Science, Discovery, Tech and Environment · 29 December 2025
Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) commissions Param Rudra supercomputer under National Supercomputing Mission
Exam-focused facts from the 29 December 2025 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- The launch of the Param Rudra supercomputer in IIT Patna marks a significant step in expanding India’s high-performance computing capacity.
- Under the NSM, 37 supercomputers have already been deployed nationwide, delivering a combined computing capacity of around 39 petaflops.
- Param Rudra is an 838-teraflops system using largely indigenous components and runs on an Indian-developed software stack created by C-DAC.