Lok Sabha Question No. 2084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: National Supercomputing Mission
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Chandan Chauhan, Shri Nalin Soren

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2084

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.03.2025

## NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION

## † 2084. SHRI CHANDAN CHAUHAN: SHRI NALIN SOREN:

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

(a)  the  details  and  the  number  of  supercomputing  units  installed  in  various  educational institutions under the National Supercomputing Mission along with the present status of their utilization; and

(b)  the  details  of  the  overall  impact  of  the  said  supercomputing  units  in  research  and development along with the areas related to the said units in which the Government proposes to make improvements?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b):The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was initiated in April 2015 by the Government of India with a budget outlay of Rs.4,500 crore for seven years. Its vision is to achieve self-reliance  and global leadership in supercomputing by giving access of state-ofthe-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). MeitY and DST are implementing this initiative through Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(CDAC),  Pune  and  Indian  Institute  of  Science  (IISc),  Bengaluru.  The  mission  is  currently extended till December, 2025.

Under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), an ecosystem has been established with the  focused  goal  of  achieving  self-reliance  in  supercomputing,  encompassing  the  design, development, and manufacturing of supercomputers, 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,  which  will  reduce  dependency  on  imports  of  supercomputing technologies from other countries. This approach is in line with the Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision of "India's mantra is Atmanirbharta (self-reliance) through research, Science for SelfReliance."

Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  Shri  Narendra  Modi  on  26 th September,  2024  dedicated  three PARAM Rudra supercomputers to the young researchers, scientists and engineers of nation facilitating advanced studies in physics, earth sciences, and cosmology. These supercomputers  have  been  deployed  in  Pune,  Delhi  and  Kolkata  to  facilitate  pioneering scientific research. Giant Metre Radio Telescope (GMRT- 1Petaflop) in Pune will leverage the supercomputer to explore astronomical phenomena. Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC- 3 Petaflops) in Delhi will enhance research in fields like material science and atomic physics.  S.N.  Bose  Centre  for  Basic  Sciences  (S.N.  Bose-  838  Teraflops)  in  Kolkata  will drive advanced research in areas such as physics, cosmology, and earth sciences. It is worth reiterating that  all  these  systems  have  been designed, developed and manufactured entirely within the country.

PARAM  Rudra  supercomputers  are  built  using  indigenously  designed  and  manufactured High-Performance  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.

Under NSM, as of 05 th March 2025, a total of 34 supercomputers (Annexture - I) with a combined compute  capacity  of  35  Petaflops,  have  been  deployed  across  various  academic institutions, research organizations, and R&D labs, including prominent institutions like IISc, IITs, C-DAC, and other institutions from Tier-II and Tier III cities of the country under NSM. The supercomputing systems commissioned under NSM have achieved an overall utilization rate  of  over  85%,  with  many systems exceeding 95%, demonstrating a high level of usage and  efficiency  in  their  computational  capacity.  The  contribution  of  these  supercomputing systems  to  the  Research  and  Development  (R&D)  sector  has  been  highly  impactful, facilitating over 10,000 researchers, including more than 1,700 PhD scholars from over 200 academic institutions and R&D labs across the country. These supercomputing systems have supported  research  in  critical  domains  such  as  Drug  Discovery,  Disaster  Management, Energy Security, Climate Modeling, Astronomical Research, Computational Chemistry, Fluid Dynamics, and Material Research. NSM has created opportunities for researchers from Tier II and Tier III cities to conduct research by providing access to state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities. These researchers have completed over 1 crore compute jobs and published more than 1,500 papers in leading national and international journals. Additionally, more than 22,000 individuals have been trained in HPC and AI skills. Start-ups and MSMEs are leveraging these supercomputing resources to advance their HPC-driven projects.

