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Param Shakti Supercomputer to Support Aerospace, Climate Modelling, Drug Discovery Research at IIT Madras
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launches ‘Param Shakti’ at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The project is funded under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) and is relevant now due to its deployment for advanced research computing.
Param Shakti Supercomputer and National Supercomputing Mission (NSM):
| Dimension | Key Details |
|---|---|
| Param Shakti - Launch | Launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. |
| Funding | Funded under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). |
| System capacity | Indigenously developed and manufactured 3.1 Petaflop supercomputing system. |
| Institutional standing | Most powerful computational systems available in Indian academic institutions. |
| Hardware | Built using Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)’s RUDRA series of servers. |
| Software stack | Open-source software stack, including AlmaLinux. |
| Research domains supported | Aerospace engineering, materials science, climate modelling, drug discovery, and advanced manufacturing. |
| NSM - Launch year | Launched in 2015. |
| Objective | Connecting national academic and R&D institutions with a grid of over 70 high-performance computing facilities. |
| Networking arrangement | The supercomputers are networked on the National Supercomputing grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN). |
| Steering authorities | Department of Science and Technology (DST) and MeitY. |
| Implementing agencies | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. |
| PARAM 8000 | India’s first supercomputer. |
| Param Pravega | Largest supercomputer. |
| Param Shivay | First indigenously build supercomputer. |
| AIRAWAT | Compute platform for AI research and knowledge assimilation. |