National Supercomputing Mission Powers India’s Research Ecosystem with 37 Systems, 40 Petaflops
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada told the Lok Sabha that NSM is playing a pivotal role in enhancing India’s global competitiveness in supercomputing while democratising access to world-class computational infrastructure.
New Delhi, Aug 21: India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has achieved a major milestone with the deployment of 37 supercomputers delivering 40 Petaflops capacity, supporting more than 10,000 researchers across 200 institutions. The mission is driving breakthroughs in drug discovery, disaster management, energy security, climate modelling, astronomy and materials science.
The initiative, launched in 2015 with a budget of ₹4,500 crore, is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) and Department of Science & Technology (DST) through C-DAC Pune and IISc Bengaluru. It has been extended till December 2025.
Indigenous Breakthrough: PARAM Rudra
A landmark achievement under NSM is the development of PARAM Rudra, India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured HPC server system. Built entirely in India, these systems are deployed at GMRT Pune, IUAC Delhi and S.N. Bose Centre Kolkata, powering advanced research in physics, earth sciences and cosmology.
PARAM Rudra servers, manufactured by local industries, are at par with global HPC standards. Alongside, India has developed “Trinetra” high-speed interconnect technology with 40–100 Gbps speeds, strengthening data transfer between computing nodes.
Expanding Research & Innovation
The supercomputers installed across IISc, IITs, R&D labs, and tier-II & tier-III institutions are running at over 85–95% utilisation, completing more than 1 crore compute jobs and contributing to 1,500+ research papers in reputed journals. Startups and MSMEs are also leveraging these systems for high-performance projects.
Training Next-Gen Talent
NSM is also building human capital for the AI and HPC era. More than 26,000 people have been trained in HPC and AI through faculty development programmes, workshops, bootcamps and online NPTEL courses. Nodal Centres at IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Goa, DTU, Walchand College (Sangli) and IIT Palakkad are offering structured training and internships.
C-DAC’s Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) runs a free six-month PG Diploma in HPC for SC/ST and women candidates. Additionally, PARAM Shavak, a compact desktop supercomputer, has been introduced for colleges and research institutions.
Vision for Atmanirbhar Bharat
With indigenous design, development and manufacturing of HPC servers and software stacks, India is moving towards self-reliance in supercomputing, aligned with the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada told the Lok Sabha that NSM is playing a pivotal role in enhancing India’s global competitiveness in supercomputing while democratising access to world-class computational infrastructure.