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## Details of Supercomputers installed under NSM with compute capacity

|   Sl. No. | State/UT         | Name of the institution Installed at                                                         | Name of Supercomputer       | Compute Capacity   |   Year of Commission |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune, National AI Facility                                                            | PARAM Siddhi                | 6.5PF/210P F (AI)  |                 2020 |
|         2 | Karnataka        | IISc, Bangalore                                                                              | PARAM Pravega               | 3.3PF              |                 2022 |
|         3 | Maharashtra      | IIT Bombay                                                                                   | PARAM Rudra                 | 3 PF               |                 2025 |
|         4 | Delhi            | Inter-University Accelerator Centre(IUAC), Delhi                                             | PARAM Rudra                 | 3 PF               |                 2024 |
|         5 | Karnataka        | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), Bangalore                  | PARAM Yukti                 | 1.8PF              |                 2020 |
|         6 | Maharashtra      | IISER, Pune                                                                                  | PARAM Brahma                | 1.7PF              |                 2020 |
|         7 | West Bengal      | IIT, Kharagpur                                                                               | PARAM Shakti                | 1.66PF             |                 2020 |
|         8 | Uttar Pradesh    | IIT, Kanpur                                                                                  | PARAM Sanganak              | 1.66PF             |                 2020 |
|         9 | Uttarakhand      | IIT, Roorkee                                                                                 | PARAM Ganga                 | 1.66PF             |                 2022 |
|        10 | Delhi            | NIC, Delhi                                                                                   | PARAM System                | (50 AI PF/ 1.3 PF) |                 2024 |
|        11 | Maharashtra      | Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) -National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, (NCRA), Pune | PARAM Rudra                 | 1.0 PF             |                 2024 |
|        12 | Uttar Pradesh    | IIT(BHU), Varanasi                                                                           | PARAM Shivay                | 838TF              |                 2019 |
|        13 | Telangana        | IIT, Hyderabad                                                                               | PARAM Seva                  | 838TF              |                 2021 |
|        14 | Punjab           | National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali(NABI), Mohali                             | PARAM Smriti                | 838TF              |                 2021 |
|        15 | Karnataka        | C-DAC, Bangalore, National MSME Facility                                                     | PARAM Utkarsh               | 838TF              |                 2021 |
|        16 | Gujarat          | IIT, Gandhinagar                                                                             | PARAM Ananta                | 838TF              |                 2022 |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu       | NIT, Trichy                                                                                  | PARAM Porul                 | 838TF              |                 2022 |
|        18 | Assam            | IIT, Guwahati                                                                                | PARAM Kamrupa               | 838TF              |                 2022 |
|        19 | Himachal Pradesh | IIT, Mandi                                                                                   | PARAM Himalaya              | 838TF              |                 2022 |
|        20 | West Bengal      | S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata                                       | PARAM Rudra                 | 838 TF             |                 2024 |
|        21 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune                                                                                  | Bioinformatics R&D Facility | 230 TF             |                 2021 |
|        22 | Delhi            | C-DAC, Delhi                                                                                 | PARAM Rudra                 | 200 TF             |                 2024 |
|        23 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune                                                                                  | SANGAM Testbed              | 150 TF             |                 2017 |
|        24 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune                                                                                  | PARAM Shrestha              | 100 TF             |                 2018 |
|        25 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune                                                                                  | PARAM Embrio                | 100 TF             |                 2020 |
|        26 | Maharashtra      | C-DAC, Pune                                                                                  | PARAM Neel                  | 100 TF             |                 2020 |

| 27.   | Tamil Nadu   | Society for Electronic Transactions and Security, (SETS), Chennai   | PARAM Spoorthi      | 100 TF   | 2020   |
|-------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------|--------|
| 28.   | Karnataka    | C-DAC, Bangalore                                                    | System Software lab | 82TF     | 2020   |
| 29.   | Maharashtra  | C-DAC, Pune                                                         | PARAM Vidya         | 52.3 TF  | 2022   |
| 30.   | West Bengal  | IIT, Kharagpur                                                      | PARAM Vidya         | 52.3 TF  | 2022   |
| 31.   | Kerala       | IIT, Palakkad                                                       | PARAM Vidya         | 52.3 TF  | 2022   |
| 32.   | Tamil Nadu   | IIT, Chennai                                                        | PARAM Vidya         | 52.3 TF  | 2022   |
| 33.   | Goa          | IIT, Goa                                                            | PARAM Vidya         | 52.3 TF  | 2022   |
| 34.   | Maharashtra  | C-DAC, Pune                                                         | PARAM Sampooran     | 27 TF    | 2020   |
| Total | Total        | Total                                                               | Total               | 35 PF    |        |

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