;
- (b) the manner in which the Trinetra, indigenous high-speed communication network is enhancing the data transfer and computational efficiency in the supercomputing ecosystem;
- (c) the initiatives being taken under the National Supercomputing Mission to develop a skilled workforce in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence; and
- (d) the impact of the National Supercomputing Mission on research and innovation in key areas?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a)  to  (d):  The  National  Supercomputing  Mission  (NSM)  was  initiated  in  April  2015  by  the Government of India with a budget outlay of Rs.4,500 crore. Its vision is to achieve self-reliance and  global  leadership  in  supercomputing  by  giving  access  of  state-of-the-art  supercomputing facilities  to  researchers,  addressing  grand  challenges,  optimizing  investments,  and  enhancing global competitiveness in key areas of supercomputing technologies.

The NSM is being jointly implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) through Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC), Pune and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The mission is currently extended till 31st December, 2025.

## Deployment and Utilization of Supercomputers

As of 12th August 2025, 37 supercomputers with a total computing power of 40 Petaflops have been installed under the NSM. These systems are set up in leading institutions like IISc, IITs, CDAC, R&D Labs and also in several academic institutions and research organisation in the TierII and Tier-III cities across the country. The systems are being used efficiently, with most running at over 85% capacity and many exceeding 95%. These supercomputers have supported over 10,000 researchers,  including  more  than  1,700  PhD  scholars  from  over  200  academic  and  research institutions. They have played a key role in advancing research in areas such as drug discovery, disaster management, energy security, climate modelling, astronomy, computational chemistry, fluid  dynamics,  and  materials  research.  More  than  one  (01)  crore  compute  jobs  have  been completed, and as a result over 1,500 research papers have been published in reputed journals. Startups and MSMEs are also using these systems to boost their HPC-based projects.

## Indigenous Development and Technological Achievements

Under  the  NSM,  an  ecosystem  has  been  established  with  the  focused  goal  of  achieving  selfreliance  in  supercomputing,  encompassing  the  design,  development,  and  manufacturing  of supercomputing server boards, as well as the creation of a complete system software stack and associated applications.

India  has  now  the  capability  of  designing,  developing  and  manufacturing  supercomputing technologies indigenously. This approach is in line with the Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 26th September, 2024 dedicated three PARAM Rudra supercomputers to the nation. These supercomputers are available to the young researchers, scientists  and  engineers  of  nation  facilitating  advanced  studies  in  physics,  earth  sciences,  and cosmology.  These  supercomputers  have  been  deployed  at  Giant  Metrewave  Radio  Telescope (GMRT) - National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) Pune, Inter-University Accelerator Centre  (IUAC)  Delhi  and  S.N.  Bose  National  Centre  for  Basic  Sciences  Kolkata  to  facilitate pioneering scientific research. These systems have been designed, developed and manufactured within the country.

PARAM Rudra supercomputers are built using indigenously designed and manufactured HighPerformance Computing servers, known as "Rudra', along with an indigenously developed system software stack. 'Rudra' Server is the first of its kind in India which is at par with globally available other HPC class Servers. These servers are being manufactured in India by local manufacturers, boosting local electronics industries.

In  parallel,  under  the  NSM,  the  'Trinetra'  high -speed  inter  communication  network  between computer nodes has been developed and tested with speeds of 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps to enhance data transfer and communication between computing nodes, strengthening Ind ia's supercomputing capabilities.

## Human Resource Development and Capacity Building

NSM has opened up opportunities for researchers from smaller cities by giving them access to world-class computing infrastructure. Over 26,000 people have been trained in High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  through  programs  like  faculty  development programs,  domain  workshops,  bootcamps,  hackathons,  and  user  training  sessions.  In  addition,

1500  students  have  completed  online  HPC  courses  through  the  NPTEL  platform.  To  provide deeper training, Nodal Centres have been set up at IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Goa, Delhi Technical University (DTU), Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli and IIT Palakkad. These centres offer structured programs, including summer and winter internships.

CDAC's Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) also offers a free 6 -month PG Diploma course  in  HPC  system  administration  and  application  development,  specially  designed  for SC/ST/Women candidates. To further expand HPC and AI education, C-DAC has partnered with All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE).  Together,  they  are  conducting  training programs for faculty members across AICTE-affiliated colleges, aiming to build strong HPC and AI  teaching  capabilities  across  the  country. Apart  from  that,  C-DAC  has  developed  PARAM Shavak  a compact, energy-efficient desktop supercomputer  to provide high-performance computing capabilities to educational and research institutions.

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