Supercomputer launched at IIT-Patna to boost research, ETEducation
Patna: The first Param Rudra supercomputer in Bihar was inaugurated on Friday at IIT-Patna.
The state-of-the-art facility, established under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), was formally launched by Amitesh Kumar Sinha, additional secretary, union ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY).
“It is a historic milestone, a matter of great happiness for all of us, and it will bring revolutionary changes in Bihar and its neighbouring regions. The students, faculty and researchers will gain convenience in undertaking complex computing across various fields,” said IIT-P director T N Singh.
“It is the first Param Rudra supercomputer established in any institute or government office in Bihar,” an IIT-P official added.
Speaking on the occasion, MeitY additional secretary Sinha said, “Under the NSM, 37 supercomputers have been deployed across the nation with a combined compute capacity of 39 PetaFlops. More than 12,000 researchers nationwide are using these systems. Ten more supercomputing systems will soon be deployed at various academic and research institutes, taking the total compute capacity to over 100 PetaFlops.”
Sinha added, “Indigenous supercomputing technologies such as HPC processors, servers, cooling systems, interconnects, software stacks and storage are being developed to create a robust supercomputing ecosystem in the country, while enhancing design, development and manufacturing capabilities.”
“The Param Rudra supercomputing facility will significantly enhance research capabilities at IIT-Patna and surrounding academic institutions. This facility will benefit approximately 60 faculty members and 400 students across 10 departments, supporting research in fields such as computational astrobiology, computational astrochemistry, reaction dynamics, computational material design, molecular electronics, computational fluid mechanics, computational nano-bio interfaces, AI and data science, and quantum computing,” the IIT-P said in a statement.
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