National Supercomputing Mission: 40 supercomputers, 68 PF capacity
Why in the news
A government backgrounder released in October 2026 reviewed progress under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), which has deployed 40 supercomputers across the country.
Key facts
- Capacity: 40 systems with a combined 68 petaflops (PF) as of September 2026.
- Target: 50 supercomputers with total capacity of more than 123 PF.
- Rudra servers: designed in India by C-DAC; 6,000 deployed and 1,500 under manufacture. PARAM Rudra systems support astronomy, material science, atomic physics and earth sciences.
- Users: over 16,000 researchers, more than 2,900 PhD scholars and over 400 institutions; more than 1.5 crore compute jobs run.
- PARAM Shavak offers a supercomputing-in-a-box system for educational institutions.
Systems by capacity
| Category | Number of systems |
|---|---|
| Above 1 PF | 13 |
| 500 TF to 1 PF | 12 |
| Below 500 TF | 15 |
| Total | 40 |
About NSM
NSM was launched in April 2015 with an outlay of ₹4,500 crore. It is jointly steered by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and implemented by C-DAC, Pune and IISc, Bengaluru. It covers design, manufacturing, system software and applications, with the aim of reducing dependence on foreign technology. India’s indigenous journey began with PARAM 8000, unveiled in 1991.
Exam angle
- Launch: April 2015; outlay ₹4,500 crore; DST and MeitY.
- Implementing agencies: C-DAC Pune and IISc Bengaluru.
- Status: 40 systems, 68 PF; target 50 systems, over 123 PF.