PARAM Rudra Enables Advanced Research as National Supercomputing Mission Expands Footprint

New Delhi: As part of India’s strategic push towards self-reliance in advanced computing, the government has deployed 37 supercomputers with a cumulative computing power of 40 Petaflops under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

A key highlight of this initiative is the PARAM Rudra series of supercomputers, which are being actively used by researchers, scientists, engineers, startups, and academic institutions across the country.

Launched in April 2015 with an outlay of ₹4,500 crore, the National Supercomputing Mission is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

The mission is executed through the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.

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Deployment and Reach of PARAM Rudra under NSM

So far, 37 supercomputers have been commissioned under NSM, with 34 systems deployed in the last five years alone. Additionally, six new supercomputing systems are currently under deployment with a total outlay of ₹680 crore.

These installations span premier institutions such as IISc, IITs, C-DAC, national R&D laboratories, as well as several Tier-II and Tier-III cities, ensuring wider access to high-performance computing infrastructure.

PARAM Rudra: Indigenous Supercomputing Capability

The PARAM Rudra series of supercomputers has been built using indigenously designed and manufactured high-performance “Rudra” servers, complemented by a fully indigenous system software stack.

These systems are accessible to young researchers, scientists, and engineers, enabling advanced studies in areas such as physics, earth sciences, and cosmology.

Operational performance indicates high utilisation levels, with most systems operating at over 81% capacity and some exceeding 95%.

Collectively, these supercomputers have supported more than 13,000 researchers, including over 1,700 PhD scholars from more than 260 academic and research institutions.

Over one crore compute jobs have been completed, contributing to the publication of more than 1,500 research papers in reputed scientific journals.

Startups and MSMEs are also leveraging PARAM Rudra and other NSM systems to accelerate their high-performance computing–based projects across multiple domains.

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Research Impact Enabled by PARAM Rudra

The deployed supercomputers are driving advanced research in critical areas including drug discovery, disaster management, climate modelling, energy security, astronomy, aerospace engineering, materials science, computational chemistry, and fluid dynamics, among others.

Indigenous Development and Technology Advancements under NSM

The National Supercomputing Mission has established a comprehensive ecosystem focused on building indigenous supercomputing capabilities.

Key developments include the design and development of the Rudra server board by C-DAC, with manufacturing technology transferred to three Indian electronics manufacturing services partners.

High-speed interconnect networks supporting 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps have been developed, along with indigenous cooling technologies now entering the deployment stage.

In addition, a complete HPC system software stack has been developed and integrated into the supercomputing systems.

PARAM Shavak, a supercomputing-in-a-box solution, has been designed and manufactured domestically to meet the HPC and AI computing needs of students and researchers in engineering colleges and universities.

Several HPC applications of national importance have also been developed and deployed across domains such as genomics and drug discovery, flood forecasting, urban environment and weather modelling, seismic data processing for oil and gas, and material science, in collaboration with institutions including IMD, ONGC, CWC, CPCB, and the Ministry of Ayush.

Work has also been initiated on the design and development of indigenous HPC processors, accelerators, and storage technologies.

Details of Supercomputers deployed under NSM with compute capacity

This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Jitin Prasada in Lok Sabha on 10.12.2025.