IIT Bombay inaugurates PARAM Rudra supercomputing facility

IIT Bombay inaugurated a new high-performance supercomputing facility, PARAM Rudra, under the National Supercomputing Mission, marking an expansion of the institute’s advanced research infrastructure.

The facility was inaugurated by Prof Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Developed and deployed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, the PARAM Rudra system has been installed at IIT Bombay to support data-intensive and computational research across disciplines.

Officials said the supercomputer will benefit faculty members, students, and researchers at the institute while also enabling collaborative research projects at the national level.

PARAM Rudra is a three-petaFLOPS high-performance computing system developed under the Build Approach of the National Supercomputing Mission.

It is based on indigenously designed Rudra servers developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and manufactured in India as part of the Make in India initiative.

The system runs on an indigenous software stack and uses direct contact liquid cooling technology to improve efficiency and performance.

Addressing the gathering, Prof Karandikar said the facility would significantly strengthen computational research capabilities.

He said more than 200 faculty members and about 1,200 students at IIT Bombay would directly benefit from access to the system, while researchers from across the country would also be supported.

He added that PARAM Rudra would act as a catalyst for innovation in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing and support startup and industry-driven research requiring large-scale computing power.

Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, said the Rudra-based system represents an important milestone in India’s indigenous supercomputing journey.

She stressed the need for sustained investment in high-performance computing systems, software, microprocessors, and networking to move toward exascale computing.

Dr Hemant Darbari, Mission Director of the National Supercomputing Mission, said that with the addition of PARAM Rudra, 38 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 44 petaFLOPS have now been commissioned across the country.

He added that the facility would also enhance research prospects for institutions in and around Mumbai and strengthen collaboration and scientific outcomes.